Analysis: Opposition

Grow Them Young, Pay Them Well - Venezuela's Anti-Chavistas, That Is

By Stephen Lendman, May 16th 2008

The Washington-based Cato Institute preaches limited government and free market religion with plenty of high-octane corporate funding for backing. It better have it for the award it presented on May 15 to a 23 year old fifth year Venezuelan law student Yon Goicoechea for serving the interests of capital back home and leading anti-Chavista protests.

Deconstructing the IAPA War on Venezuela

By Michael Fox - Venezuelanalysis.com, Mar 28th 2008

The Inter- American Press Association (IAPA) holds it's biyearly meeting in Caracas this week - the first to be held in Venezuela in many years. But that doesn't mean that the organization hasn't been deeply involved in Venezuela.

Venezuela: A Dictionary of Euphemisms of the Liberal Opposition

By James Petras - Dissident Voice, Jan 7th 2008

The anti-Chavez political discourse which has had some resonance in Venezuela and overseas, especially among liberals, politicians, progressive activists and social democratic academics, has been articulated by Venezuelan academics linked to NGO’s, financed by overseas foundations and posing as ‘center-left’.

Opposition Violence at Venezuelan University - What Really Happened

By Rodrigo Trompiz and Jorge Martin - Hands Off Venezuela, Nov 9th 2007

Violent opposition students outside the School of Social Work (ABN)

According to eyewitness reports from Hands Off Venezuela members, violence broke out yesterday in Caracas when opposition students arrived back from a peaceful demonstration against the proposed constitutional reforms.

Where Are We [The Opposition], Really?

By Francisco Toro, Katy - Caracas Chronicles, Oct 9th 2007

Two opposition bloggers provide some fascinating insight into the psyche and failures of the movement opposed to the Chavez government. Toro argues that the opposition bought its own propaganda and thus failed to see reality as it actually is, while Katy says the opposition must learn from its mistakes, which when it does, will be all the stronger.

How RCTV President’s CIA Connection Links Venezuela and Nicaragua

By Chris Carlson – Venezuelanalysis.com, Aug 8th 2007

The president of Venezuela's RCTV, Eladio Larez, is no stranger to the CIA. His contact with the agency goes back nearly twenty years when he helped the CIA funnel money through Venezuela to the Nicaraguan opposition as they worked to topple the Sandinista government.

Behind Venezuela's "Student Rebellion"

By George Ciccariello-Maher - CounterPunch, Jun 11th 2007

Who are "the students," and what do they represent? In recent days, it has become clear that these student mobilizations have been, in fact, largely directed and supported by sectors of the opposition, all in an effort to provoke, in Chávez's own words, a "soft coup" against the revolutionary government.

Washington’s New Imperial Strategy In Venezuela

By Chris Carlson - Venezuelanalysis.com, May 13th 2007

First used in Serbia in 2000, Washington has now perfected a new imperial strategy to maintain its supremacy around the globe. Whereas military invasions and installing dictatorships have traditionally been the way to control foreign populations and keep them out of the way of business, the U.S. government has now developed a new strategy that is not so messy or brutal, and much sleeker; so sleek, in fact, that it’s almost invisible.

Hugo Chavez’s Holy War

By Nikolas Kozloff, Apr 1st 2007

When Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recently took his oath of office for a second term, he swore it in the name of Jesus Christ, who he called “the greatest socialist of history.” It’s hardly an accident that Chavez would hark on Christianity in addressing his people. For years, Venezuela has been a religious battleground, with Chavez pursuing a combative relationship with the Catholic Church.

Blood, Guts, and Counter-Revolution in Venezuela

By Boyd Williamson - PopMatters, Mar 2nd 2007

Entreaties to “build the middle-class” and “extend a hand to whoever works for you” are of course meaningless, feel-good platitudes offered as alternatives to empowering the impoverished. A critical look at Venezuela’s number-one anti-Chávez action flick, Secuestro Express.

At Home with the Anti-Chavistas

By George Ciccarello-Maher - CounterPunch, Dec 13th 2006

A guided tour of the political, economic, and racial geography of Caracas, Venezuela in four vignettes, courtesy of a friendly and unwitting member of the anti-Chavista opposition.

The Spirit of Democracy in Venezuela

By Stephen Lendman - Stephen Lendman Blog, Dec 9th 2006

Hugo Chavez Frias addressed a huge gathering of his followers upon winning Sunday's elections, telling them of his victory for the people and that he now has an even stronger mandate to pursue his Bolivarian Project and Socialism of the 21st Century

VENEZUELA-US: Another Chance?

By Humberto Márquez - IPS, Dec 7th 2006

The outcome of Venezuela's presidential elections may hold out a possibility of a thaw in relations with the United States, within a hemispheric context of greater openness to negotiation and dialogue.

The Times’s Anti-Chávez Bias

By Amitabh Pal - The Progressive, Dec 7th 2006

The New York Times seems to have it in for Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez. The paper’s Latin America bureau chief, Simon Romero, has a big anti-Chávez bias, and it shows.

Interview with Mercosur Election Observer: “Clean, Transparent, and Democratic”

By Michael Fox - Venezuelanalysis.com, Dec 7th 2006

Francisco Gutierrez, is an Argentine Congressional Representative and was an International Election Observer during last Sunday’s elections. He spoke with Venezuelanalysis just as polls were closing on Election Day.