Latest Venezuela
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Podur: Media Not Telling Truth About Venezuela
A right-wing insurgency, with the United States' backing, threatens a fragile democracy
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Weisbrot: Trump Sanctions on Venezuela
Trump and his advisers may see Venezuela as less risky than some of the alternatives, such as North Korea, Iran, or Syria
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Mallett-Outtrim: Venezuela’s Constituent Assembly
Venezuela’s National Constituent Assembly (ANC) approved Friday a decree that will allow it to legislate on national security issues
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Conway: Venezuela: Target of Economic Warfare
One reason Maduro is so despised by the opposition is that he refuses to follow the neoliberal economic prescription of austerity, privatization, deregulation, etc.
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Golinger: Battle for Venezuela and Its Oil
There is a long history of Washington meddling in the affairs of Venezuela
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Cooke: Trump Versus the Venezuelan Revolution
A “red tide” can rejuvenate the revolutionary forces across the hemisphere and easily drown out the recent victories of various counter-revolutions
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Ellner: Social Programs in Venezuela
The Chavista government’s social programs evidence the tensions between institutional checks and radical democracy
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Mallett-Outtrim: Venezuelan Court Sentences Mayor
Venezuela’s highest court ordered Wednesday the arrest of an opposition mayor accused of refusing to obey the Supreme Court order to stem political violence in his municipality
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Fuentes: Venezuela needs our solidarity
What’s at stake is not simply the Maduro government, but the very existence of one of the most important left political forces in the world today
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de Sousa Santos: Venezuela can solve its own problems
The people could reach a democratic and non-violent solution if they were freed from US meddling
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A massive turnout of over 8 million voters, around 41% of the electorate, gave chavismo a much-needed shot in the arm
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Fernandes: What’s Left of the Bolivarian Revolution?
In difficult times, life histories by grassroots Venezuelan activists illuminate valuable lessons from the Bolivarian Revolution
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Weisbrot: Sanctions will worsen the crisis
The U.S. strategy of “regime change” has contributed to the death of hundreds of thousands of people — mostly civilians — in Iraq, Libya, Syria and Afghanistan
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Ellner: Trump Sanctions Maduro
Over 8 million Venezuelans vote for a National Constituent Assembly, while the US sanctions anyone elected to the Assembly
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Koerner: 10 Dead, 200 Voting Centers Attacked
Sunday’s vote in Venezuela was rocked by deadly anti-government violence aimed at preventing the election from taking place
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de Sousa Santos: In defense of Venezuela
In order to understand why in all probability there will be no peaceful solution for the crisis in Venezuela we have to be aware of what is at stake in the global geostrategic scene.
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Chowdhury: The disinformation campaign on Venezuela
The upper classes of Venezuela are trying to regain their lost fiefdom. The program of violence they are implementing, which has rocked Venezuela since April 4, 2017, is part of that effort
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Martín: A crucial week in Venezuela
This is the voice of those in the ruling class who recognise that while Chavismo has lost a lot of support, they have not been able to win over the masses
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Weisbrot: Venezuela needs negotiation
What kind of role should Washington play in Venezuela’s crisis?...
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Contributors: Q & A: The National Constituent Assembly
Elections for a National Constituent Assembly are being held in...
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Mallett-Outtrim: People’s Summit Backs Venezuela
Social movements from across South America condemned Thursday Merocsur’s suspension of Venezuela, amid speculation the regional bloc could take further action against Caracas
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Martín: A Chavista show of strength
Venezuela’s reactionary opposition had put all their weight behind a...
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Weisbrot: Venezuela’s New Economic Measures
The new measures can help alleviate some of Venezuela's economic problems, but do not address the heart of the problem, an inflation-depreciation spiral
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Weisbrot: New US Sanctions Against Venezuela
US sanctions against Venezuela, which VP Pence announced Wednesday, target Venezuelan debt and will make borrowing more expensive, hurting the people Trump claims to help
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Wilpert: Venezuelan Vote Count
The CEO of the company that sold and operates the voting machines in Venezuela says that there was a discrepancy of 1 million votes
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Martin: Opposition Violence at Venezuela Protests
Violent opposition protesters attempt to intimidate reporters
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Ellner: Constitutional Assembly a “Mixed Bag”
The Venezuelan government's call for a constitutional assembly is a positive step for breaking the political deadlock, but it still won't solve the country's most pressing problems
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Koerner: Massive Protests in Venezuela
While international media focused almost exclusively on the opposition protests and clashes with the police, the pro-government protests were equally as large
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Boothroyd Rojas: Why has Venezuela’s Supreme Court Assumed Legislative Power?
Discussion on the Venezuelan TSJ’s move to assume the legislative power of the AN
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Koerner: Between Recall Referendum and Parliamentary Coup: What’s going on in Venezuela?
Interview on the status of the presidential recall referendum in Venezuela, and the opposition-held National Assembly's recent attempt to impeach the president
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Golinger: Why the CIA Won’t Give Up on Venezuela
Interview about the Western backed resistance groups in Venezuela and how there is a coup happening in real time
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Golinger: The Media War on Venezuela
Venezuela has been in the eye of a constant media storm. That storm is intensifying as a new opposition coup plot was thwarted
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Weisbrot: Will Venezuela’s New Floating Exchange Rate Curb Inflation?
New exchange rate is intended to safeguard the importation of essential and primary goods
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Ali: The Inaugural Hugo Chavez Memorial Lecture
The Venezuela Solidarity Campaign in Britain on February 20, 2014, sponsored the inaugural Hugo Chavez Memorial Lecture in London
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Robertson: Venezuela One Year After Chavez’s Passing
Latin American studies professor Miguel Tinker Salas and Venezuelanalysis.com journalist Ewan Robertson discuss the presidency of Hugo Chavez and the current state of opposition protests
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Bhatt: US Backing the Destabilization of Venezuela
Elite forces in Venezuela and the US are determined to undermine the accomplishments of the Bolivarian revolution
Venezuela Blogs
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Fitz: Health Care in a Global Environment
It is possible to provide health care much more cheaply...
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Read my review of this fine book here
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Bohmer: Support the Victory of Nicolas Maduro as President
It is really important and our responsibility that we demand...
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Bohmer: My Statement at Memorial for Hugo Chavez
Talk at Hugo Chávez Memorial Peter Bohmer, Olympia, Washington March...
Venezuela Interviews
A series of interviews about Venezuela, interviewer: Michael Albert
August, 2013
Minister of the Interior Rodriguez 1
Minister of the Interior Rodriguez 2
February 2013
Supreme Court Judge Vegas
Venezuela Analysis Pearson
Venezuela Analysis Wilpert
2008 but still highly relevant...
Supreme Court Judge Vegas
Women's Bank, Castenada
Carora Mayor Julio Chavez