PSUV

The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) will focus on four main areas as it initiates its organisation phase of its electoral campaign, in preparation for the presidential elections in October next year.

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Interview with Venezuelan social activist and author Roland Denis, regarding the formation of the “Great Patriotic Pole” in view of the up-and-coming 2012 presidential elections. 

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Given that prospects still exist for analysing the results of the discussion assemblies on the so-called five “Strategic Lines of PSUV Political Action” (which will now be 6), it’s necessary to demonstrate the most evident symptoms of bureaucratic assimilation and neutralization of radical criticism to the “party-machine” logic, which began to be voiced following the problematic results of September 2010. 

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President Hugo Chavez announced this morning that the registration period for “Vanguard Patrols” of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) would be extended by another week because “there are still a lot of members registering”.

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Venezuela’s National Assembly elected Carlos Escarra as the new Comptroller General of the Republic yesterday, making him the country’s highest anti-corruption authority.

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Hugo Chávez’s leadership of Venezuela has survived many challenges during his twelve years in power. Now, a cancer diagnosis poses grave doubts over his political future as well as his health. Julia Buxton assesses a delicate phase in the Bolivarian revolution.

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In this interview with the Ministry of Communication and Information in April, Venezuelan Vice-president Elias Jaua discusses the opposition, the dynamics of the PSUV party and his time as Minister of Agriculture. Jaua has recently been granted some presidential authorities, such as the right to approve expropriations, and would assume the presidency should Chávez become unable to continue governing.

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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 the second half of their responses. 

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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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One of the greatest strengths of the Bolivarian revolution, writes this Argentine born, Venezuela-based author, is the return to hope. However, in this piece he expresses his concern about what he feels is Chavez’s pandering to the “enemy” and forgetting class struggle.

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