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News

Picture caption: The GPP "patriotic assemblies" will take place throughout the country until March (AVN)

Great Patriotic Pole to Construct New Hegemony within Bolivarian Revolution

The purpose of the recently formed Great Patriotic Pole (GPP) will be to establish a “new hegemony” within the Bolivarian revolution, said the Vice-president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Francisco Arias Cardenas this past Saturday.

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Opinion & Analysis

Opposition presidential hopefuls conducted their final televised debated before their February 12 primary election (El Universal

The De-unification of the Venezuelan Opposition

This week Venezuelan opposition forces demonstrated a false showing of unity against President Hugo Chavez in preparation for next October’s presidential elections.

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The People, Programmes and the “Meritocrats”
We Have to Get Out of the ICSID
Opposition Candidate Pablo Perez: Representing the Past
Venezuela’s Armed Forces Under Fire by Washington
The Racism behind the Discourse of the Oligarchy against Chavez

Venezuela in images

Venezuela's Community Media Movement: Educating on Feminism and Gender and Sexual Diversity - Through a national assembly of spokespersons which took place in March last year, the National Association of Alternative, Free and Community Media (ANMCLA) adopted feminism, sexual and gender diversity, and the anti-patriarchal struggle as a line of action and central nexus of the organisation. From discussions realised after the meeting, an agenda of education and production workshops was planned to generate and disseminate our politics in this area of struggle.

Indigenous spokespeople, Venezuela (archive)

Indigenous Policy in Venezuela: Between Unity and Pluralism

In celebration of the Day of Indigenous Resistance on October 12th, the Venezuelan government announced numerous initiatives aimed at assisting and empowering indigenous communities. While such initiatives as well as rights guaranteed in the constitution have successfully come to fruition in many indigenous communities, they have faced obstacles in others.

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Economic Indicators

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This CEPR paper "The Chávez Administration at 10 Years" from February 2009 looks at some of the most important economic and social indicators during the 10 years of the Chávez administration in Venezuela, as well as the current economic expansion.

Demystifying Venezuela’s Inflation: The Opposition’s Red Herring
[Part I] One Interview, Two Voices: A Look at Venezuela Today
Venezuela’s Dreams and Demons: Has the Bolivarian Revolution Changed Education?

Interview

Elio Sayago, Worker-President of CVG Alcasa (Aporrea)

Workers’ Control, Challenges and the Revolutionary Government: An Interview with Elio Sayago, President of CVG Alcasa

In this important interview, Worker-President of aliminium factory CVG Alcasa, Elio Sayago, details the history of workers' control at the plant, the attempts made by government bureaucrats and politicians to sabotage the workers' control project there, as well as the workers attempts to consruct a post-capitalist order through changing the social relations of production.

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