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Weisbrot: The Chavez Administration at 10 Years: The Economy and Social Indicators
Znet Article, February, 08 2009
Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page
This paper looks at some of the most important economic and social indicators during the 10 years of the Chávez administration in Venezuela, as well as the current economic expansion. It also looks at the current situation and challenges.
Dangl: Latin America Breaks Free: Washington no longer calls the shots
Znet Article, February, 03 2009
Ben Dangl
Dangl's ZSpace page
Five years ago, when Evo Morales was a rising political star as a congressman and coca farmer, I met him in his office in Cochabamba, Bolivia. He was drinking orange juice and sifting through the morning newspapers when I asked him about a meeting...
Bello: 'It Is Time to Aim Beyond Capitalism'
Znet Article, January, 31 2009
Walden Bello
Bello's ZSpace page
The World Social Forum meeting this week in this city in Brazil's Amazon jungle region has an urgent and crucial task: coming up with alternative solutions for the global crisis of capitalism now under way, and pushing for democratic control of th...
Suggett: Venezuelans March Peacefully and Reflect on Amendment, Chávez, and Socialism
Znet Article, January, 31 2009
James Suggett
Suggett's ZSpace page
Fifty-one years to the day after Venezuelans toppled the U.S.-backed dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez, tens of thousands of Venezuelans held marches in Caracas and other major cities last Friday to either support or oppose a constitutional a...
Fox: MST Turns 25
Znet Article, January, 29 2009
Michael Fox
Fox's ZSpace page
In the dying days of Brazil's military dictatorship, in late January 1984, a group of nearly a hundred "landless" farmers from across Brazil met in Cascavel, Paran· to debate the founding of a movement for agrarian reform which would unite land...
Dangl: Bolivia Looking Forward: New Constitution Passed, Celebrations Hit the Streets
Znet Article, January, 26 2009
Ben Dangl
Dangl's ZSpace page
After Bolivia's new constitution was passed in a national referendum on Sunday, thousands gathered in La Paz to celebrate. Standing on the balcony of the presidential palace, President Evo Morales addressed a raucous crowd: "Here begins a new Boli...
Dangl: Spilling Ink Instead of Blood: Bolivia Poised to Vote on New Constitution
Znet Article, January, 22 2009
Ben Dangl
Dangl's ZSpace page
Dozens of marches and rallies in support of Bolivia's new constitution, to be voted on this Sunday, have filled the streets of the La Paz in recent days. On Tuesday, at a rally for the constitution and to celebrate Venezuela's donation of 300 tons...
Gibler: The Murder of Sali Grace
Znet Article, January, 09 2009
John Gibler
Gibler's ZSpace page
San José del Pacifico, Mexico-Marcella "Sali" Grace Eiler, a young woman with several years of forest defense, train hopping, banjo playing, and dumpster diving already under her belt, stepped into La Taberna de los Duendes (The Gnome's Tavern) a...
Young: Testing the Propaganda Model
Znet Article, December, 19 2008
Kevin Young
Young's ZSpace page
A comparison of US press coverage of Venezuela and Colombia over the past decade, focusing on two sets of parallel political actions taken by the Venezuelan and Colombian governments.
Castro: `Team Obama'
Znet Article, December, 10 2008
Fidel Castro
Castro's ZSpace page
Last week, the US president-elect Barack Obama announced his Economic Recovery Program...
Dangl: Workers Occupy Chicago Factory
Znet Article, December, 08 2008
Ben Dangl
Dangl's ZSpace page
When the 250 workers at the Republic Windows and Doors factory in Chicago were told that the plant was shutting down, they decided to take matters into their own hands. On Friday, December 5, the workers occupied their factory in an act that echoe...
Albert: Venezuelan Direct Democracy: The case of the Consejos Comunales.
Znet Article, November, 18 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
In 2004, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez created a movement named the consejos comunales (communal councils) aimed at creating more responsive local governance by handing local budgetary and legislative power to the councils. This movement was se...
Lendman: Targeting Aristide in Exile
Znet Article, November, 05 2008
Stephen Lendman
Lendman's ZSpace page
Elected Haiti's president in 1990. Its first ever democratically chosen one. By a sweeping two-thirds majority. Took office in February 1991. Deposed by an army-led coup in September with all the earmarks of being made-in-Washington. Returned to o...
Dangl: Bolivia: Congress Approves Referendum on Constitution
Znet Article, October, 23 2008
Ben Dangl
Dangl's ZSpace page
After months of street battles and political meetings, a new draft of the Bolivian constitution was ratified by Congress on October 21. A national referendum on whether or not to make the document official is scheduled for January 25, 2009.
Gibler: The Rule of Impunity
Znet Article, October, 21 2008
John Gibler
Gibler's ZSpace page
On October 27, 2006, Brad Will stood on Juarez Avenue in the municipality of Santa Lucia del Camino, Oaxaca, Mexico. He was filming a violent clash between armed, civilian-clad municipal police and officials and members of the Oaxaca Peoples’ Popu...
Wilpert: Smoke and Mirrors: An Analysis of Human Rights Watch’s Report on Venezuela
Znet Article, October, 18 2008
Gregory Wilpert
Wilpert's ZSpace page
President Chavez managed to hand Human Rights Watch a major public relations victory with his recent expulsion of its America’s Director José Miguel Vivanco and its Deputy Director Daniel Wilkinson...
Suggett: Chavez Clashes with Communist Party of Venezuela over Candidacies
Znet Article, October, 17 2008
James Suggett
Suggett's ZSpace page
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez threatened to "sweep off the map" the Venezuelan Communist Party (PCV) and fellow leftist party Patria Para Todos (PPT), both of which have launched alternative candidacies to those of Chávez's United Socialist Par...
Chomsky: The Financial Crisis of 2008
Znet Article, October, 12 2008
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
The basis for the crisis is predictable and it was in fact predicted. It is built into financial liberalization that there will be frequent and deep crises. In fact, since financial liberalization was instituted about thirty five years ago, there ...
Mondragon: Trade Agreements
Znet Article, October, 04 2008
Hector Mondragon
Mondragon's ZSpace page
You know that I’ve come to speak about the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the United States and Colombia. This is an important theme currently in our countries; it’s a topic of much debate.
Fletcher jr.: Respect Bolivia's Democracy
Znet Article, October, 03 2008
Bill Fletcher jr.
Fletcher jr.'s ZSpace page
There is a struggle underway in Bolivia which has been largely overlooked or misrepresented in the mainstream circles in the USA. For the first time ever in Bolivia, the majority of the population exercises its rights as fully recognized citizens ...
