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Wilpert: The Meaning of 21st Century Socialism for Venezuela
Znet Article, July, 22 2006
Gregory Wilpert
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In what appeared to be a surprise to almost everyone, on January 30, 2005, in a speech to the 5th World Social Forum, President Hugo Chavez announced that he supported the creation of socialism of the 21st century in Venezuela. According to Chavez...
Wilpert: Linking Post-Capitalist Alternatives
Znet Article, May, 28 2006
Gregory Wilpert
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Linking Post-Capitalist Alternatives
Wilpert: August 15
Znet Article, September, 15 2004
Gregory Wilpert
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Venezuela’s presidential recall referendum was one of Latin America’s most historic electoral events of the past twenty five years. Such a statement probably sounds like an exaggeration to most northerners. However, this is the f...
Wilpert: Oil and the Venezuelan State
Znet Article, July, 27 2004
Gregory Wilpert
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Ali Rodriguez is the president of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, PDVSA. He is one of the Venezuelan Left’s main oil industry experts, having served for many years as member of the congressional committee that oversees oil iss...
Wilpert: How to turn a government into a pariah
Znet Article, March, 08 2004
Gregory Wilpert
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Media Coverage of the Clashes between Protesters and State Security Forces According to Venezuela’s opposition leaders, the oppositional media, and most international observers, the events of this past week in Venezuela were a perfect e...
Wilpert: How Many Signatures?
Znet Article, December, 18 2003
Gregory Wilpert
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Part I: Watching a Train Wreck in Progress Watching Venezuelan politics now is like watching a train wreck in progress, with two trains rushing towards each other and the date of the collision being the announcement of the CNE’s signature...
Wilpert: Venezuela's Mission To Fight Poverty
Znet Article, November, 13 2003
Gregory Wilpert
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Over the past two years or so there has been much polemic between the government and the opposition over the issue of poverty. Chavez was originally elected on a platform to pay particular attention to the needs of Venezuela’s poor. Also, ...
Wilpert: Venezuela in USNews
Znet Article, October, 04 2003
Gregory Wilpert
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An article recently appeared in one of the largest U.S. news magazines, an article which will remind well-informed readers of a typical disinformation campaign. The article in question, "Terror Close to Home," by Linda Robinson, appeared in U.S. N...
Wilpert: U.S. in Venezuela
Znet Article, September, 20 2003
Gregory Wilpert
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"We have proof of the CIA's clandestine activities in Venezuela". Chavez talks to foreign journalists Thursday, Sep 18, 2003 In a three-hour lunch meeting with foreign journalists yesterday, Venezuela¡¯s president Hugo Chavez roamed over a wide v...
Wilpert: Venezuela's Recall Show-Down
Commentary, September, 17 2003
Gregory Wilpert
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With the recent passing of the three-year anniversary of Hugo Chavez' year 2000 election as president of Venezuela; several milestones have been reached more or less simultaneously in the recent history of Latin America's most controversial presid...
Wilpert: The OAS-mediated negotiations, the strike, and other recent events
Zmag Article, January, 01 2003
Gregory Wilpert
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C ésar Gaviria, the General Secretary of the OAS, has the unenviable job of mediating negotiations between Venezuela's government and its opposition, while the political situation deteriorates...
Wilpert: Coup D'Petrol In Venezuela
Znet Article, December, 17 2002
Gregory Wilpert
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Exactly one year after the opposition’s first “general strike,†on December 10, 2001, which launched the campaign to oust the democratically elected president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, the opposition is engaged in its four...
Wilpert: Chavez Hangs On
Znet Article, December, 09 2002
Gregory Wilpert
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The OAS-Mediated Negotiations, the Strike, and other recent events César Gaviria, the General Secretary of the OAS, has the unenviable job of mediating negotiations between Venezuela's government and its opposition, while the political situation...
Wilpert: Why Venezuela's Middle Class (for the most part) Opposes Chavez
Znet Article, October, 27 2002
Gregory Wilpert
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"Chavez' greatest error was to screw the middle class," says Carlos Escarrá, a prominent constitutional lawyer and former Venezuelan supreme court judge, who describes himself as being with the "proceso," but not a Chavista. The "proceso" is the ...
Wilpert: Opposition and Government Supporters Rally Their Forces
Znet Article, October, 23 2002
Gregory Wilpert
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Evidence for the passions in and polarization of Venezuelan society was clearly on display on October 10, at the anti-government demonstration, and on October 13, at the pro-government demonstration. Both protests managed to draw crowds that proba...
Wilpert: Venezuela after the Coup Attempt
Znet Article, May, 07 2002
Gregory Wilpert
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More and more details about the attempted coup against President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela are beginning to emerge, although much of it still remains shrouded in mystery. The perhaps biggest unsolved mystery is who were the snipers who started the ...
Wilpert: Coup in Venezuela: An Eyewitness Account
Znet Article, April, 12 2002
Gregory Wilpert
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The orchestration of the coup was impeccable and, in all likelihood, planned a long time ago. Hugo Chavez, the fascist communist dictator of Venezuela could not stand the truth and thus censored the media relentlessly. For his own personal gain an...
Wilpert: An Imminent Coup in Venezuela?
Znet Article, April, 10 2002
Gregory Wilpert
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It appears that the strategy of President Chavez’ opposition is to create as much chaos and disorder in Venezuela as possible, so that Chavez is left with no other choice than to call a state of emergency. This, in turn could either lead t...


