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Venezuela’s participatory democracy and the struggle against imperialism: A Conversation with Alison Bodine
An international observer in Venezuela’s May 25 elections reflects on the country’s democracy and explains why solidarity with the Bolivarian Process is more urgent than ever.
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Ballots and bias: How the press framed Venezuela’s regional and legislative elections
Roger D. Harris analyzes Western media’s biased and dishonest coverage of Venezuela’s May 25 election and the sweeping Chavismo victory.
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Strike at the Helm: The First Ministerial Meeting of the New Cycle of the Bolivarian Revolution
On October 7th, 2012, after hearing of his victory as the nation‘s candidate with 56 percent of the vote, President Hugo Chávez Frias announced from a balcony in his hometown that a new cycle was beginning the very next day, October 8th.
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‘We’re building a new way of life’: A conversation with National Assembly candidate Albanys Montilla
The Venezuelan youth has faced special hardships under the U.S. blockade. The new parliament could help.
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Under Trump, NED to continue weaponizing “democracy” in Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba
The National Endowment for Democracy has had project funding reinstated by the Trump administration.
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‘Neoliberal and authoritarian’? A simplistic analysis of the Maduro government that leaves much unsaid
According to Hetland, the Maduro government is virtually devoid of any redeeming characteristics. Hetland refers approvingly to the claim made by Maduro’s harshest critics on the left, that his government and the right-wing opposition are “two sides of the same coin”.
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They are making Venezuela’s economy scream: The Eighteenth Newsletter (2025)
U.S.-led sanctions (more aptly referred to as Unilateral Coercive Measures) caused Venezuela to lose oil revenue equivalent to 213% of its GDP between January 2017 and December 2024, resulting in losses of roughly $77 million per day. Who is the real target of these and other unilateral coercive measures?
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Exxon, Essequibo and imperialism
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently traveled to Guyana where he threatened military action against Venezuela.
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Exposing the fake news machine against Venezuelan migrants
An order based on the Alien Enemies Act was issued by U.S. President Donald Trump to supposedly stop an invasion of the defunct Venezuelan criminal gang Tren de Aragua (TDA). This is the first time said law has been invoked since World War II, although it dates back to 1798.
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Venezuela: 1,600 women discuss ‘communal feminism’ at First National Gathering
The meeting defined priorities such as developing a feminist economy and expanding political participation in Communard Union territories.
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Trump threatens 25% tariff on Countries buying Venezuelan oil as U.S. continues migrant crackdown
The White House said it planned to once again invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to extradite Venezuelan nationals.
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Venezuelans demand the release of migrants deported to El Salvador
Migrants in Salvadoran prisons are separated from their families and lack adequate and timely protections for their defense.
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Feminism and revolution: A conversation with Alejandra Laprea
Despite many obstacles, popular feminism is advancing grassroots struggles in Venezuela.
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Venezuela: U.S. shrinks Chevron wind-down period to 30 days following ‘crazy Cubans’ pressure
Ramped-up economic sanctions will immediately affect the country’s oil output and potentially trigger inflation.
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Organization and Production: The 4F Huo̧ttö̧ja̧ Commune (Part II)
Under the auspices of the Bolivarian Revolution’s call for people’s power, a self-organized Indigenous commune looks for state support to enhance its traditional production methods.
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Minister Prado: Venezuela’s Popular Government System seeks to consolidate the structure of the commune
Venezuela’s Minister for Communes and Social Movements Ángel Prado affirmed this Tuesday that the aim of the Popular and Communal Government System is to consolidate the entire structure of the commune. “We seek to consolidate, from the territory, the entire structure of the commune, and that involves achieving a centrality in the information by not […]
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Descendents of Cacique Ähuänumä: The 4F Huo̧ttö̧ja̧ Commune (Part I)
An Indigenous commune in the Venezuelan Amazon that builds on Huo̧ttö̧ja̧ and other traditions.
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U.S. sends dozens of Venezuelan migrants to Guantánamo as relatives plead innocence
Venezuelan detainees are currently being held in the overseas camp and deprived of contact with relatives or legal counsel.
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NYT advises Trump to kill more Venezuelans
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.
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Chávez and the February 4, 1992, uprising established the ‘Day of Dignity’ in Venezuela
February 4, 2025 marked the thirty-third anniversary of the attempted seizure of power by Hugo Chávez in Venezuela.