International… Interview With Marta Harnecker On The Latin American Left 21 Sep 201225 Sep 2012 Marta Harnecker defines herself as a Marxist-Leninist “popular educator.” A Chilean, she was a student of philosopher Louis Althusser, a Catholic student leader and a member of the socialist government…
Politics Chavez In Build Up To Election Campaign 6 Jun 201211 Oct 2012 By Ewan Robertson With just under four weeks until the official launch of Venezuela’s presidential election campaign on 1 July, President Hugo Chavez’s United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) is…
Politics The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 13 Apr 201219 Jun 2012 By Jim Slaven Ten years ago today Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez was returned to power following a short, failed coup d'etat. On April11th 2002 Chavez was taken into custody by…
News How The BBC Reports Chavez’s Venezuela 15 Feb 201216 Feb 2012 By News Unspun The headline "Chavez 'would accept' Venezuela election defeat " ran on the BBC website on 14 January 2012, for a story which reported that Hugo Chavez would not…
News… CELAC, Counter-OAS Organisation Inaugurated in Caracas 6 Dec 20116 Dec 2011 Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez welcomed presidents from across Latin America and the Caribbean last weekend, as they arrived in Caracas to attend the official inauguration of CELAC, The Community of…
Events… Unauthorised Submarine Detected In Venezuelan Waters 12 Nov 201125 Nov 2011 President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that his navy detected a foreign, unauthorized submarine in Venezuelan waters and that it quickly sped off. The submarine was detected on Tuesday near the…
News… Sandinistas Head For Election Victory 8 Nov 201112 Nov 2011 I've always had an interest in Nicaragua probably because the Sandinista revolution took place as I was getting interested in politics. That interest eventually led me to visit the country…
News… Caracazo Was “Forerunner” to Anti-Neoliberalism Protests, States Venezuela’s Chávez 7 Oct 201114 Oct 2011 By Ewan Robertson Venezuela’s popular uprising of February 1989, known as ‘el Caracazo,’ “was a forerunner to what we are seeing in Europe, and in North America, (with) huge protests”…
