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Analysis: Media Watch

Venezuela's Economic Crisis: Does It Mean That the Left Has Failed?

By Mark Weisbrot – Truthout, Oct 27th 2016

A woman shakes a bag of corn flour, shouting "Why is it so difficult for me to buy this?" as hundreds of people wait i

Unifying Venezuela's multiple exchange rates is not "neoliberal", argues Mark Weisbrot. It's the only solution to the country's deep crisis. 

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Media Deliberately Omits Critical Info to Demonize Venezuela

By Lucho Granados Ceja - TeleSur English , Oct 25th 2016

A crowd of government supporters gathers outside the National Assembly in Caracas to voice their opposition to right-wing attemp

The announcement from Venezuela's electoral authority that it would not proceed with a recall referendum has unleashed yet another wave of critical articles and opinion pieces throughout the English-speaking media. 

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Steve Ellner: Democratization of PSUV is Key to Chavismo’s Future

By Steve Ellner and Lucas Koerner – Venezuelanalysis.com , Oct 10th 2016

Professor Steve Ellner. (Ángel Dejesús)

Distinguished Venezuelan history and politics professor Steve Ellner examines the current state of Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution at the crossroads of a deep economic crisis and an opposition-led presidential recall effort. 

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How the Western Media Created a Desperate, Starving Gang of Venezuelan Horse Eaters – And Why It Matters

By Ryan Mallett-Outtrim , Aug 26th 2016

(Wikimedia Commons/Hobvias Sudoneighm).

Journalists generally aren’t supposed to print their own imaginary stories as established fact, but that’s exactly what seems to happen on a regular basis when covering Venezuela.

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In Campaign Against Venezuela, NYT Cites Former Member of Death Squad Alliance

By Mark Cook – Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting , Jul 15th 2016

Paraguayan Foreign Minister Eladio Lozaiga. (archive)

The Times interviewed Paraguayan Foreign Minister Eladio Lozaiga, who is accused of involvement in the assassination program run by the World Anti-Communist League and Operation Condor. 

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Calling All Venezuelans to the Table

By Lisa Sullivan – Counterpunch , Jun 13th 2016

Residents of Venezuela's housing mission take up urban agriculture. (Jonas Holldack/Venezuelanalysis)

Long time Venezuela-based solidarity activist Lisa Sullivan analyzes the roots of Venezuela's crisis, arguing that solutions must come from beyond the country's government-opposition political polarization. 

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Prime Minister Madura, the $170 Hamburger, and the Rising Floodwaters of Shonky Venezuela Coverage

By Ryan Mallett-Outtrim – VENEZUELANALYSIS.COM, Jun 9th 2016

The Guardian reporting on Venezuela's prime minister. (Screen grab by Ryan Mallett-Outtrim/Venezuelanalysis)

Here's a free tip for anyone keen to write about Venezuela: do some research first. Please!

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How U.S. and U.K. Media Are Trying To Push Maduro and Venezuela Over the Edge

By MAX AJL – IN THESE TIMES, Jun 6th 2016

Nicolás Maduro (upper right, with flag tied around his neck) celebrates with the Venezuelan people in the streets of Caracas af

Max Ajl details how political and media elites utilize the media to misrepresent the Venezuelan government following a pattern of intervention across the region.  

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Venezuela's Apocalypse: The Media at War

By Belén Fernández – Aljazeera , Jun 2nd 2016

A rally to demand an increase in university funding and against Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela. (Reuters)

International media use classic red-baiting tropes to paint Venezuela as on the verge of apocalyptic meltdown while ignoring the real calamities of war and poverty caused by global capitalism.

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Venezuela’s Recall Process and the International Media’s Lies of Omission

By Joe Emersberger – ZNET , May 30th 2016

On April 27th, the Venezuelan opposition took its first steps toward recall referendum by collecting signatures from 1% of the e

Venezuela's opposition may fail to secure a recall referendum this year due not to government sabotage but to internal divisions that prevented it from beginning the process on time.

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Venezuela – A Last Warning

By Jorge Martin – In Defense of Marxism , May 20th 2016

Imports dropped by 18.7% in 2015 due to collapsing oil prices, forcing Venezuelans to queue up for government-regulated goods or

Venezuela's crisis is the failure not of socialism but of reformist attempts to tame and humanize capitalism, argues Jorge Martin. 

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The Fight for Justice, Truth and Peace in Venezuela

By Jeanette Charles – Venezuelanalysis.com , Apr 29th 2016

Photo caption: Luis Durán shares his personal testimony with the guarimbas that took his son's life. (Paola Martucci)

The Committee of Victims of the Guarimba and Ongoing Coup internationally denounces the Venezuelan opposition’s terror campaign and attempts to silence victims’ families through the Amnesty Law.

 

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Venezuela’s Outages and the Western Press’s Confirmation Bias Problem

By Peter Bolton – COHA , Apr 18th 2016

El Guri, Venezuela's largest hydroelectric dam. (Archive)

Western media deploy double standards in their coverage of water and electricity shortages in Venezuela, blaming the country's leftist government for problems common across the global South. 

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Venezuela's Political Killings: A Sign of the Repression to Come?

By Ryan Mallett-Outtrim – Venezuelanalysis.com , Apr 4th 2016

From the 2002 coup to the violence of 2014, there has always been a sector of the right-wing that has never been afraid to use t

Ryan Mallett-Outtrim argues that the silence of Venezuela's right-wing in the face of a recent wave of political killings is a sign of elites' willingness to use terrorist violence in order to bring about the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro and the restoration of the neoliberal order. 

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The Other Explanation for Venezuela’s Economic Crisis

By Peter Bolton – COHA , Mar 28th 2016

Venezuela Central Madeirense. (Wikimedia)

Mainstream critics of the Bolivarian government have systematically ignored the role of US imperialism and Venezuela's rentier oligarchy in fomenting the country's current economic crisis. 

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