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Why There Are No Aussie Pavons: Political Youth Engagement in Australia and Venezuela
August 20, 2013 ... with thousands of other Venezuelans Pavon lined up for hours in the sweltering heat of Caracas to catch a glimpse of ... Pavon had left her home days earlier. After more than 20 hours in buses, she finally arrived in the capital, Caracas, ... from the Australia Institute unsurprisingly found that 47% of 17-25 year olds “believe no party best represents ... -
Student Activists Inspired by Venezuela’s Revolution
July 26, 2013 ... A journey that could have taken some people up to two hours has been cut to ten minutes. People’s lives are ... Arbol which “has invested $60 million and involved over 47,000 people from local communities to plant 43 million ... -
So-Called ‘Civil Society’ in Post-Chávez Venezuela
April 5, 2013 ... the 2002 coup against Chávez (which was reversed after 48 hours) as a “ civil society coup ,” and rightly so. It ... -
In Revolution, the Disabled Have a Voice
May 5, 2013 The corridors are always packed in the Metropolitan Council of Popular Power for People with Disabilities, situated in a building just down the street from Plaza Diego Ibarra in Caracas. Wheelchairs come and go, sometimes squeezing to the side in order to let another person pass first... -
Venezuela's Petrol Price Debate
December 19, 2013 ... unnecessary, and worse, leaving cars and buses running for hours while they aren’t being used. Though an awareness ... -
Chavez: the Man and His Dream
March 21, 2013 ... at the UN podium where Bush Jr. had spoken only a few hours earlier: “ Azufre . It still smells like sulfur ...