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Znet Article 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, ...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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 ...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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 ...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

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