In an interview with the Real News Network, Edgardo Lander, author and professor of social sciences at the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas, puts Venezuela’s current unrest in context by reviewing modern history- starting with his upbringing as a child of political exiles in 1948. Parts 1 and 2 of 4.
23 of March, 2014. Venezuelan students who support the Bolivarian Revolution speak out against recent oppositional violence, and urge the nation's youth to think for themselves in the midst of the media-backed polarization.
"Mi Amigo Hugo" by filmmaker Oliver Stone is a gathering of testimonies of family, friends, intellectuals and politicians who honor and remember Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, leader of the Bolivarian Revolution and forerunner of the integration process throughout Latin American and the Caribbean in the 21st century. Broadcasted on TeleSur TV before actual release date.
This video shows members of the Pie del Tiro community in the city of Mérida, Venezuela, trying to prevent violent opposition activists from barricading them into their community, after the government and community members cleared the barricades the day before.
Latin American studies professor Miguel Tinker Salas and Venezuelanalysis.com journalist Ewan Robertson discuss the presidency of Hugo Chavez and the current state of opposition protests.
Lisa Sullivan & Ryan Mallett-Outtrim report from Venezuela that the country's anti government protests are continuing with no end in sight but continue to lack appeal in low income neighbourhoods.
Alexander Main & Miguel Tinker Salas argue that Venezuela opposition protests do not include broad segments of the population and are aimed at destabilizing the elected government of Nicholas Maduro.
The Real News speaks to Venezuelanalysis.com founder Gregory Wilpert about the reasons behind the opposition protests in Venezuela. In the second part of the interview, they discuss Venezuela's current economic problems.
By The Global Center for Advanced Studies, Feb 20th 2014
What is behind the violent clashes that have been taking place in the streets of Venezuela? This and other questions will be discussed with a panel of scholars and activists.
The actions that were perpetrated by some Venezuelan right-wing opposition sectors over the past days are following the parameters of philosopher and political scientist Gene Sharp's "soft-coup" theory, which consists of overthrowing governments through non-violent methods.
Venezuela seeks to consolidate its model of university education, according to data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the South American country has the fifth highest number in the world of students enrolled in higher education.
