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Weisbrot: Venezuela's Still a Democracy
Znet Article, April, 24 2008
Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page
On 2 December Venezuelans will vote on a number of amendments to their constitution. Generally speaking the proposals have been portrayed in the media as the next step on the road to dictatorship.
Fox: U.S. Companies Behind Anti-Reform Propaganda in Venezuela
Znet Article, April, 24 2008
Michael Fox
Fox's ZSpace page
"I voted for Chavez for President, but not now. Because they told me that if the reform passes, they're going to take my son, because he will belong to the state," said Gladys Castro last week, a Colombian immigrant who has lived in Venezuela for...
Wilpert: Venezuela’s Constitutional Reform
Znet Article, April, 23 2008
Gregory Wilpert
Wilpert's ZSpace page
The following is an article-by-article summary of the changes being proposed to Venezuela's 1999 constitution. The summary is in no way official and should only be used as an aid in making sense of the proposed constitutional reform. The official ...
Wilpert: Real Utopia, Left Forum '08: Introduction and Greg Wilpert 1/11
Video, April, 11 2008
Gregory Wilpert
Wilpert's ZSpace page
Socialism for the 21st Century, and Venezuela...
Wilpert: Real Utopia-Left Forum '08: Introduction and Greg Wilpert 2/11
Video, April, 11 2008
Gregory Wilpert
Wilpert's ZSpace page
Presentation continued...
Weisbrot: Bush Administration, More Isolated in Latin America, Cries "Terrorism"
Znet Article, April, 11 2008
Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page
Of all the nonsense that we hear regularly about Venezuela, the idea that the country is a "security threat" is probably the most ridiculous. For six years now, since the Bush Administration supported a failed coup attempt against the democratical...
Lendman: The New York Times v. Hugo Chavez
Znet Article, April, 01 2008
Stephen Lendman
Lendman's ZSpace page
Carly Simon's theme song from the 1977 James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me" says it all about The New York Times' agitprop skill - "Nobody Does It Better" nor have others in the media been at it longer. Most important is The Times influence and ...
Lendman: Bush v. Chavez - An Update
Znet Article, March, 17 2008
Stephen Lendman
Lendman's ZSpace page
Imagine the following - the nation Martin Luther King called "The Greatest Purveyor of Violence in the World Today" may brand democratic Venezuela a state sponsor of terrorism if extremist lawmakers on the Hill get their way.
Fox: Hypocrisies of a US-backed Crisis
Znet Article, March, 14 2008
Michael Fox
Fox's ZSpace page
With Colombian President Alvaro Uribe’s admittance of wrong-doing last Friday, and his promise never to invade another country in South America again under the excuse of it’s war on the Colombian insurgency, it appears that the so-called “Andean C...
Lendman: Bush and Uribe v. Chavez and Correa
Znet Article, March, 11 2008
Stephen Lendman
Lendman's ZSpace page
Call it another salvo in Bush v. Chavez with Ecuador's Raphael Correa as a secondary target and Colombia's Alvaro Uribe as a proxy aggressor. The Ecuadorean incursion was no ordinary cross-border raid. It was a made in Washington affair that escal...
Naiman: Obama Glosses Colombian Attack in Ecuador; Clinton Calls for Escalation Against Venezuela
Znet Article, March, 06 2008
Robert Naiman
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The Clinton and Obama forces have asked us to consider who we want answering the phone at the White House at 3 AM. There is little need to speculate. We have a lot of evidence about how they will respond.
Zirin: Can't Knock the Hassle: Chavez Challenges Baseball
Znet Article, February, 26 2008
Dave Zirin
Zirin's ZSpace page
When Hugo Chávez struck out in his December referendum aimed at overhauling the Venezuelan political system, a small group of overfed men raised their glasses in triumph: the assorted owners of Major League Baseball.
Lendman: Bush & ExxonMobil v. Chavez
Znet Article, February, 18 2008
Stephen Lendman
Lendman's ZSpace page
Since the Bush administration took office in January 2001, it's targeted Hugo Chavez relentlessly. From the aborted two-day April 2002 coup attempt to the 2002-03 oil management lockout to the failed 2004 recall referendum to stoking opposition ra...
Spannos: Real Utopia: Participatory Society for the 21st Century
Book, February, 12 2008
Instead of simply declaring "another world is possible," the writers in this collection engage with what that world would look like, how it would function, and how our commitment to just outcomes is related to the sort of institutions we maintain....
Fox: Venezuelan Grassroots Groups Push For A United Movement
Znet Article, February, 10 2008
Michael Fox
Fox's ZSpace page
Grassroots leaders meet in El Valle to discuss a unitary platform...
Palast: Fear Of Chavez Is Fear Of Democracy
Audio, February, 06 2008
Greg Palast
Palast's ZSpace page
The Family Bush can fix Florida. They can fix Ohio. But it’s just driving them crazy that they can’t fix the vote in Venezuela.
Weisbrot: Latin America News Coverage
Znet Article, February, 01 2008
Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page
Barack Obama had a few choice words for Bill and Hillary Clinton after the South Carolina primary, about people who would "say anything and do anything to win an election."
Podur: Colombia's war and Venezuela's foreign policy
Znet Article, January, 23 2008
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
This article will explain the Colombian context and what Chavez was, and is, probably trying to achieve with the humanitarian accord. The release of the hostages was a very positive development, for reasons that will be discussed below.
Weisbrot: Americans Need to Look Beyond the Media on Venezuela
Znet Article, January, 17 2008
Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page
If we read the newspapers and watch TV in the United States, we are told that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela is a "dictator," "authoritarian," "a threat to democracy" in his own country and the region, and "anti-U.S." But leaders who try to em...
Weisbrot: "Suitcase Scandal" is Another U.S. Foreign Policy Blunder
Znet Article, January, 10 2008
Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page
On December 20 the U.S. government indicted four Venezuelans and one Uruguayan for allegedly acting as foreign agents without notifying the U.S. government. The charges stem from an incident that occurred on August 4 when Guido Antonini Wilson, a ...
