Venezuela
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When will the USA and NATO decide that it's Chavez' turn? By Oscar Heck
The similarities between what is happening in Libya (or rather the reasons why it is happening in Libya) and what is happening in Latin America these days is eerie. Continue reading
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The Tide of Media Disinformation: First Egypt, next Venezuela? by Kiraz Janicke and Federico Fuentes
As the wave of popular uprisings has spread across the Arab world, a flurry of articles have appeared suggesting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez could be the next ‘dictator’ to be overthrown. Continue reading
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Akira Miyagawa's Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 and Mambo No.5 Combination ????
How the Japanese do that Latin thing… Follow my videos on vodpod Wild! Continue reading
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Frost over the World – Julian Assange interview
December 23, 2010 Al Jazeera: The WikiLeaks founder talks about secrets, leaks and why he will not go back to Sweden. Continue reading
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WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange granted bail but still in jail
Julian Assange granted conditional bail but remains in custody after what his lawyer says is a “vindictive campaign” by Swedish prosecutors Continue reading
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Venezuela's Choice By Michael Albert
Venezuelan election commentary is still in flux – reactions are still trickling in. Still, so far available analyses are mostly failing to address the election’s most important implications. Continue reading
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Venezuela: Voices on the Struggle By Jeffery R. Webber and Susan Spronk
In mid-June 2010, we caught up with three revolutionary socialist activists, Gonzalo Gómez, Stalin Pérez Borges, and Luis Primo in Caracas, Venezuela to discuss their views on the contradictions and prospects of the Bolivarian process. Continue reading
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The Quiet Revolution: Venezuelans experiment with participatory democracy By Andrew Kennis
In the past four years, hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have been organizing tens of thousands of consejos comunales (communal councils). Each council is composed of about 150 families in urban areas, while in rural and indigenous areas, each council is composed of 20 and 10 families, respectively. The councils are involved in everything from… Continue reading
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`South of the Border’: An Interview with Oliver Stone & Tariq Ali
Oliver Stone’s new documentary South of the Border chronicles the emergence of progressive governments in Latin America, their quest for social and political transformation and their growing independence from Washington. Roberto Navarrete interviews Oliver Stone and Tariq Ali (one of the film’s scriptwriters) to find out some background. Continue reading
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Colombia and Venezuela Rattle Their Sabres By Jeffery R. Webber
Outgoing Colombian President, Álvaro Uribe, dropped a figurative bomb in the Andes on Thursday, July 22, just weeks before the scheduled inauguration of President-elect Juan Manuel Santos, Uribe’s former Defence Minister. At the behest of Bogotá, an extraordinary session of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) was convened to hear Colombia’s… Continue reading
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The US is Synchronously Preparing to Launch Aggressions Against Iran and Venezuela
The Columbian government voiced a new round of allegations that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is secretly supporting the FARC and ELN guerrilla movements in Columbia and giving shelter to their leaders. Venezuela reacted harshly – Chavez severed the diplomatic ties with Columbia, and the Organization of American States had to hold an urgent meeting on… Continue reading
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If I needed something to confirm I am going in the right direction: an interview with Yonatan Shapira By Jesse Bacon
[Yonatan-Shapira] I interviewed about Yonatan Shapira of Boycott from Within and Combatants for Peace after he was called in for an interrogation by the Israeli Security Services. Continue reading
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Buying Venezuela’s Press With U.S. Tax Dollars By Jeremy Bigwood
Until now, the State Department has hidden its role in funding the Venezuelan news media, one of the opposition’s most powerful weapons against President Hugo Chávez and his Bolivarian movement. The PADF, serving as an intermediary, effectively removed the government’s fingerprints from the money. Yet, as noted in a State Department document titled “Bureau/Program Specific… Continue reading
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Communal Power in Caracas – An Interview with Wilder Marcano By Susan Spronk and Jeffery R. Webber
We caught up with Wilder Marcano, director of the network of Comunas in Caracas, on the morning of June 18, 2010. He talked with us just before addressing a crowd of a few hundred representatives of different comunas from around the capital who had gathered in the offices of the Ministry of Popular Power for… Continue reading
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Reuters Busted for Indecent Exposure on Venezuela By Ramón Santiago
In their report, ‘ANALYSIS-Venezuela car industry gridlock as dollars run out,’ Reuters pays another shill to tell another half-story about Venezuelan affairs. In this ‘analysis’ they shamelessly expose their indecency as a major news broker in western media. I’m writing this critique for Axis of Logic to call Reuters on what they pass off as… Continue reading
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Hugo Chavez gives America a piece of his mind
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called US officials “stupid” on Thursday for criticizing his recent shopping spree of Russian-made military hardware, saying it is for defensive purposes. Continue reading
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Venezuela – U.S. Research File The Interdependence Behind Bilateral Political Tensions: Economic Realities Affecting Venezuela – U.S. Relations By Felix Blossier
In January 2006, the sixth gathering of the World Social Forum, during which Hugo Chávez as well as other left-leaning and socialist leaders fiercely criticized imperialist practices, was held in the Caracas Hilton Hotel. As James Surowiecki noted in an article for The New Yorker six months before the conference opened, a meeting sponsored by… Continue reading
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