Venezuela’s Dreams and Demons: Has the Bolivarian Revolution Changed Education?

tamara — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:48:34 +0000

Tamara Pearson – Venezuelanalysis.com

Through two very different interviews we get a glimpse of the bureaucracy, corruption, clientelism, achievements, inspiration, and political growth within Venezuela’s education system, all of which are representative of the broader demons and dreams faced in the Bolivarian Revolution and its aim to create the “new person”.

Venezuelan Education Law: Socialist Indoctrination or Liberatory Education?

greg — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:40:54 +0000

James Suggett - Venezuelanalysis.com

Venezuelan opposition activists allege that the new Education Law is unconstitutional, anti-democratic, politicizes the classroom, threatens the family and religion, and will allow the state to take children away from their parents for indoctrination. Are they correct?

Misión Barrio Adentro: Experiencing Health Care as a Human Right in Venezuela

jan — Sun, 27 May 2007 17:33:32 +0000

Rebecca Trotzky Sirr - UpsideDownWorld.org

Entering the Misión Barrio Adentro clinic in San Rafael de Tabay, a town in Merida, Venezuela amazes even the most jaded visitor. The local community hospital, Centro de Diagnostico Integral (CDI) brings alive Venezuela’s social revolution in health care.

Felix’s Miracle and the Convenio Cuba-Venezuela

jan — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 02:38:44 +0000

Michael Fox – Venezuelanalysis.com

Felix Jose Espinoza Ledesma is a cab driver in Caracas. If not for his large print and the way his eyes squint slightly when he reads an address or a phone number, you would never guess that just over a year and a half ago, he was on his deathbed, his vision nearly completely gone, and barely struggling to stay alive.

Venezuela Launches Primary Health Program for Extreme Poor

jan — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 22:29:23 +0000

Michael Fox - Venezuelanalysis.com

The Venezuelan government, yesterday, began a diagnostic primary health project for the homeless, drug addicts, and at-risk individuals as part of the “Negra Hipolita Mission,” the social program that is aimed at taking care of Venezuelans in situations of critical poverty.

Mercal: Reducing Poverty and Creating National Food Sovereignty in Venezuela

jan — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 04:05:51 +0000

Sarah Wagner – Venezuelanalysis.com

Mercal is the new subsidized supermarket and food distribution network that the Venezuelan government set up in the wake of the December 2002 to January 2003 "general strike." It has now become one of the government's most popular and widely used social programs, providing food to over 30% of the population. What is its background and what are its effects?

Venezuela: Illiteracy Free Territory

jan — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 03:10:28 +0000

Sarah Wagner – Venezuelanalysis.com

The 8th graduation of Mission Robinson, the program to teach Venezuelans to read and write, honored the 32,509 participants of the program and brought Venezuela a step closer to being a "territory free of illiteracy." A report on the program, its context, and its impact.

Free Neighborhood Clinics Spread Across Venezuela

jan — Wed, 05 May 2004 17:40:43 +0000

Argiris Malapanis - The Militant

Barrio Adentro is a government-sponsored program that has brought thousands of volunteer Cuban doctors operating free neighborhood clinics in working-class districts and rural areas across the country where workers and farmers have had little or no access to health care.

Venezuelans carry out literacy campaign with aid and volunteer trainers from Cuba

jan — Sun, 02 Nov 2003 17:59:40 +0000

Argiris Malapanis and Camilo Catalán - The Militant

Venezuela's Misión Robinson is to teach 1.5 million illiterate people to read and write this year.

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