Joint management does not only require a new type of manager, it requires a new type worker, a new type of union leader. An internal cultural revolution is required of all. The new man is not born automatically when the process of co-management is initiated.
Writers on the left can help the Bolivarian process with objective reporting or humble supportive analyses. Or they can leave Venezuelans alone. They will do just fine.
By Jonah Gindin – Venezuelanalysis.com, May 4th 2005
If the OAS is going to be of any use to the U.S. in promoting its interests in the region, they can’t let just anybody become Secretary-General. Though his election has been heralded by most analysts as the US’ first electoral defeat at the OAS, Chile’s José Miguel Insulza has already pledged his allegiance to Washington.
In Cuba Chavez gave a major speech to activists that laid out his government's main international initiative. The Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) seeks to empower the people at large, and holds out the utopian, revolutionary-democratic hope of eliminating poverty. The goal, Chavez Frias said, is "integration for life--not colonialism, but the happiness of our peoples."
On May 1st, International Workers’ Day – an important holiday in Venezuela – both the CTV and the UNT called for massive marches in Caracas, Venezuela’s capital. I went to both, to see for myself the differences between them. The contrast was striking.
By Bart Jones and Letta Tayler - Newsday, May 2nd 2005
A Newsday examination reveals that the U.S. support of Venezuelans opposed to Chavez has deepened the rift between the two nations, raised doubts about two respected U.S. agencies and led to a result that is questionable at best. This is a tale of the United States pouring millions of dollars into an apparent attempt to oust a popularly elected Latin American leader.
In a series of recent television reports Fox News has derided the firebrand leftist leader, presenting the current Venezuelan political habitat entirely from the perspective of the country’s conservative middle-class opposition as well as the Bush administration.
By Venezuelan and Cuban delegations, Apr 30th 2005
The delegations of Cuba and Venezuela meeting in Havana on April 27 and 28, 2005, signed a series of agreements aimed at the implementation of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), in opposition to the FTAA.
In Venezuela, the war for the hearts and minds of its citizens is now in full swing. With the imminent launching of the government-sponsored Televisora del Sur (Telesur), network control of the country’s existing media, including Univisión and CNN en Español, might sorely be put to the test.
By Jorge Martin & Alan Woods - Hands Off Venezuela, Apr 27th 2005
In all previous occasions in which the U.S. government has accused another country of all sorts of crimes, it has always been the preparation for intervention. Such interventions do not necessarily take the form of an actual invasion.
While there are some superficial similarities between Venezuela's Chavez and Ecuador's Gutierrez, they are quite different. As a result, the situation in Venezuela in April 2002 and in Ecuador in April 2005 had very different consequences, despite similar starting points.
Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue is the most frequently quoted commentator on Venezuelan affairs in the U.S. and in Britain. Unfortunately, he regularly confuses the issues and ends up providing a profoundly flawed analysis.
By Sarah Wagner – Venezuelanalysis.com, Apr 21st 2005
The 8th graduation of Mission Robinson, the program to teach Venezuelans to read and write, honored the 32,509 participants of the program and brought Venezuela a step closer to being a "territory free of illiteracy." A report on the program, its context, and its impact.
An interview with Adán Chavez, the elder brother and close advisor of President Hugo Chavez, conducted by the Marxist theorist Alan Woods, during the 3rd Encounter in solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution.
