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Janicke: First Egypt, Next Venezuela?
Znet Article, February, 27 2011
Kiraz Janicke
Janicke's ZSpace page
As the wave of popular uprisings has spread across the Arab world, a flurry of articles have appeared suggesting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez could be the next “dictator” to be overthrown.
Fuentes: Colombia: Doing business, killing workers
Znet Article, November, 18 2010
Frederico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
Colombia’s “Doing Business” score, which measures how much the country has improved for business, showed Colombia as the best improving economy in the region.
Fuentes: Alina Canaviri Sullcani
Znet Article, October, 13 2010
Frederico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
Alina Canaviri Sullcani is a Bolivian indigenous peasant now visiting Australia. Canaviri is active in Santa Cruz as a leader of the National Federation of Indigenous Peasant Women of Bolivia Bartolina Sisa and the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS)...
Fuentes: Venezuela: Left wins, but right makes gains
Znet Article, October, 05 2010
Frederico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
Venezuela’s September 26 National Assembly elections gave an interesting insight into the state of class struggle in a country sharply polarized by the revolutionary changes led by the government of President Hugo Chavez.
Fuentes: Bolivia: Social Tensions Erupt
Znet Article, August, 16 2010
Frederico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
Indigenous Quechua protesters blockaded the main road between La Paz and Potosi on August 8.
Fuentes: Panama: General Strike Rejects Killings, Anti-Labor Laws
Znet Article, July, 27 2010
Frederico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
A protest against anti-worker Law 30, Panama 2010. The law includes dramatic restrictions on the right to strike and immunity for the police to use force against strikers. When right-wing billionaire Ricardo Martinelli was elected Panama’s preside...
Fuentes: Bolivia: When Fantasy Trumps Reality
Znet Article, May, 30 2010
Frederico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
Under the presidency of Evo Morales, Bolivia has achieved a new constitution incorporating the rights of indigenous peoples, the beginning of land reform, the nationalization of important natural resources and increased state social spending to th...
Fuentes: Venezuela's Economic Woes?
Znet Article, May, 23 2010
Frederico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
In recent weeks, local and international media have attacked the left-wing Venezuelan government over alleged “economic woes”.
Fuentes: Bolivia’s Mining Dilemmas
Znet Article, May, 20 2010
Frederico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
Perhaps no other sector better exemplifies the challenge the Bolivian government faces in lifting the country out of the poverty and dependency afflicting South America’s poorest nation than its all-important mining industry.
Fuentes: Bolivia: Between development and Mother Earth
Znet Article, May, 17 2010
Frederico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
The tremendous success of the April 19-22 World Peoples Summit on Climate Change and Mother Earth Rights held in Cochabamba, Bolivia, has confirmed the well-deserved role of its initiator — Bolivian President Evo Morales — as one of the world’s le...
Chavez: The First Socialist International of the 21st Century
Znet Article, April, 28 2010
Julio Chavez
Chavez's ZSpace page
During the recently concluded five-month extraordinary congress of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, Kiraz Janicke & Federico Fuentes had the opportunity to discuss President Hugo Chavez’s proposal to form a Fifth Socialist International, w...
Fuentes: Venezuela: Workers’ control to solve power problems
Znet Article, April, 22 2010
Frederico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
Following nation-wide assemblies involving more than 10 000 electricity workers to collectively discuss solutions to the sector's problems, 600 delegates gathered in Caracas on April 8-9. The delegates presented Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wi...
Fuentes: BOLIVIA: Bittersweet victory highlights obstacles for process of change
Znet Article, April, 10 2010
Frederico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
Although final figures will not be known until April 24, the results of Bolivia's April 4 regional elections have ratified the continued advance of the "democratic and cultural revolution" led by the country's first indigenous President Evo Morales.
Fuentes: For Venezuela, There is No Going Back
Znet Article, March, 28 2010
Frederico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
A Discussion with Federico Fuentes and Kiraz Janicke
Fuentes: For Venezuela, There is No Going Back
Znet Article, March, 28 2010
Frederico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
A Discussion with Federico Fuentes and Kiraz Janicke
Fuentes: Venezuela: New moves to build people's power
Znet Article, March, 25 2010
Frederico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
The Venezuelan government has launched a number of initiatives in recent weeks aimed to tackle threats to the revolutionary process including from elements within the pro-Chavez camp that seek to undermine plans to deepen the revolution.
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.
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...
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.
Fuentes: Hugo Blanco: Indigenous 'struggle for nature'
Znet Article, October, 19 2009
Federico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
In August 2008, the government was forced to repeal two of the decrees following 11 days of mass demonstrations. Indigenous protesters blockaded roads and a river, shut down oil pipelines and took control of major gas fields in southern Peru.
Fuentes: Insurrection in Honduras: Resistance Front says "We won't rest until victory"
Znet Article, September, 29 2009
Federico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
“The whole world knows that what we have here in Honduras is a coup regimeâ€, Armando Licona, a leader from the Revolutionary University Student Front said. Green Left Weekly spoke with Licona, whose organisation is part of the National Resista...
Fuentes: Transition to Socialism
Znet Article, August, 12 2009
Federico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
On August 1, United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) members across the country participated in 1556 local assemblies to discuss the reorganisation of the party's base into local patrols.
Fuentes: Venezuela: Class struggle intensifies over battle for workers’ control
Znet Article, August, 04 2009
Federico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
On July 22, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez again declared his complete support for the proposal by industrial workers for a new model of production based on workers’ control.
Fuentes: Venezuela
Znet Article, July, 27 2009
Federico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
Caracas: On July 22, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez again declared his complete support for the proposal by industrial workers for a new model of production based on workers’ control.
Fuentes: Honduras
Znet Article, July, 23 2009
Federico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) is well-known for its mission to expose the Venezuelan government of President Hugo Chavez as a threat to free speech “all over the continentâ€.
Fuentes: Venezuela: 'When the working class roars, capitalists tremble'
Znet Article, June, 01 2009
Federico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
Addressing the 400-strong May 21 workshop with workers from the industrial heartland of Guayana, dedicated to the "socialist transformation of basic industry", Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez noted with satisfaction the outcomes of discussions: "...
Fuentes: Latin America: Summit reveals a changing continent
Znet Article, April, 29 2009
Federico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
The fifth Summit of the Americas was held over April 17-19 in Trinidad and Tobago, bringing together representatives from all countries of the Americas except Cuba. A far cry from the first of its kind, convened by the US in 1994, it revealed how ...
Fuentes: Why the US still hates Cuba
Znet Article, April, 28 2009
Federico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
At the centre of the Summit of the Americas held in Trinidad and Tobago over April 17-19, was the only country from the hemisphere not present - Cuba.
Fuentes: Venezuela: Mass organisation, unity increases as revolution deepens
Znet Article, March, 22 2009
Federico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
“This government is here to protect the people, not the bourgeoisie or the richâ€, proclaimed Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on February 28, as he ordered soldiers to take over two rice-processing plants owned by Venezuelan food and drink gia...
Fuentes: Venezuela: The political significance of the election results and the new struggles ahead
Znet Article, November, 30 2008
Federico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
Supporters and opponents of Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution have come out with differing assessments post the November 23 regional elections, which Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had defined as the most important electoral contest yet for the ...
