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Wilpert: Unity and Succession
Znet Article, March, 31 2013
Gregory Wilpert
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Despite rumours that the Bolivarian coalition is beginning to fragment, it probably isn’t doing any such thing: too many people have too much to lose
Wilpert: Chavez Democratized Venezuela Making it the Most Equal Country in Latin America
Znet Article, March, 07 2013
Gregory Wilpert
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Chavez profoundly changed Venezuelan society, making it a much more egalitarian society than it was before he came into office
Wilpert: Tackling Institutions One By One
Znet Article, March, 06 2013
Gregory Wilpert
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Interview on media, the current situation in Venezuela, and more
Wilpert: Colombia Gives Peace A Genuine Chance
Znet Article, November, 17 2012
Gregory Wilpert
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President Santos sees his country’s future out in the world, and is prepared to negotiate an end to a 50-year civil war to better its chances
Wilpert: Can Progressives Bring Democracy to the USA?
Znet Article, October, 19 2012
Gregory Wilpert
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All voting, even for a radical third party candidate, legitimizes an undemocratic political system
Wilpert: Support Obama in 2012? Part 1 The Policies So Far
Znet Article, July, 31 2012
Gregory Wilpert
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Progressives are going to face a tough choice this coming November: should they vote for Barack Obama or not?
Wilpert: NYT Meets Venezuelan Opposition, and Smiles
Znet Article, February, 24 2012
Gregory Wilpert
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The New York Times has run out of substantive issues with which to present Venezuela in a negative light
Wilpert: Obama’s State Department Now Takes Cues from Right-Wing Cubans on Venezuela
Znet Article, January, 16 2012
Gregory Wilpert
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One sign of just how much Obama’s State Department has become indistinguishable from that of the Bush era is that on Venezuela-related matters it now takes its cues from right-wing Cubans
Albert: The State of the U.S. Left and What We Can Do About It
Znet Article, September, 13 2011
Michael Albert
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What hurts them is a threat that the whole system will change
Lopez: Venezuela’s Network of Exchange Systems
Znet Article, June, 10 2011
Juan Esteban Lopez
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Interview on Venezuela’s Network of Exchange Systems
Wilpert: Venezuela and Libya
Znet Article, March, 07 2011
Gregory Wilpert
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Chavez seems to be torn on the issue of Libya.
Wilpert: Re: Taking the Social in Socialism Seriously
Znet Article, September, 07 2009
Gregory Wilpert
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There is a problem with the concept of civil society...
Wilpert: What Might Be 21st Century Socialism?
Znet Article, June, 23 2009
Gregory Wilpert
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez has recently popularized the idea that we should re-imagine society on the basis of what he calls "21st Century Socialism." Unfortunately, while Chávez and his supporters provide a number of hints as to what thi...
Wilpert: An Important but Risky Victory for Venezuela and for Socialism
Znet Article, February, 18 2009
Gregory Wilpert
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The ten percentage point victory (55-45%) that President Chávez and his movement achieved on Sunday, February 15, 2009, in favor of amending Venezuela's constitution so that Chávez may run for president again in 2012, represents a very important...
Wilpert: Smoke and Mirrors: An Analysis of Human Rights Watch’s Report on Venezuela
Znet Article, October, 18 2008
Gregory Wilpert
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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...
Wilpert: Venezuela’s Constitutional Reform
Znet Article, April, 23 2008
Gregory Wilpert
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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: Venezuela's Revolution Checked
Znet Article, December, 24 2007
Gregory Wilpert
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With the surprising loss of the constitutional reform referendum in December (by a minimal vote difference of 1.3%) Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution reached a turning point. The April 2002 coup attempt, the December 2002 shutdown of the oil indus...
Wilpert: Changing Venezuela By Taking Power
Znet Article, September, 22 2007
Gregory Wilpert
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With the general disorientation that today dominates left parties and theorists around the world, following the successive failures of state socialism and of social democracy, one would hardly have expected a small, relatively wealthy, and inconsp...
Wilpert: ZNet Book Interview with Gregory Wilpert
Znet Article, September, 21 2007
Gregory Wilpert
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Changing Venezuela by Taking Power is an explanation and analysis of the policies of the Chavez government of Venezuela. It first explains why Chavez came into office and why his political program increasingly radicalized over the course of the fi...
Wilpert: RCTV and Freedom of Speech in Venezuela
Znet Article, June, 04 2007
Gregory Wilpert
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As far as world public opinion is conc...
Wilpert: An Account of April 11-13, 2002, in Venezuela
Znet Article, April, 15 2007
Gregory Wilpert
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The April 2002 coup attempt again...
Wilpert: Hugo Chavez's Future
Znet Article, March, 11 2007
Gregory Wilpert
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Recently, Nikolas Kozloff, who is working on a new book entitled South America´s New Direction, about the political realignment in South America, spoke with Greg Wilpert, editor of venezuelanalysis.com and a freelance journalist. Wilpert is the a...
Wilpert: Chavez Announces Nationalizations, Constitutional Reform for Socialism in Venezuela
Znet Article, January, 10 2007
Gregory Wilpert
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Caracas, January 8, 2007 (venezuelanalysis.com)— During the swearing-in ceremony of his new cabinet, Venezuela’s President Chavez announced a series of dramatic new measures for moving ahead in establishing 21st century socialism i...
Wilpert: Pre-election Analysis
Znet Article, December, 04 2006
Gregory Wilpert
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Finally, a year of anticipation about Venezuela’s 2006 presidential election is about to come to an end. For Chavez supporters the campaign included some surprises, while for many anti-Chavistas it will probably end as was to be expected. ...
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...
