Venezuela
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Venezuela: Class Struggle Heats up over Battle for Workers’ Control By Federico Fuentes
On July 22, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez again declared his complete support for the proposal by industrial workers for a new model of production based on workers’ control. This push from Chavez, part of the socialist revolution, aims at transforming Venezuela’s basic industry. However, it faces resistance from within the state bureaucracy and the revolutionary… Continue reading
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Venezuela: Rumor may herald things to come given mighty interests in our troubled region! By Jutta Schmitt
Two days ago, on July 24 (Bolívar’s birthday and national holiday in Venezuela) a cellphone text message circulated nationwide that reached me in the afternoon hours and that read: “Desmontaron plan conspirativo de la fuerza aerea contra el proceso revolucionario. Detenido ex jefe de la DIM. ¡Alerta! ¡Ruédalo!” (translation: Conspiracy plan of the air force… Continue reading
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BREAKING NEWS: Venezuela is beset this weekend by rumors of a possible conspiracy or coup
Venezuela is beset this weekend by rumors of a possible conspiracy or coup which have NOT yet been commented upon by official sources although they have been denied by the pro-government website Aporrea.org and state-owned Venezolana de Television (VTV) commentator Mario Silva. Continue reading
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Honduras: Anti-Chavez ‘free speech’ warriors linked to coup By Federico Fuentes
18 July, 2009 — Green Left Caracas – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) is well-known for its mission to expose the Venezuelan government of President Hugo Chavez as a threat to free speech ‘all over the continent’. These brave free speech warriors made a big deal this year about how they ‘dared’ to hold… Continue reading
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The Counter-Revolution Will Not be Tweeted By George Ciccariello-Maher
Zelaya, a former centrist who has recently made leftward moves, raised the ire of the entrenched Honduran oligarchy by, among other things, joining the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), a radical counterpoint to U.S.-promoted free trade agreements. His overthrow has been followed by a press blackout, military curfew, and repression in the streets, as… Continue reading
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Venezuela: A “Critical Evaluation” of the Bolivarian Process By Vladimir Acosta
My starting point, of course, is the idea of all the extraordinary achievements that have been obtained here in these 10 years. This is a different country to that which existed here ten years ago, it is another Venezuela, and what has happened here is truly extraordinary. Continue reading
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Fidel Ordered Chavez ‘Rescue’ By Fidel Castro and Ignacio Ramonet
Castro states that he phoned Miraflores Palace before Chávez surrendered and told him: “Don’t kill yourself, Hugo. Don’t do like Allende, who was a man alone. You have most of the Army on your side. Don’t quit, don’t resign. Continue reading
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The Chavez administration is infested with political "chameleons" who have colored themselves precisely to match the revolutionary government and its intentions!
It’s important to track down the juicy contracts awarded by some Venezuelan Ministries and State organizations … for therein lies the key to a conspiracy that is being naively and indirectly fostered by the State itself Continue reading
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BBC NEWS | Americas | Chavez proposes oil barter scheme
BBC NEWS [Interesting little nugget here from the ‘inventors of spin’, the BBC, that I thought was worth sharing with you. The fact it’s reported at all and so directly, reveals just how central energy is to big capital’s activities and when a bunch off brown-skinned fellas start mucking about with it, there’s normally hell… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 