What the Statistics Tell Us about Venezuela in the Chavez Era

chris — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:07:11 +0000

Chris Carlson - Venezuelanalysis.com

In the lead up to Venezuela’s presidential election earlier this year, the picture painted in most private media was that of a country falling apart. But a brief look at the statistics offers a very different story, one that helps explain why the majority of the Venezuelan people keep re-electing a government that, according to the private media, is driving the country into the ground.

Revolutionary Democracy in the Economy? Venezuela’s Worker Control Movement and the Plan Socialist Guayana

ewan — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 00:54:56 +0000

Ewan Robertson - Venezuelanalysis.com

In this in-depth investigative analysis, Ewan Robertson evaluates the advances and setbacks of the worker control movement in Venezuela, and what Venezuela's experience in worker control means for the Bolivarian revolution and movements for radical social change worldwide.

Demystifying Venezuela’s Inflation: The Opposition’s Red Herring

tamara — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:04:10 +0000

Tamara Pearson - Venezuelanalysis.com

In local opposition and international mass media inflation is the buzzword, and because of it, Venezuela is clearly a mess, life is hopeless, and the government has got to go. Yet is inflation really the big evil it’s made out to be? How much does it impact on the lives of Venezuelans? How much worse is it, really, under Chavez, and what is the government trying to do about it and the food situation?

If Venezuela were Measured by the Majority

juan — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:16:38 +0000

Tamara Pearson – Venezuelanalysis.com

When Newsweek ranked Venezuela last out of 100 countries for “economic dynamism” it had a certain kind of economy and benchmarks in mind. Venezuela is constantly attacked and demonised by U.S based “studies”, “experts”, and “reports”, but what if its economy and political life were to be measured according to the benchmarks of the Venezuelan majority?

From Agribusiness to Agroecology? An Analysis of Venezuela’s Nationalization of AgroIsleña

admin1 — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:13:50 +0000

Juan Reardon – Venezuelanalysis.com

With the nationalization of AgroIsleña, the Venezuelan state has taken an important step in the struggle to bring social and economic factors under greater control of the Venezuelan people and out of the hands of private, profit-driven firms. What is yet to be understood is what ecological factors will be considered as the AgroPatria project moves forward.

Venezuela's Co-op Boom

jan — Tue, 22 May 2007 22:42:30 +0000

Michael Fox - Yes! Magazine

To end poverty, put poor people in charge of their livelihood. Venezuela's co-op boom turns the jobless into worker/owners.

Venezuela’s Cooperative Revolution

jan — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 18:47:21 +0000

Betsy Bowman and Bob Stone - Dollars & Sense

Cooperatives are at the center of Venezuela’s new economic model. They have the potential to fulfill a number of the aims of the Bolivarian revolution, including combating unemployment, promoting durable economic development, competing peacefully with conventional capitalist firms, and advancing Chávez’s still-being-defined socialism.

Poverty Rates In Venezuela: Getting The Numbers Right

jan — Fri, 26 May 2006 18:57:30 +0000

Mark Weisbrot, Luis Sandoval, David Rosnick - CEPR

Over the past year, the statement that poverty in Venezuela has increased under the government of President Hugo Chávez has appeared in scores of major newspapers, on major television and radio programs. These statements have only rarely been contested or corrected. A careful analysis of Venezuela's poverty rate, though, shows a decline during the Chavez presidency.

In Venezuela, Oil Sows Emancipation

jan — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 03:00:20 +0000

Luciano Wexell Severo - Rebelion.org

Seven economic mechanisms of the Chavez government account for the fact that, since 2004 and in spite of the strong growth in oil prices, the non-oil GDP grew significantly faster than the oil GDP, demonstrating the positive impact of oil exports on activities not directly related to crude extraction.

The New Cooperative Movement In Venezuela’s Bolivarian Process

jan — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 18:21:58 +0000

Camila Piñeiro Harnecker

Spaces for small enterprises, especially cooperatives, have been opened by a great number of Venezuelan local governments, public institutions, and enterprises, including Venezuela’s oil company, PDVSA. The cooperative production model has increasingly come to define the development strategies of the “Bolivarian Revolution.”

What is the Bolivarian Alternative for Latin America and the Caribbean?

jan — Thu, 05 Feb 2004 17:39:04 +0000

Venezuelan Bank of External Commerce (Bancoex)

How the Bolivarian Alternative for Latin America ALBA would be much more beneficial for Latin America than the Free Trade Area of the Americas FTAA.

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