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Rentier Consciousness
January 13, 2011 In Venezuela, an oil rentier nation, the revolution has many very unique characteristics. Here, exploitation acquires more a quality of plunder than the appropriation of others' labour. That is, the bourgeoisie, the privileged class, arises and sustains itself by thriving on oil income, more than it does by sucking workers' blood. So the dispute is more about oil income than liberation from the exploitation of work. -
Hugo Chávez and Petro Populism
March 25, 2005 ... based on oil prices. In 2004 government spending jumped 47 percent, much of which went to pay for healthcare and ... -
The 2002 Oil Lockout: 10 Years Later
December 7, 2012 ... within the Venezuelan Armed Forces, which lasted only 48 hours, to end Venezuela’s democratic experiment with ... -
The Achievements of Hugo Chavez: An Update on the Social Determinants of Health in Venezuela
December 20, 2012 ... economies. In general, the Venezuelan economy has grown 47.4% in ten years, that is, 4.3% per annum. [viii] . Today ... -
Venezuela: Knocking over Dominos in Latin America
May 26, 2005 Recent demands by the people of Bolivia for their government to "take the same path as Venezuela" revelas the powerful resonance of the "Bolivarian revolution" throuhout Latin America. As Venezuela depeens this process of social, economic, and political transformation it is increasingly unlikely that the people of Latin America will tolerate their unresponsive governments. It is equally unlikely that the Cold War mentality of Washington will tolerate the threat of a good example.