Latest 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
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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
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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
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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?
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Maduro: Our Democracy Is About Protecting Our People
The elections, the economy, and the direction of the Bolivarian process
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Azzellini: Communes and Workers’ Control in Venezuela
Interview on Venezuelan communes and the new forms of participation, as well as its successes, difficulties and contradictions
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Emersberger: Media on Venezuela Conveys and Conceals So Much
Western media have developed, over years of repetition, distortions and whitewashing gross imperial hypocrisy about Venezuela
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Dos Santos: The ‘Brain Drain’ and Beyond
A look at increasing youth emigration in Venezuela
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Venezuelanalysis.com: Venezuela’s Detained Ex-Spy Chief Is No Friend of the Left
For many on the Bolivarian left, Miguel Rodriguez Torres is a human rights violator and enemy of popular movements who has aligned himself with Venezuela's violent right-wing opposition
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The National Front of Working Class Struggle demands the government free Elio Palacios and cease “repression” against labor activists
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Guild: Open Letter to Venezuelan President Maduro
The National Lawyers Guild, as a longtime supporter of the Bolivarian project, sent the below letter to Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and Attorney General Tarek Saab
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Albert: Free Miguel Rodriguez Torres
It isn’t just Miguel Rodriguez Torres’ freedom and life at stake in these events as I am sure he would untiringly emphasize.
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Dobson: Venezuela: Ex-Spymaster Detained for Alleged “Conspiracy
Miguel Rodriguez Torres has been accused of “conspiracy” against the constitution and of sowing division within the armed forces
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Torres: Interviewing Miguel Rodriguez Torres
Miguel Rodriguez Torres interviewed by Michael Albert, 2016
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Torres: Interview with Interior and Justice Minister Miguel Rodriguez Torres
Miguel Rodriguez Torres interviewed by Michael Albert, 2013
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Foster: Inflicting Pain in Latin America
Interview about the U.S. fight to maintain hegemony in Latin America, the rise of the right wing, and the danger of “regime change” in Venezuela
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Interview on an historic gathering of Venezuelan popular movements at the El Maizal commune in Lara state and its implications for the future of Venezuela’s communal socialist struggle
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Weisbrot: Behind the Scenes in Venezuela
The Trump administration is intensifying its regime change efforts to potentially include torpedoing Venezuela's presidential election
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Ellner: NY Times’ Uncanny Comparison Of Leopoldo Lopez With MLK
The corporate media reached an all-time low this week in its one-sided reporting on Venezuela
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Emersberger: Amnesty International Winks at Trump
Amnesty International told me that it “does not take a...
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Koerner: Will the Venezuelan Masses Still Stand with Maduro?
Why is Chavismo still so popular amid Venezuela's worst economic downturn in decades?
Venezuela Video
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Wilpert: US Efforts to Sabotage Venezuelan Elections Intensify
Lucas Koerner is a journalist at Venezuelanalysis based in Caracas,...
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Weisbrot: Trump Renews Venezuela Sanctions
Trump renewed Obama's sanctions against Venezuela, declaring it an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to the US, violating international law in the process
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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
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