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Features: Opposition

[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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