Opinion & Analysis

Yo Soy Chavez, Tu Eres Chavez, Todos Somos Chavez

By Lisa Sullivan, Mar 7th 2013

The truth is, Chavez is my father, and he is the father of all of my Venezuelan compatriotas with whom I have had the immense privilege of sharing my life and raising my children for so many years in this beautiful and generous land. Twenty of those twenty-eight years have been defined, in great part by Chavez.

Chávez's Legacy: Building, with People, an Alternative Society to Capitalism

By Marta Harneker, Mar 7th 2013

Thousands turned out in Caracas to remember Chavez.

When Hugo Chávez triumphed in the 1998 presidential elections, the neoliberal capitalist model was already floundering. The choice then was whether to re-establish the neoliberal capitalist model, or to go ahead and try to build another model.

The Life and Legacy of Hugo Chavez

By Gregory Wilpert- The Real News, Mar 7th 2013

Chavez (left) with fellow jailed revolutionaries, following the failed 1992 coup

VA founder Gregory Wilpert discusses the life and legacy of Hugo Chavez.

Preparing for a Post-Chávez Venezuela

By George Ciccariello-Maher - Counterpunch, Mar 7th 2013

An undated photgraph of Chavez during his army years

Hugo Chávez is no more, and yet the symbolic importance of the Venezuelan President that exceeded his physical persona in life, providing a condensation point around which popular struggles coalesced, will inevitably continue to function long after his death.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Chavez: the Motive-Hunting of a Malignant NGO

By Joe Emersberger - ZCommunications, Mar 7th 2013

Human Rights Watch Americas Director José Miguel Vivanco

The death of Hugo Chavez provoked HRW to immediately (within hours) smear the Chavez government's legacy.

In Death as in Life, Chávez Target of Media Scorn

By Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), Mar 7th 2013

On March 6, the New York Post described Chavez as the "Venezuela bully"

Venezuela's left-wing populist president Hugo Chávez died on Tuesday, March 5, after a two-year battle with cancer. If world leaders were judged by the sheer volume of corporate media vitriol and misinformation about their policies, Chávez would be in a class of his own.

Hugo Chavez, Dream Maker

By Eva Golinger, Mar 7th 2013

Most of what you read or hear in mass media about President Hugo Chavez is always negative, his faults exaggerated, his discourse distorted and his achievements ignored. The reality is quite different. Hugo Chavez was beloved by millions around the world.

Outpouring of Solidarity Statements and Condolences for the Venezuelan People [+Photos]

By Venezuelanalysis, Various, Mar 6th 2013

Palestine (REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman)

Expressions of solidarity and condolences have been flooding into Venezuelananalysis.com directly, as well as being put up on the internet and passed around on social networks. Here we include a collection of those expressions of solidarity that we have received or come across from activist and political groups and their representatives, as well as a photos of solidarity actions around the world.

Hugo Chavez, Undefeated! Why the Rich and Powerful Hated Chavez

By Derrick O'Keefe - Rabble, Mar 6th 2013

Hugo Chavez has died -- undefeated. Yes, undefeated. Chavez, no matter how many times the corporate media and the cheerleaders of the status quo call him a dictator, was elected repeatedly with overwhelming majorities.

Hugo Chávez Dead: Transformed Venezuela & Survived U.S.-Backed Coup, Now Leaves Uncertainty Behind (+video)

By Democracy now, Mar 6th 2013

With the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez after a two-year fight with cancer, we host a roundtable discussion on a revolutionary leader whose democratic-socialist policies not only transformed his country, but helped steer the entire Latin American region away from U.S.-backed neoliberalism.

Chávez and the Dream for a Better World

By Michael Fox - NACLA, Mar 6th 2013

he news poured down like a hard Venezuelan rain—Hugo Chávez had passed. After a two-year-long battle with cancer, we should have been prepared. But we weren’t.

On the Legacy of Hugo Chávez

By Greg Grandin - The Nation, Mar 5th 2013

Chavez last October at the closing rally before the presidential elections (archive)

I first met Hugo Chávez in New York City in September 2006, just after his infamous appearance on the floor of the UN General Assembly, where he called George W. Bush the devil.

Venezuela's Devaluation Doom-mongers

By Mark Weisbrot - The Guardian, Mar 5th 2013

Venezuela has changed the fixed exchange rate from 4.30 bolivars to the dollar to 6.30 bolivars to the dollar (Jorge Silva/Reute

Venezuela's recent devaluation has sparked quite a bit of discussion in the international press. The Venezuelan opposition has naturally framed it as desperate move to head off inevitable economic collapse.

Ricardo Haussmann – A Reliable Commentator for the Guardian on Venezuela?

By Dr. Francisco Dominguez -Venezuela Solidarity Campaign UK , Mar 4th 2013

Ricardo Haussmann (dinero.com)

Last Monday the Guardian Comment is Free website carried a piece by Ricardo Haussmann on Venezuela entitled The legacy of Hugo Chávez: Low growth, high inflation, intimidation. But is Haussmann a reliable commentator for the Guardian on Venezuela?

Chavez: The Harassment of a Patient

By Eleazar Diaz Rangel, Mar 1st 2013

Chavez with his daughters

I don’t believe modern history has ever seen a medical patient so pressured, hounded, and harassed as Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias has been over the course of the last month.