International “Misiones” On A Mission 26 Sep 201227 Sep 2012 By Jody McIntyre By the time we had got onto the Metro on Saturday morning, reading a copy of the Ciudad Caracas morning paper, I realised that I had mis-calculated by an…
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…
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… 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”…
News… Free, Quality Healthcare Priority for the Revolution – Chavez 4 Oct 201110 Oct 2011 Speaking to Venezuelan health minister Eugenia Sader this Sunday, president Hugo Chávez confirmed that creating a “totally free and quality” national health service was a current priority for the revolutionary…
News… Venezuela Urges Extradition of Terrorist Posada Carriles from US 1 Oct 201113 Oct 2011 Cuban-born terrorist Luis Posada Carriles (Agencies). On Monday, the Venezuelan Ministry of Public Affaire issued an additional request for the capture of known terrorist Luis Posada Carriles. While Venezuelan authorities…
