Kepentingan Venezuela Untuk Membuka Kembali Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Dari Chevron

Abstract

ABSTRAK

Venezuela nationalized the assets that had been managed by the multinational corporations (MNC). However, Venezuela decide to keep the relations between the MNCs by making negotiations with them. One of the MNCs that responded to the negotiation is Chevron which was the only American company involved in the negotiation. The purpose of this study is to describe the interests of Venezuela to reopen foreign direct investment from Chevron. This study examined the concept of national interest and foreign policy. National interest is affected by economic, ideology and the power. While, foreign policy is affected by economic and ideology factors. This research used descriptive qualitative method and library research in the data collecting. The delimitation of this research is between 2007 to 2013. This study found that Venezuelan interest to reopen FDI from Chevron was influenced by the interests of Venezuela to improve the life of its people through increasing production, preventing decrease in production through exploration, benefiting from technology transfer, increasing exports, encouraging work opportunities, and improving the experience of Venezuela student through internship program. Chevron also contributed to the growth of education, economic development, health, and cultural in Venezuela.

Keywords : Foreign Direct Investment, Venezuela, Chevron, National Interest