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Venezuela’s Maduro Slams US Interference in Guyana Dispute and Internal Affairs

Oct 7th

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro hit back at the US government on Tuesday after the latter publically declared its support for Guyana’s claim to the disputed Essequibo region. He also responded to recent disparaging remarks made by US Secretary of State John Kerry regarding Venezuela's democracy. 

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Venezuela's Ombudsman Protests Mexico Arrest on Orders of the US
Oct 5th
Thousands March to Commemorate Anniversary of Venezuelan Legislator's Assassination
Oct 2nd
Venezuela’s Maduro Calls for a New Anti-Imperialist Geopolitics at the UN
Oct 1st
Venezuela: UN Should Support Sovereignty in Syria and Palestine
Sep 30th
Popular Chavista Mayor Arrested on Charges of Corruption
Sep 30th
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Opinion & Analysis

Ernesto Villegas (Photo: AVN)

Ernesto Villegas: Bachaqueo is the Free Market is its Worst Dimension

By Contrapunto - Ernesto Villegas , Oct 7th

The renowned Venezuelan journalist and politician Eneresto Villegas discusses bachaqueo, or the widespread practice of reselling food items, from a Marxist perspective.

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Peace at Stake in Venezuela's Upcoming Assembly Elections
By Tamara Pearson- TeleSUR English, Oct 1st
Allende’s Grandson: “Not in the Name of Allende nor Socialism”
By Pablo Sepulveda Allende- Rebelion.org, Sep 23rd
It is Necessary to Contextualize the Pragmatic and Populist Policies of the Chavista Government: An Interview with Steve Ellner, Part II
By Aporrea - Evaristo Marcano Marín - Steve Ellner, Sep 22nd
The Truth About Chávez
By Gabriel Hetland – Jacobin , Sep 21st
Between the Hammer and the Anvil: the Left, Latin America, and Venezuela
By Mila Ivanovic - rebelion.org, Sep 17th
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Venezuela in images

Grassroots Cultural Movement Tranforms Public Spaces in Caracas - A grassroots cultural movement in Venezuela proves that art can emerge and take over public spaces without the help of government grants and funding.

Featured articles

Mehmet Ali Dogan (courtesy)

Mehmet Ali Dogan: Communes, Counter-Hegemony, and the Kurdish Fight for the Middle Eastern Patria Grande

By Lucas Koerner- venezuelanalysis.com, Aug 19th

As Turkey ramps up its bombing of Kurdish forces in northern Syria, VA sits down with Mehmet Ali Dogan, a Kurdish anthropologist and documentary filmmaker from Turkey, who is spokesperson for the Kurdistan-Latin America Solidarity Committee. With powerful testimony, Dogan bridges the gaps between peoples' movements across the globe, emphasizing the need to reduce state roles in order to create and defend revolution from the ground up.

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Economic Indicators

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This CEPR has written various reports on the situation of the venezuelan economy. Read them here

Selma in Caracas: Brown-Washing and the Abuse of History
By Lucas Koerner- venezuelanalysis.com, Aug 5th
How Deep Does the Crisis Cut?
By Z.C. Dutka - Venezuelanalysis.com , Aug 3rd
Venezuela's Oldest Human Rights Organization: "Here There is a State That Respects Human Rights"
By Lucas Koerner and Sister Eugenia Russia, Jun 25th
Desmond Tutu, If You Stand with the Venezuelan Right, You Have Chosen the Side of the Oppressor
By Lucas Koerner, Jun 16th
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Interview

Steve Ellner is a well-known analyst of Venezuelan and Latin American politics and is a retired professor at the Universidad de

It is Necessary to Contextualize the Pragmatic and Populist Policies of the Chavista Government: An Interview with Steve Ellner, Part II

By Aporrea - Evaristo Marcano Marín - Steve Ellner, Sep 22nd

In the second part of the interview, Ellner argues that populist policies also have to be contextualized in order to be objectively analyzed. At the same time, he calls for a critical examination of the assertion that the government’s social programs and labor policies have generated low levels of productivity.

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