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Pearson: New Council to Incorporate Venezuelan Governors, Mayors, and Communal Council Representatives
Znet Article, February, 24 2010
Tamara Pearson
Pearson's ZSpace page
Following the passage of the new Law of the Federal Government Council last week, pro-government governors around the country expressed their support of the formation of a Federal Government Council, which will consist of governors, mayors, member...
Fuentes: Venezuela’s Revolution Faces Crucial Battles
Znet Article, February, 23 2010
Frederico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
Decisive battles between the forces of revolution and counter-revolution loom on the horizon in Venezuela.
Engler: Canada & Venezuela
Commentary, February, 18 2010
Yves Engler
Engler's ZSpace page
The government of Hugo Chavez was correct last week when a representative said Ottawa supports "coup plotters" and "destabilizers" in Venezuela.
Albert: Fifth International?!
Znet Article, January, 21 2010
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
To be a contender, “21st Century Socialist†vision needs elaboration, advocacy, and program. To improve focus and increase power, worldwide anti-capitalist organizations, projects, and movements need shared coherence and mutual solidarity. To ...
Suggett: Chavez's Annual Address Includes Minimum Wage Hike, Maintenance of Social Spending in Venezuela
Znet Article, January, 20 2010
James Suggett
Suggett's ZSpace page
In his annual address to the National Assembly, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced a 25% increase in the minimum wage this year, promised that funding to health care, education, and other anti-poverty programs will not be cut, and spoke of...
Gollinger: CIA Agents Assassinated in Afghanistan Worked for "Contractor" Active in Venezuela, Cuba
Znet Article, January, 05 2010
Eva Gollinger
Gollinger's ZSpace page
At least eight U.S. citizens were killed on a CIA operations base in Afghanistan this past Wednesday, December 30. A suicide bomber infiltrated Forward Operating Base Chapman located in the eastern province of Khost, which was a CIA center of oper...
Chavez: Chavez's Lines: December 6, 11 years later
Znet Article, December, 08 2009
Hugo Chavez
Chavez's ZSpace page
The publication of The Lines of Chávez N° 50 is no mean feat. It coincides with the tenth anniversary of the great popular victory of December 6th, 1998. On this luminous and transcendental date, the sovereign will of the majority definitively f...
Fuentes: Chavez’s historic call for a Fifth Socialist International
Znet Article, November, 27 2009
Frederico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
Addressing delegates at the International Encounter of Left Parties held in Caracas, November 19-21, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez stated “the time has come for us to convoke the Fifth International.†Face with the capitalist crisis and the...
Castro: The Bolivarian Revolution and Peace
Znet Article, November, 23 2009
Fidel Castro
Castro's ZSpace page
I know Chavez well, and no one could be more reluctant than him to allow a showdown between the Venezuelan and Colombian peoples that leads to bloodshed. These are two fraternal peoples, the same as Cubans living in the east, center and west end o...
Fuentes: Venezuela: Socialists Prepare for Party Congress
Znet Article, November, 16 2009
Frederico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
Activists from the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) are preparing for the party’s second congress, scheduled to start on November 21.
Suggett: Suspects Arrested in Murder of Venezuelan Indigenous, but Chief’s Detention Fuels Conflict
Znet Article, October, 31 2009
James Suggett
Suggett's ZSpace page
Last week, Venezuelan officials arrested seven suspects in the deadly October 13th attack on an indigenous Yukpa community. However, the investigation was tainted with the arbitrary detention one of the victims, Yukpa Chief Sabino Romero, promptin...
Pearson: Urban Land Committees of Venezuela Demand Law Reform
Znet Article, October, 19 2009
Tamara Pearson
Pearson's ZSpace page
On Saturday Urban Land Committee spokespeople from across Venezuela met in Caracas to demand the approval of a reform to the Law of Regularisation of Urban Land Tenancy, which would transfer private housing to occupying families and recognise coll...
Pearson: Africa-South America Summit in Venezuela Cements South-South Collaboration
Znet Article, September, 27 2009
Tamara Pearson
Pearson's ZSpace page
Creating a new Radio of the South, formalizing the Bank of the South, criticizing the make-up of the UN Security Council, and supporting Honduran President Manuel Zelaya were among the outcomes at the second Africa-South American Summit (ASA) that...
Suggett: Venezuelan Education Law: Socialist Indoctrination or Liberatory Education?
Znet Article, August, 22 2009
James Suggett
Suggett's ZSpace page
Venezuelan opposition activists allege that the new Education Law, which the National Assembly passed unanimously shortly after midnight on August 14th following an extended legislative session, is unconstitutional, anti-democratic, politicizes th...
Pearson: United Socialist Party of Venezuela Restructures
Znet Article, August, 21 2009
Tamara Pearson
Pearson's ZSpace page
The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), the party which supports President Hugo Chavez and which currently has almost 7 million registered members, is reorganising itself into smaller units called "patrols," in order to increase participat...
Weisbrot: Anti-Venezuela Spokespeople Misrepresent Reality of Press Freedom in Venezuela
Znet Article, August, 12 2009
Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page
Denis MacShane attacks the British left for defending Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez against an onslaught from the media, "New Cold Warriors," and right-wing demagogues throughout the world. His rhetorical trick is to tar the left with a new med...
Chavez: Letter to the Presidents of UNASUR
Znet Article, August, 11 2009
Hugo Chavez
Chavez's ZSpace page
In the name of the spirit of Liberty and Justice that in this supreme era of greatness gathers us in this luminous present, I wish to extend to you all my most sincere and fraternal greetings.
Bohmer: Venezuela: Socialism for the 21st Century
Znet Article, August, 03 2009
Peter Bohmer
Bohmer's ZSpace page
For much of the 19th and 20th century, socialism was the hope of millions of working people around the globe, including the United States in the early part of the 20th century. This was the period of the growth of the Socialist Party and the Indus...
Dangl: Dissecting Utopia
Znet Article, July, 30 2009
Ben Dangl
Dangl's ZSpace page
Reviewed: The New Latin American Left: Utopia Reborn, edited by Patrick Barrett, Daniel Chavez and Cesar Rodriguez-Garavito. Published by Pluto Press (2008), 320 pages.
Suggett: Honduras Coup
Znet Article, July, 28 2009
James Suggett
Suggett's ZSpace page
On June 28th, the Honduran military kidnapped Zelaya and deposited him in Costa Rica, and Roberto Michelleti, a fellow party member of Zelaya and head of the Congress at the time, took over as de facto president.
