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Fired Venezuelan Labor Leader Orlando Chirino Reinstated in Job

November 19th 2008, by Gregory Wilpert - Venezuelanalysis.com
Venezuela’s Labor Ministry ruled this Tuesday that the labor leader Oscar Chirino was illegally fired from his job in the state owned oil company PDVSA and must be reinstated.

Venezuela Ready for First Completely Automated Election

November 18th 2008, by James Suggett - Venezuelanalysis.com
From Left, CNE co-director Vicente Diaz, President Tibisay Lucena, and co-director Germán Yépez Colmenares. (CNE)
Tibisay Lucena, the president of Venezuela’s National Electoral Council, confirmed Sunday that voting equipment has been audited and delivered to all of the 34,662 voting centers across the country in preparation for this Sunday’s regional and local elections, which are the first elections in Venezuelan to be 100% automated.

Communal Banks Of Venezuela Receive Big Boost

November 15th 2008, by Tamara Pearson - Venezuelanalysis.com
Venezuela president Hugo Chavez delivering credit to communal bank members. (Prensa Presidencial)
As Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez handed over credits to over a thousand communal banks, he highlighted the need for social networks of distribution and for the private banks to also contribute.

Venezuela On Track to Achieve Millennium Development Goals in Education

November 14th 2008, by James Suggett - Venezuelanalysis.com
The Venezuelan literacy program, Mision Robinson, in session. (RNV)
Venezuela's improvements in educational access and enrollment over the past ten years have put the country on track to meet the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, according to the United Nations Science, Education, and Culture Organization (UNESCO).

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Venezuelan Elections Will Put Chávez to the Test

November 19th 2008, by Humberto Marquez - IPS
As if his post were at stake, Venezuela's left-wing President Hugo Chávez is showing up all over the country at election rallies, caravans, public works inaugurations, nationally televised public events and highly publicised midnight calls to his party's local offices in remote towns.

Venezuela's Tupamaros on the Side of the Law

November 19th 2008, by Martin Markovits, Vincent Bevins - San Francisco Chronicle
In several slums of this Andean capital, an armed guerrilla group wearing black ski masks teaches arts and crafts to local children, goes door-to-door to get the vote out during elections and protects residents from local criminals.

Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution in the Post (neo)Liberal Constellation

November 18th 2008, by Donald Kingsbury
The Bolivarian Revolution is in the process of building a new type of state power in Venezuela, one that represents one of the most progressive poles in the postliberal constellation.

South America: Recession Can Be Avoided

November 17th 2008, by Mark Weisbrot - Pagina/12
The old adage that "When America gets a cold, Latin America catches pneumonia" has been widely cited. However, there is good reason to believe that South America, in particular, can weather this storm with minimal damage if it adopts the right macro-economic policies.

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