Venezuela
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Chavez Knew US Special Services Were After Him By Nil NIKANDROV
Fidel accused Chavez of being carefree and told him to watch around. He said new technology appeared, it was not safe to take the food one was offered. He told Chavez: «Chávez take care. These people [the Americans] have developed technology. You are very careless. Take care what you eat, what they give you to… Continue reading
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Hugo Chavez vs "The Network" By Greg Palast
In 2002, Chavez’ oil company chief, Ali Rodriguez, told me: “America can’t let us stay in power. We are the exception to the New Globalisation Order. If we succeed, we are an example to all the Americas.” Continue reading
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“Scientific Assassinations” Are Part of the CIA’s Modus Operandi By Wayne Madsen
The Guardian newspaper’s self-proclaimed Venezuela expert Rory Carroll has glibly categorized serious charges that Venezuela’s late President Hugo Chavez Frias was assassinated by a United States-produced bio-weapon as being in the same league with «conspiracy theorists who wonder about aliens at Roswell and NASA faking the moon landings». A number of Venezuelan and international officials… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Death Of A Bogeyman – The Corporate Media Bury Hugo Chávez By David Edwards
What lies behind the Western media’s obsession with Chávez? Why the extreme hostility and bias? A clue was provided by the Guardian when it observed that Venezuela is sitting on ‘The world’s biggest oil reserves’… One of the great tasks of our time is to appreciate how these undeniable realities distort coverage right across the… Continue reading
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Video: Harper's Venezuela Insult Shows Right Ideology Trumping Canadian Interest
Yves Engler: Harper’s “condolence” message on death of Hugo Chavez shows Harper has pushed Canadian policy so far right it even jeopardizes business interest in Latin America Continue reading
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Hugo Chavez, Humble Man Who Transformed the World By Rick Rozoff and John Robles
He reconfigured the power relationships not only in the Western Hemisphere, but globally, in a way that could not have been foreseen. The head of state of a country that isn’t a tremendously large one, isn’t a tremendously powerful one, certainly not in military terms, but this is a man who made frequent visits to… Continue reading
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NYT Debates Hugo Chavez–Minus the Debate By Peter Hart
“On Eve of His Funeral, Debating Chávez’s Legacy” is the headline over William Neuman’s piece in the New York Times today (3/8/13). Funny headline, since there was no one in the Times’ “debate” who argued that Chávez left much of anything. Continue reading
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Video: A Sea of Tears in Caracas
In a raw emotional outpouring, hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans walk along side the coffin of President Hugo Chavez Continue reading
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Video: Chavez Dead – VP Accuses "Historical Enemies"
Venezuela’s Vice President Maduro announces the death of President Hugo Chavez, says they believe Venezuela’s enemies are responsible Continue reading
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US Plots Conquest of Venezuela in Wake of Chavez' Death
US corporate-financier funded think-tank, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), declared in its “post-Chávez checklist for US policymakers,” that the US must move quickly to reorganize Venezuela according to US interests. Continue reading
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4 Videos on the passing of el Commandante
5 March 2013 — The Real News Network Chavez Democratized Venezuela Making it the Most Equal Country in Latin AmericaGregory Wilpert: Chavez led Venezuela to many accomplishments but leaves unsolved critical problems he hoped to addressGo to story | Go to homepage Continue reading
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The US is the Don Corleone of international politics
This article is about the US attempts to destabilize Venezuela, as shown in the GIFiles released by Wikileaks. More widely, the article gives an historical background of US interventions in Latin America, and analyses its strategical behavior in this part of the world. Continue reading
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Vaya con Dios, Hugo Chàvez, mi Amigo By Greg Palast
Venezuelan President Chavez once asked me why the US elite wanted to kill him. My dear Hugo: It’s the oil. And it’s the Koch Brothers – and it’s the ketchup. Continue reading
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Hugo Chavez Told Me He Won't Sell Oil to the Kochs By Greg Palast
Greg Palast: I’ve been tracking a tube of black putrid ooze, a toxic viper slowly slithering 2,000 miles across the belly of America, swallowing all water aquifers, politicians and reason in its path. Continue reading
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A Gaze into History: Original Images of Venezuela’s 4 February 1992 Coup Attempt
The civic-military coup attempt of 4 February 1992 was a response to the growing social discontent in Venezuela against the system of controlled or “pacted” democracy known as the Punto Fijo system, which had reigned over the country since the overthrowing of the Marcos Jimenez dictatorship in 1958. Continue reading
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Video: Koch Brothers Driving Keystone XL Pipeline from Canada to Cut Out Venezuelan Oil
Greg Palast: Koch brothers could save two billion dollars a year if they can replace Venezuelan heavy crude crude with Canadian tar sands – one of the dirtiest sources of carbon emissions on the planet Continue reading
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Henrique Capriles Radonski: Israel’s Man in Venezuela By Martin Iqbal
An inspection of the profile of Henrique Capriles Radonski – leader of the Venezuelan opposition – not only elicits deep suspicion, but in fact completely validates the claims made by Chavez. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 