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About Ricardo Vaz

Ricardo Vaz is a writer and editor at Venezuelanalysis. His articles have appeared on Investig'Action, Monthly Review, Truthout, Counterpunch, and other alternative media.
  • Thousands have been reported missing following the collapse of dozens of buildings in La Guaira. (Archive)

    Venezuela: Earthquake death toll rises, U.S. SOUTHCOM deploys military assets

    Originally published: Venezuelananlysis on June 26, 2026 (more by Venezuelananlysis)  |

    Washington issued a new general license related to relief efforts but has thus far maintained in place its sanctions regime targeting the Venezuelan economy.

  • Airlines including Iberia and Turkish have temporarily halted flights to and from Caracas. (Archive)

    Most International Airlines Servicing Venezuela Suspend Flights as U.S. Intensifies Pressure

    Originally published: Venezuelananlysis on November 24, 2025 (more by Venezuelananlysis)  |

    A recent CBS poll found that 70 percent of U.S. citizens would oppose military action against Venezuela.

  • ABC‘s report

    Corporate Media parrot dubious drug claims that justify war on Venezuela

    Originally published: FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting) on November 19, 2025 (more by FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting))  |

    Since August, the U.S. has been amassing military assets in the Caribbean.

  • The gathering featured participants from 20 communes in Caracas and nearby states. (María Ramírez / EFPP)

    Venezuela: Communards gather to make ‘communal feminism’ a priority

    Originally published: Venezuelananlysis on October 13, 2025 (more by Venezuelananlysis)  |

    Grassroots organizer Manuela Sánchez emphasized the need to collectivize care work in communal spaces.

  • Ana Sofía Cabezas. (Venezuelanalysis)

    Chávez and the sowing of values: A conversation with Ana Sofía Cabezas

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on June 19, 2025 (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  |

    Ana Sofía Cabezas is a Venezuelan activist, political scientist, and the vice president of the Comandante Eterno Hugo Chávez Foundation.

  • The National Meeting on Communal Feminism took place in Caracas on March 29. (Rome Arrieche)

    Venezuela: 1,600 women discuss ‘communal feminism’ at First National Gathering

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on March 31, 2025 (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  |

    The meeting defined priorities such as developing a feminist economy and expanding political participation in Communard Union territories.

  • Chevron's Venezuela joint ventures are presently responsible for roughly a quarter of the country's output. (Chevron)

    Venezuela: U.S. shrinks Chevron wind-down period to 30 days following ‘crazy Cubans’ pressure

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on March 4, 2025 (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  |

    Ramped-up economic sanctions will immediately affect the country’s oil output and potentially trigger inflation.

  • The ACLU and other legal aid groups fired a lawsuit to provide Venezuelan migrants at Guantánamo with legal counsel. (Department of Homeland Security)

    U.S. sends dozens of Venezuelan migrants to Guantánamo as relatives plead innocence

    Originally published: Venezuelananlysis on February 15, 2025 (more by Venezuelananlysis)  |

    Venezuelan detainees are currently being held in the overseas camp and deprived of contact with relatives or legal counsel.

  • Maduro - NYT

    NYT advises Trump to kill more Venezuelans

    Originally published: FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting) on February 12, 2025 (more by FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting))  |

    Donald Trump is back in the White House, and faux opposition is once again the order of the day for the Western media and the Democratic Party.

  • Venezuela: Twenty first century’s imperialism laboratory

    Whitewashing imperialism: The Western ‘Left’ and Venezuela

    Originally published: Ebb on October 3, 2024 (more by Ebb)

    Every time Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution is faced with renewed threats to its survival, a stratum of U.S.-based intellectuals is always ready with ‘left’ critiques that deliberately obscure the permanent imperialist siege against the country.

  • CITGO is Venezuela's most valuable foreign asset. (Tyson Cecka / Flickr)

    Vulture Fund Elliott chosen as winner of CITGO court-mandated auction

    Originally published: Venezuelananlysis on September 29, 2024 (more by Venezuelananlysis)  |

    The $7.3 billion offer from the investment fund falls significantly short of the Venezuelan refiner’s valuation.

  • Supreme Court magistrate Caryslia Rodríguez read the verdict on Thursday. (AP)

    Supreme Court delivers electoral review verdict, confirms Maduro victory

    Originally published: Venezuelananlysis on August 22, 2024 (more by Venezuelananlysis)  |

    TSJ President Caryslia Rodríguez stated that an expert examination of the evidence certified the election results.

  • Venezuela is set to remain in the crosshairs of US imperialism. (Archive)

    Not losing sight of imperialism

    Originally published: Venezuelananlysis on August 23, 2024 (more by Venezuelananlysis)  |

    Venezuelanalysis member Ricardo Vaz discusses the “big picture” of imperialist attacks against Venezuela and international solidarity.

  • Ángel Prado will take over from Guy Vernáez as Minister of Communes. (Presidential Press)

    Maduro appoints El Maizal’s Ángel Prado Minister of Communes

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on June 8, 2024 (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  |

    The seasoned communard takes over the Ministry of Communes as the Maduro government bets on funding local projects chosen by communities.

  • An estimated 2000 artists took the stage. (Fesitpven)

    Third Edition of Venezuela’s Progressive Theater Festival

    Originally published: Venezuelananlysis on April 5, 2024 (more by Venezuelananlysis)  |

    The ten-day event featured more than 150 Venezuelan theater groups and invited companies from 20 other countries.

  • The fair-price food market benefitted 1800 families in the barrio 23 de Enero in Caracas. (Gerardo Rojas / Voces Urgentes)

    El Panal Commune breaches gap between City and Countryside

    Originally published: Venezuelananlysis on March 20, 2024 (more by Venezuelananlysis)  |

    Caracas communards and campesino organizations are building ties through fair-price food distribution.

  • The reform projects has among its stated goals of "harmonizing" different laws and simplifying bureaucracy. (Prensa Presidencial)

    Popular power legislation to be revised as communards demand more protagonism

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on November 19, 2022 (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  |

    Commune spokespeople urged the Maduro government to boost grassroots efforts against “the metabolism of capital.”

  • …while NBC (5/17/22) said the “US eases some sanctions” in the present tense…

    ‘Calibrated’ dishonesty: Western media coverage of Venezuela sanctions

    Originally published: FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting) on June 13, 2022 (more by FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting))  |

    U.S. sanctions, even by outdated estimates, have killed tens of thousands of Venezuelans.

  • Maduro with cabinet ministers and Robert Longa during the latest "Productive Wednesday."

    Maduro orders asset transfers as grassroots groups look to boost production

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on May 28, 2022 (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  |

    Communard Robert Longa defended an industrialization process that counters capitalist logic.

  • Businessman Alex Saab has been a Venezuelan gov't ally in circumventing US sanctions. (Archive)

    Cape Verde greenlights Venezuelan gov’t envoy extradition to U.S.

    Ricardo Vaz

    The Cape Verde Supreme Court has approved a request to extradite Venezuelan government envoy Alex Saab to the U.S.

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