Analysis: Environment

Venezuela's Doha Climate Delegate Talks: "Rich Countries Profit from Pollution" [Video]

tamara — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:42:08 +0000

Democracy now

Claudia Salerno, top negotiator for Venezuela at the UN Climate Change Conference in Doha, said, "This is not an environmental process. This is a process that is going to have impact in economics, so that is why it is so difficult for developed countries to make the necessary changes in their economics."

Venezuela Makes Progress towards Fairer Food System

ewan — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:29:39 +0000

Miriam Ross – Positive News

A combination of government support and community food growing initiatives is changing the face of the Venezuela’s food sustainability. Miriam Ross shares a taste of the results.

Nanotechnology Could Lighten Venezuela’s Oil Footprint

ewan — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:01:04 +0000

Humberto Márquez – IPS

Venezuela is studying the use of nanotechnology as a means of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases caused by the oil industry.

A Story about Rubbish: Communities Takeover from Opposition Mayor

tamara — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:34:39 +0000

Tamara Pearson – Venezuelanalysis.com

Smack in the middle of tourist season, in little, tranquil, and stunningly beautiful Merida, with the giant green Andes hugging it on all sides, artisans in the plaza, beard trees in the parks, and tourists from Caracas standing in the doorways of pastel coloured posadas with their cameras –the opposition mayor decided to just stop collecting rubbish.

Food Sovereignty in Venezuela

Rachael — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:51:49 +0000

Heidi Chow - World Development Movement

Over the last 12 years, the socialist government of Hugo Chavez has been attempting to rebuild Venezuela’s agricultural sector and has included the radical concept of food sovereignty into the country's new constitution. Food sovereignty is a concept that originates in the global south and presents a positive alternative to our broken global food system which is dominated by the multinational food companies who grow food in a way that is unsustainable, leads to hunger and damages the environment.

Beautiful Venezuela: Tourism with a Social Conscience

tamara — Fri, 18 May 2012 18:45:46 +0000

Tamara Pearson – Venezuelanalysis.com

Rather than Disneyland tourism, rather than humiliating “third word” selling itself to the rest tourism, in stunning Venezuela, tourism is taking a new turn towards community and state run exploration of history, culture, and biodiversity.

Venezuela's Opec Stand is a Win for Climate Change Campaigners

Rachael — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:42:21 +0000

Mark Weisbrot

Environmentalists seem to realize that they have some stake in a fight such as the Ecuador-Chevron lawsuit...But what about fights between multinational oil giants and the governments of oil-producing states over control of resources?

Venezuela: Building a Sustainable Electricity System

tamara — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:44:30 +0000

Correo del Orinoco International

Venezuela is using public investment, foreign direct investment, public education, and the law in order to craft a sustainable solution to the rapidly growing demand for electricity that has resulted from economic growth and poverty reduction.

Walking the Walk: The Contrast between Chavez and Obama

juan — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:09:09 +0000

Mike Whitney - Centre for Research on Globalization

His enemies call him a tyrant and a dictator, but he is neither. Hugo Chavez is a tireless champion of the poor and a committed Christian socialist. The only difference between Chavez's type of Christianity and Barack Obama's, is that Chavez walks the walk.

Social Emergency, Climate Change, Capitalism, and Class Struggle in Bolivarian Venezuela

admin1 — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:17:53 +0000

Bolivar and Zamora Revolutionary Current - CRBZ

Our stomach turns when we do a visual count of the damages caused by the merciless rains of recent days. It’s just that figures alone don’t allow for a full comprehension of the catastrophe’s characteristics – in figures there is a cold rational that isn’t understood until one sees concrete faces, the faces of little kids scared and searching for answers amongst such despair.

Venezuela: Food Sovereignty Project Launched

juan — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:49:45 +0000

Lisa MacDonald - Green Left Weekly

In October, Chavez called for the acceleration of the nationalisation of agricultural assets, to put more land and property owned by huge food corporations under public control. The land reforms undertaken as part of Venezuela’s Bolivarian revolution have reduced hunger and poverty by allowing field hands to own the land they work.

Venezuela on the UN Climate Talks

tamara — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:16:05 +0000

Claudia Salerno, Democracy now

After one week, the fate of negotiations at the U.N. Climate Change Conference remains uncertain. We speak to Venezuela’s lead climate change negotiator, Claudia Salerno.

Venezuelan Comics Find Their Space on the Web

juan — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:46:25 +0000

Laura Vidal - Global Voices Online

The comic in Venezuela is one of the genres that is generally underrated and ironically, treasured within the country's culture. The artists who associate themselves with the expression of the comic and its way of illustrating ideas quickly and amusingly work more on the net than among publishers.

People and Government United! - The Lines of Chávez N° 97

juan — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:34:38 +0000

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías

During all of these recent days, it rained in Venezuela like never before...We are at a historical turning point: We must speed up the birth of the socialist city, the city of good living and good life, by giving life to a new sense of territorial planning, which follows closely the preservation of common good and collective welfare.

Collapse of the Metro or of Civilisation?

admin1 — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 16:23:01 +0000

Debate Socialista

The Caracas Metro is no longer adequate enough as transport for the megalopolis. A range of solutions have been suggested. We think the difficulties of the Metro need to be analysed more profoundly. Let’s confront the problems that we face due to the capitalist crisis with audacious measures that get to the heart of the problems.

Cancún Climate Summit: Time for a New Geopolitical Architecture

admin1 — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 03:28:37 +0000

Nikolas Kozloff

As we approach crucial climate change negotiations in Cancún, Mexico, the key question on many people's minds is this: What nation or nations will have the courage to stand up to the United States, which still represents the key obstacle to a binding agreement on global warming?

From Agribusiness to Agroecology? An Analysis of Venezuela’s Nationalization of AgroIsleña

admin1 — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:13:50 +0000

Juan Reardon – Venezuelanalysis.com

With the nationalization of AgroIsleña, the Venezuelan state has taken an important step in the struggle to bring social and economic factors under greater control of the Venezuelan people and out of the hands of private, profit-driven firms. What is yet to be understood is what ecological factors will be considered as the AgroPatria project moves forward.

“Sowing Light” Part 1: Bringing Solar Power to Rural Venezuela

tamara — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:03:05 +0000

James Suggett - Venezuelanalysis.com

Suggett visits the isolated rural village of El Quinó, where the government and community have worked together to install solar power, bringing electricity to the town for the first time, along with other social benefits.

Moving Toward Land Reform, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology in Venezuela

admin1 — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:09:49 +0000

Alan Broughton - Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network

A massive transformation of agriculture is occurring in Venezuela, a transformation that has lessons for every other country in the world.

Oil in Venezuela: The Lesser of Two Evils

steven mather — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:14:58 +0000

Anthony W. Persaud

Venezuela´s oil riches have enabled its government to begin building a new society, enabled it to help its neighbours and stand up for itself in the world, demonstrating to the world that many positive outcomes are possible even from a resource with such potential for destruction

Venezuelan Tree Mission Launches Community-Led Reforestation Campaign

tamara — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:32:54 +0000

Juan Reardon – Venezuelanalysis.com

In Venezuela, the Environment Ministry has launched a year-long, nationwide weekend tree-planting campaign through the Misión Arbol, or “Tree Mission”, an integral reforestation and conservation effort that depends largely on grassroots participation.

Bolivarian Ecosocialism

tamara — Mon, 31 May 2010 04:26:12 +0000

Sam McGill

An interview with Natalie Lazaro Barrios on the Indo-Bolivarian Ecosocialism forum, the Mother Earth Mission, and environmental work in Venezuela post the climate summit in Cochabamba.

The Eco-Socialist Alternative: Capitalist Destruction or New Civilization?

admin1 — Fri, 28 May 2010 21:36:46 +0000

Gustavo Fernández Colón - Another Green World

The most serious aspect of the crisis facing the global capitalist system is not the bankruptcy of financial corporations, or the global economic downturn, or the discrediting of its institutions of political control. It is the environmental crisis caused by the irrational destruction of nature, to the point of jeopardizing the ability of self-regeneration of the ecosystems on which our survival depends.

Venezuela: Revolution in the Electrical Industry

tamara — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:35:12 +0000

Federico Fuentes - Correo del Orinoco International

Workers in the electrical sector are set to embark on nationwide consultation process to elaborate strategic and immediate solutions for the electricity crisis. Alongside proposals for improving the sector and energy-saving measures, discussions will focus on introducing workers' participation in the management of the state-owned electricity company, Corpoelec.

ALBA Declaration on Copenhagen Climate Summit

tamara — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:33:02 +0000

ALBA countries

The following is the statement issued by the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) on 18 December in response to the results of the UN Copenhagen Climate Summit.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on How to Tackle Climate Change: “We Must Go from Capitalism to Socialism”

admin1 — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:49:18 +0000

Amy Goodman - Democracy Now!

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez spared no criticism of the climate conference in Copenhagen. Well, shortly after the news conference, I caught up with President Chavez for a few minutes.

Venezuelan President’s Speech on Climate Change in Copenhagen

admin1 — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:05:50 +0000

Hugo Chavez

A translation of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s speech on December 16, 2009 at the XV International Conference of the United Nations Organization on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Venezuelan Environmentalist: "Tomorrow is too late"

tamara — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:01:44 +0000

Federico Fuentes - Green Left Weekly

Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network national co-convenor Frederico Fuentes spoke to Heryck Rangel, an environmental activist and leader of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela Youth (JPSUV), about the challenges that the global environment crisis poses for Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution, and the planet.

Land Reform Conflict in Venezuela’s Strategic Water Source

greg — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:38:48 +0000

James Suggett - Venezuelanalysis.com

Cooperativist ecological farmers supported by the Venezuelan government’s land reform programs were attacked last Thursday by armed and masked men who, the farmers say, were hired by large estate owners in the area to cut short the changes heralded by the “Bolivarian Revolution” in their rural Andean Mountain valley.

Will the Bolivarian Revolution End Coal Mining in Venezuela?

greg — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:46:42 +0000

James Suggett - Venezuelanalysis.com

The Wayúu, Yukpa, and Barí indigenous communities who would have been displaced by the coal mining projects in their lands cautiously interpret the Chavez government's suspension of these projects as a temporary sign of relief. But their struggle against coal mining has lasted a quarter of a century and will not conclude until mining concessions are repealed for good.