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Venezuela: Capitalists Want to Use Chávez’s Health Problems to Strangle the Revolution

By Jorge Martín - In Defence of Marxism , Dec 14th 2012

The celebrations outside Miraflores presidential palace after Chavez’s re-election on 7 October (Albaciudad)

Jorge Martín argues, "What we can see is a situation in which the capitalists are exerting pressure on the leadership of the Bolivarian movement towards conciliation and concessions. On the other hand the Bolivarian masses want to push forward".

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Q&A with Dr. George Ciccariello-Maher: Hugo Chávez, Cancer and the Future of Venezuela

By Tim Hyland - Drexel NOW, Dec 13th 2012

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (archive)

With more news breaking this week about Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s ongoing battle with cancer, DrexelNow checked in with George Ciccariello-Maher, an assistant professor in Drexel’s Department of History & Politics and a leading expert on Venezuela.

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Venezuela’s State Elections: When Winning Comes before Revolution

By Tamara Pearson - VENEZUELANALYSIS.COM, Dec 12th 2012

Supporters rally for PSUV candidate for Merida, Alexis Ramirez. Their placards say “Alexis – governor, loyalty always” (YV

Internal debate and criticism of the PSUV and its current state election campaign, as well as proper grassroots involvement, has been put off, and put off, because in this incredibly democratic country there is always some kind of election coming up. Yet for how long will such sacrifices be made in the name of defeating the capitalist opposition?

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“Those Who Do Their Job Shouldn’t Fear Inspection”: Interview with Venezuela’s “Inspector”, Admiral Carmen Meléndez

By C. Hernandez / C. Melendez - Ciudad CCS, Nov 21st 2012

Admiral Carmen Melendez (Ciudad CCS)

Tired of hearing that public works and government projects are not functioning like they should, President Hugo Chavez has given instructions for Carmen Melendez to do on-site supervisions and to bring back the names of those responsible. The very possibility her visiting public institutions suspected of inefficiency will send some into a panic, and make others tremble.

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“I Crossed the Line a While Ago”: Interview with Venezuelan TV Host Mario Silva

By Clodovaldo Hernández - CIUDAD CCS, Nov 20th 2012

TV Host Mario Silva (ENDER CURBELO/CIUDAD CCS)

Venezuelanlysis.com translates this interview with Mario Silva, host of the notorious Venezuelan television program The Razorblade, which combats the opposition and private media campaign against Venezuela’s Bolivarian revolution. Silva discusses the role of the program, media in Venezuela, and argues that opposition TV Globovision “should be taken off the air”. 

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"Chavez is still a model for Obama": Interview with Santiago Zabala

By Silvia Mazzini - Al-Jazeera, Nov 13th 2012

[REUTERS]

Silvia Mazzini talks to philosopher Santiago Zabala about 'hermeneutic communism' and and how re-elected Chavez should be a model for re-elected US President Barack Obama.

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Venezuelan vs US Elections: A Democratic Example

By Ryan Mallett-Outtrim – Green Left Weekly , Nov 12th 2012

Chavez / Obama (GLW / archives)

One notable lesson the US could learn from Venezuela is that democracy works best when it isn't exclusionary. According to the Brennan Center for Justice, this year as many as 5 million Americans were put at risk of being excluded from voting, due to new laws. Last year, a study by the centre found that “[m]inorities, poor and young voters will likely be most affected”.

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Venezuela: the Years Ahead

By Richard Gott – Latin America Bureau, Nov 10th 2012

Hugo Chavez waving the Venezuelan flag to supporters from the People’s Balcony of the presidential palace, Miraflores, on Sund

Hugo Chávez has won the presidential elections of 2012; so what now lies ahead in the next six years? After 14 years in power, it is tempting to suggest that he will preside over more of the same, yet in practice the experience of the Bolivarian Revolution over the long haul has been a roller-coaster of unexpected and visionary schemes that have come thick and fast...

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What U.S. Voters Can Learn from Venezuela’s Election

By Keane Bhatt - NACLA, Nov 5th 2012

Due to a high turnout of 81%, there were massive queues outside polling stations for Venezuela’s presidential election on 7 Oc

The era that preceded Chávez’s 1998 election has echoes of the current predicament of U.S. politics—two major parties with fairly similar agendas took turns managing the country’s governmental institutions while elites controlled the country’s resources. Venezuela’s democracy, like much of Latin America’s, has meant a break with that past.

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Michael Lebowitz on What We Can Expect from Chavez's Fourth Term as Venezuelan President

By Michael Lebowitz - Novosti Newspaper, Nov 2nd 2012

Michael Lebowitz in Zagreb. (Jovica Drobnja)

Author and academic Michael Lebowitz discusses the internal dynamics of the Bolivarian movement and prospects for the project of socialism of the 21st century in Venezuela in the coming period.

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The Children of 1989: Resurrecting the Venezuelan Dead

By George Ciccariello-Maher – History Workshop Online, Oct 31st 2012

“We are sons of ´89 in revolution” (Lainie Cassel, http://caracazomedia.org/)

The dead of 1989 are not mere metaphor: concretely speaking, these corpses were between 300 and 3,000, most executed at close range in their homes as the Venezuelan armed forces fired an estimated four million bullets in an attempt to do the impossible, to put the genie back in the bottle, Pandora back in her box.

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A Roundup of Media Coverage Surrounding the Venezuelan Election

By Josh Watts - News Unspun, Oct 26th 2012

Former opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles and re-elected Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez (Reuters)

In the run up to the 7 October Venezuelan election, it was reported that President Hugo Chávez would face 'the toughest electoral challenge of his reign' (The Times)1, 'that [would] decide the fate of his socialist revolution and could rearrange the region's balance of power' (Financial Times).2 The election, then, is considered particularly significant. How did the UK media report the event?

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The Chavista Base Rejects the Typical Practices of the Professional Political Players

By Clodovaldo Hernandez – Ciudad CCS, Reinaldo Iturriza, Oct 23rd 2012

Reinaldo Iturriza (archive)

Iturizza takes a critical look at both the pro-Chavez and anti-Chavez forces, post the elections.

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Getting Elections Right in Venezuela and the US

By Antonio Gonzalez, Truthout, Oct 22nd 2012

Inspecting the ballot paper in Coromoto School, Merida, on voting day for Venezuela’s presidential election (Ewan Robertson /

The U.S. may be an economically and technologically advanced nation, but in the area of elections, could learn a thing or two from Venezuela, argues Antonio Gonzalez, President of the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project.

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“The People Win”: A Venezuela Election Report from Chavez’s Hometown

By James Bargent - Towards Freedom, Oct 18th 2012

(James Barger)

Chavez’s victory meant more to his supporters in Sabaneta than a fourth electoral triumph and six more years of the Bolivarian revolution. Sabaneta is where it all began. Sabaneta is Chavez’s town.

 

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