Latest Venezuela

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  Prashad: U.S. meddling in Venezuela

  Reports that U.S. officials and Venezuelan commanders had conversations about regime change in Venezuela point to the latest instance in a series of covert attempts at destabilising that country
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  Prashad: Trump Threatens Venezuela

  When it comes to places like Iran or Venezuela, the principle of state sovereignty is not respected at all
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  Ellner: NY Times Doing More Harm Than Good in Venezuela

  If the central argument of the New York Times and other members of the “liberal” establishment is that Trump should focus on economic sanctions rather than a military solution, then they are undoubtedly doing more harm than good
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  Emersberger: Venezuela Poses No ‘Threat to the World’

  But the Washington Post’s Claim That It Does Is Dangerous
• Vaz: Production and Conflict in El Maizal Commune

  A look at the El Maizal Commune and its productive and political dimensions
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  Dobson: Venezuelan Commune Leaders Vows to ‘Take the Offensive’

  Seventy-four communes were represented at the gathering, reiterating their support for the government’s recent economic policies, while declaring war on reformism and bureaucratism
• Prado: ‘The commune holds the solution to the crisis’, Part 2

  The continuation of a comunero leader’s reflections on the future of the communal project and the contradictions in the Bolivarian Process
• Prado: “The commune holds the solution to the crisis”

  A grassroots Chavista leader reflects on the future of the communal project and the contradictions in the Bolivarian Process
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  Dobson: Venezuela’s Marching Campesinos

  After 20 days walking 435 kilometres, the marchers held a fiery televised meeting with the president, finally being able to present their proposals to the nation
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  Escalona: The Rumble of the Campesinos

  National Constituent Assembly member Julio Escalona suggests that the Admirable Campesino March should inspire Venezuelans from all walks of life to exercise popular power and rescue the revolution
• Nack: Another Outright Lie About Venezuela

  The story that the last anti-Maduro newspaper may be on the verge of closing is a complete fabrication
• Grajales Pineda: Popular Power: If Not Now, When?

  Only an emphasis on popular power, communal production and social property will allow the Bolivarian Process to maintain its strategic course toward socialism
• Martín: Venezuela on the verge of a social explosion?

  Only the Venezuelan working people can offer a way forward from the current crisis
• Kozarek: Getting by in Venezuela

  Chronicles of Survival and Hope
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  Dobson: Venezuelan Communists Criticise Maduro’s Plan

  Venezuela’s Communist Party has opposed plans by the government of Nicolas Maduro to incorporate leading members of the leftist Francisco de Miranda Front into managerial positions in 700 state industries
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  Harnecker: Venezuela — After the elections: What is to be done?

  I believe that all these people, those who were given the opportunity to study, to think, to participate, to build, to decide — and that grew enormously in terms of self-confidence and human development — will defend the process
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  Emersberger: Why Venezuela Reporting Is So Bad

  Review of Alan MacLeod's Bad News From Venezuela
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  Weisbrot: Embarrassing Defeat for US

  At the OAS, 19 member states voted in favor, 4 against, and 11 abstained when the U.S. tried to have Venezuela sanctioned
• Prado: Grapes of Wrath in Rural Venezuela

  Under siege by capitalist roaders and the bureaucracy, this grassroots leader reflects on El Maizal Commune’s efforts to cultivate the land under new social relations
• Kryt: Rumors of War With the U.S. Run Rampant in Venezuela

  The U.S. record fomenting coups and directly intervening in Latin America, which goes back to the middle of the 19th century
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  Fuentes: Bolivarian Revolution wins the battle, but is it losing the war?

  What Maduro’s opponents seek is a scenario where they can eliminate all traces of the Bolivarian Revolution
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  Koerner: The Meaning of Maduro’s Mandate

  While the Venezuelan opposition’s fraud claims following President Maduro’s reelection triumph hold little water, the Bolivarian Revolution stands at the most critical crossroads of its history
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  Ellner: Intransigence in Venezuela

  Maduro’s electoral victory was expected, given the Democratic Unity Roundtable’s boycott and allegations of vote manipulation. But both Chavistas and opposition camps will need to find common ground to solve the pressing challenges Venezuela faces
• Main: The U.S. Hand in Undermining Democracy in Venezuela

  Trump's policy towards Venezuela has become increasingly aggressive in the run-up to elections
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  Wilpert: Venezuela’s highly unusual presidential election

  This is the best opportunity since 1998 that the opposition has to defeat the Bolivarian Revolution. So why are they boycotting the election?