By Mark Cook – Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting , Jul 15th 2016
The Times interviewed Paraguayan Foreign Minister Eladio Lozaiga, who is accused of involvement in the assassination program run by the World Anti-Communist League and Operation Condor.
Professor Julia Buxton argues that the Bolivarian Revolution's weakness was its inability to institutionalize the radical popular energies it unleashed in a new order, a failing that has led to the present crisis.
By Eli Cain & Erika Sato - Council on Hemispheric Affairs, Jul 11th 2016
Eli Cain and Erika Sato argue that economic cooperation in Mercosur has become increasingly more difficult given political circumstances in the region and some of the bloc's own protocols.
By Jeanette Charles - Venezuelanalysis.com, Jul 8th 2016
In this interview Ricardo Guerrero reflects on the struggle for social inclusion in economic policies and his experience in the differently abled movement.
In the second of his reports on the state of Venezuela's health service, teleSUR's Iain Bruce looks at the claims of carnage in the country's maternity hospitals.
The problems and contradictions in Venezuela's health system run deeper and are more complicated than the prevailing narrative of crisis and collapse, reports TeleSUR's Iain Bruce.
By Danny Glover - The Jamaica Observer , Jul 6th 2016
Award-winning actor Danny Glover warns against intervention in Venezuela, and takes aim at OAS head, Luis Almagro, for spearheading a baseless campaign against the South American country.
By Tamara Pearson - New International , Jul 4th 2016
The time has come for rural communities, who are organizing to produce food for their own consumption, to play an important role in the country, reports Tamara Pearson.
By Mark Weisbrot - The New York Times, Jul 1st 2016
"The best thing that the United States government could do with regard to Venezuela, regardless of political outcomes there, would be to end its intervention," argues Weisbrot.
By Peter Bolton - Council on Hemispheric Affairs , Jun 30th 2016
COHA's Peter Bolton lambasts the OAS for remaining silent on political violations in Brazil and human rights abuses in Mexico whilst continuing to put pressure on Venezuela.
Lucía Martínez, wife of murdered indigenous Yukpa chief Sabino Romero, demands that Venezuela's Public Prosecution indict the wealthy cattle ranchers alleged to have hired the assassins.
Gabriel Hetland concludes that the mainstream media has consistently exaggerated the extent of Venezuela's current economic crisis following a three week visit to the South American country. In this piece, he draws on a number of interviews with social movement activists to answer the question: just how bad is Venezuela's current crisis?
