Hugo Chávez
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"Chávez: The Empire of the Dollar Is Coming to an End"
President Chávez has proposed, at the summit of Arab and South American Countries held in Doha, Qatar, the creation of the ‘Petro’ as new common currency backed by the reserves of oil and gas states to combat the ravages of the global financial crisis. Continue reading
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Venezuela’s Referendum: Media’s Double Standards Steve Rendall & Isabel Macdonald
When Colombian President Álvaro Uribe’s efforts to lift term limits succeeded in 2005, the U.S. media took little notice, and Uribe’s reputation as the U.S.’s favorite ‘democrat’ in the region remained intact. Continue reading
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COHA: A Decade in Power: An Assessment of Hugo Chávez’s Bolivarian Revolution
Regardless of what critics may report, most of the population has reaped some of the many rewards that nationalization has provided in the form of governmental surplus. Continue reading
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COHA: Bolivia’s Military: It’s a Difficult Life, but Certainly There Is No Sign of a Pending Military Coup
Last September, Rear Admiral Landelino Bandeiras was sworn in as interim governor of the Bolivian province of Pando. His election came after its civilian governor was arrested by the military, and charged with orchestrating the murder of more than 18 Bolivian peasant supporters of President Morales, in the town of Porvenir. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 