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Latest Venezuela
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Ellner: What If Bernie Sanders Opposed Sanctions Against Venezuela?
The politically-charged questions Sanders would likely get from the press, along with his possible responses
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Dobson: Revolutionary criticisms
ANC Deputy Julio Escalona: ‘The People are Angry Because They Consider that We Aren’t Doing Our Job’
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Vaz: Postcards from Popular Power in Venezuela
“Socialism still stands as a strategic horizon” – this was one of the conclusions of a recent conference on popular power and economic policy held in Caracas
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Leech: Washington’s Regime Change Strategy in Venezuela
Washington’s strategy of regime change in Venezuela is almost identical to the approach it has taken in Latin America on numerous occasions since World War Two
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Longa: The Commune and 21st Century Socialism
Interview with a key cadre of the Alexis Vive Patriotic Force, an organization based in the 23 Enero barrio that has worked to build Venezuela’s most emblematic urban commune
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Felicien: Hunger Games and Defending Food Rights in Venezuela
A report on the “Mama Rosa” food houses, an effort by organised communities to fight back against the economic crisis/war
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Dos Santos: A Tale of 90 Days Foretold
The hopes brought by the August economic reforms have quickly dissipated
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Gavazut: The First Victim of the Economic War Shouldn’t be the Truth
Ever more frequently and with greater concern I observe that, the fallacious nature of politics is resurfacing in the exercise of the Bolivarian Government
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Rushton: A Pathway Beyond Authoritarianism
This is Part 15 in a series about Radical Municipalism...
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Dobson: Venezuelan Opposition Celebrates Bolsonaro, Calls for Intervention
The result sparked deep concern among Chavista sectors fearing a possible military escalation from the ex-military man, whom they describe as a “neo-fascist.”
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Escalona: Venezuela’s Constituent Assembly and the Rise of Fascism
A former guerrilla and active member of the National Constituent Assembly talks with VA about the class struggle in the countryside and the looming menace of the ultra-right in Brazil
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Dobson: Venezuela’s Maduro Calls for Devolution of State Power
The president asked for forgiveness for his government’s “halfhearted” progress in advancing towards the communal state, pledging to go beyond mere “speeches and applause” to empower the communes
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Martín: Venezuela on the verge of a social explosion?
Only the Venezuelan working people can offer a way forward from the current crisis
Venezuela Video
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Ellner: Trump Putting Venezuela on ‘State Sponsor of Terrorism’ List?
The Trump administration is actively exploring the option of placing Venezuela on the state sponsor of terrorism list, to further intensify sanctions that have already caused significant damage to Venezuela’s economy
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The siege-like conditions which Venezuela has been subjected to from both foreign interference and domestic opposition present a myriad of challenges for the country to move forward
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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
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