The results of an annual study conducted by Chilean NGO Latinobarometer suggest that domestic support for the government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and its socialist policies is much stronger than is understood outside of the country.
Kevin Young analyses this year's "Latinobarómetro", a report which surveys public opinion in 18 Latin American countries. Released on October 28th, the poll reveals that the majority of Venezuelan citizens value their government as democratic, whilst 77% of the national population "support democracy".
This week Venezuela’s Social Investigation Group XXI (GIS) released new comparative data on electoral fairness in the country compiled by the Canada-based Foundation for Democratic Advancement (FDA) which found Venezuela’s elections to be “exceptionally fair, and thereby highly democratic.”
By Pablo Navarrete - Green Left Weekly, Mar 29th 2010
"Inside the Revolution: A Journey into the Heart of Venezuela" is a documentary filmed in Caracas in November 2008, on the eve of the 10th anniversary of Chavez’s presidency. Navarette says he wanted the documentary to provide audiences outside Venezuela an alternative narrative to the one offered by the mainstream media.
Is the referendum about
entrenching Chavez in power permanently?
To answer this question, we need to place the question of term
limits in Venezuela’s current situation.
By Daniel Hellinger and Megan Morrisey - VIO, Jan 23rd 2009
Venezuela expert Daniel Hellinger speaks about the nature of Venezuelan democracy and Chavez's chances of winning the upcoming referendum on eliminating the two-term limit on holding electoral office.
By Peter Phillips - MinutemanMedia.org, Jan 13th 2009
Democratic socialism means health care, jobs, food,
and security, in neighborhoods where in many cases nothing but absolute
poverty existed ten years ago.
