Features: Opposition

Claims of Fraud in Venezuela: The Fake Evidence of Henrique Capriles

By Chris Carlson - Venezuelanalysis.com, Apr 20th 2013

Henrique Capriles holds up a vote tally at a press conference last Monday (Getty Images)

Opposition candidate Henrique Capriles has refused to acknowledge the results of the election, claiming the government committed fraud. In what follows, I will list all of the alleged evidence of fraud cited by Capriles, and explain why every single example is either demonstrably false, or extremely implausible.

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Understanding the Venezuelan Presidential Election Outcome

By Tamara Pearson - Venezuelanalysis.com, Apr 15th 2013

"The most simple of us, we will win", activists painted above this barrio entrance in Merida (Tamara Pearson/ Venezuel

Why was the presidential election result so close, and why did some government supporters switch to supporting Capriles? As the opposition causes violence around the country, calling "fraud", what was it that worked with Capriles' campaign, and that didn't with Maduro's?

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The 14 April Venezuelan Presidential Election Campaign: Start of a New Era

By Tamara Pearson - Venezuelanalysis.com, Mar 27th 2013

Although the results of the presidential elections in a few weeks are quite predictable, we are going through a fragile, vulnerable period, with a future that is less predictable. These elections, because of their place in history- the start of the era of the Bolivarian revolution without Chavez – have some special characteristics and factors.

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Exposing Five Key Media Myths about Chavez’s Health and Swearing-in

By Ewan Robertson and Tamara Pearson - Venezuelanalysis.com , Jan 8th 2013

Venezuelans signing a petition on Sunday against the media distortions (agencies)

Over the last few weeks the private English language media has stepped up its campaign against the Venezuelan revolution, spreading a number of lies and misconceptions around President Hugo Chavez’s health, and the swearing-in for his new term. Here, Venezuelanalysis.com debunks the top five lies currently being spread by private media.

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The Electoral Strategy of the Venezuelan Opposition Comes Back to Haunt Them

By Chris Carlson - Venezuelanalysis.com, Dec 24th 2012

Venezuela’s opposition spent virtually all of 2012 on the road campaigning for political office, but they ended the year worse off than when they started, in part because of their own campaign tactics.

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Venezuela’s 2012 State Election: Lessons for Chavismo and the Opposition

By Ewan Robertson - Venezuelanalysis.com, Dec 18th 2012

The political map of Venezuela’s regions turned even further red after the PSUV took 20 of 23 states in the 2012 regional elec

What does the 2012 regional election tell us about the current political situation in Venezuela and trends going into next year, including for the differing scenarios depending on whether Chavez will be able to assume his next presidential term?

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Venezuela’s Presidential Elections: An Imperfect-Victory

By Tamara Pearson – Venezuelanalysis.com, Oct 8th 2012

People celebrating the victory outside the Miraflores Palace (Tamara Pearson / Venezuelanalysis.com)

Venezuelanalysis.com examines the causes and consequences of yesterday's election results.

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Capriles, Homophobia, Anti-Semitism and Systemic Violence: Understanding the Venezuelan Elections

By Rachael Boothroyd, Venezuelanalysis.com, Apr 5th 2012

Anti-Chavez Venezuelan media quickly latched onto the Western media line about a state campaign of “persecution” against opp

With the Venezuelan elections now looming, and with Chavez’s approval ratings stubbornly hovering around the 57% mark, it would seem that the international media has stepped up its “disinformation” campaign against the Bolivarian revolution with renewed urgency, producing the kind of biased, baseless and manipulative stories about the “persecution” of opposition presidential candidate, Capriles Radonski, that have been filling the corporate press’ Latin American correspondence pages for weeks.

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[Part I] One Interview, Two Voices: A Look at Venezuela Today

By Juan Reardon, Maria Perez, and Edwin Chirinos Duque - Venezuelanalysis.com, Jun 30th 2011

A year and a half before Venezuela’s December 2012 presidential elections, the debate has already begun. As is often the case, both pro-Chavez and opposition forces are discussing their views amongst themselves, and not with each other. In an attempt to bring opposing Venezuelan voices together, two members of opposing political forces were asked a series of questions relating to political life, education, and the media, among other things. Here are their answers.

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The Insidious Bureaucracy in Venezuela: Biggest Barrier to Social Change

By Tamara Pearson – Venezuelanalysis.com, May 17th 2010

Jose Castro, community council spokesperson (Tamara Pearson)

Endless queues, waiting months or years for pay or certificates or signatures, the tedious and repetitive letters humbly addressed to all the necessary institutions, public servants and a party leadership often disconnected from the people and going against the working class: Bureaucracy in Venezuela; how bad is it, why is it as bad as it is, what impact is it having on popular organising, and what is the Bolivarian Revolution doing about it?

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Behind Venezuela's "Student Rebellion"

By George Ciccariello-Maher - CounterPunch, Jun 11th 2007

Who are "the students," and what do they represent? In recent days, it has become clear that these student mobilizations have been, in fact, largely directed and supported by sectors of the opposition, all in an effort to provoke, in Chávez's own words, a "soft coup" against the revolutionary government.

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Washington’s New Imperial Strategy In Venezuela

By Chris Carlson - Venezuelanalysis.com, May 13th 2007

First used in Serbia in 2000, Washington has now perfected a new imperial strategy to maintain its supremacy around the globe. Whereas military invasions and installing dictatorships have traditionally been the way to control foreign populations and keep them out of the way of business, the U.S. government has now developed a new strategy that is not so messy or brutal, and much sleeker; so sleek, in fact, that it’s almost invisible.

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A First-Hand Impression of the Venezuelan Opposition

By Alessandro Parma - Venezuelanalysis.com, Nov 24th 2005

Almost every wealthy person from the opposition I have met in Venezuela has claimed two things that contrast with the analysis of Chavez’s foreign critics. First, they say Chavez has virtually no support, even the poor are against him. Second, Chavez planned and prepared the 2002 coup in advance and had his followers perform it.

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The Racist Colonialism of the Venezuelan Opposition and of its Intellectuals

By Edgardo Lander, Sep 7th 2004

For the opposition it is obvious that it’s absolutely impossible that the Chavez’s government can count on the support of the majority of the population. It is simply a matter of an epistemological impossibility.

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