Category: Analysis

What does María Corina Machado’s alliance with the European and Israeli ultra-right imply for the Venezuelan people?

by venezuelanvoices, posted in Analysis, Antiimperialism

Simón Rodríguez AI generated image Convening under the banner of "Patriots for Europe", two months ago the European extreme right met in Madrid, bringing political leaders of the Trumpist current together like some budget, fascist Avengers. Marching under the flags of ultra-nationalism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, antisemitism, and neo-fascism, representatives from France, Italy, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Austria, Estonia, Greece, and Poland were hosted … Continue reading What does María Corina Machado’s alliance with the European and Israeli ultra-right imply for the Venezuelan people?

“This is not a left-wing government”

by venezuelanvoices, posted in (Boli)Buorgeoisie, Analysis, Left opposition

Michael Karrer interviews Atenea Jiménez and Simón Rodríguez Interview originally published in German by Analyse und Kritik. This is an expanded version translated by Venezuelanvoices.org. Pictures: Federico Parra Conflicts continue in Venezuela over the controversial results of the July 28 presidential elections. Incumbent President Nicolas Maduro was officially declared the winner by the National Electoral … Continue reading “This is not a left-wing government”

A “civic-military-police” regime

by venezuelanvoices, posted in (Boli)Buorgeoisie, Analysis, Fake socialism

Raúl Zibechi interviews Emiliano Terán Mantovani The interview below was conducted by Raúl Zibechi and originally published, in Spanish, in Brecha Magazine of Uruguay. Emiliano Terán Mantovani is a sociologist from the Central University of Venezuela, researcher and activist. He has collaborated with various initiatives such as the Atlas of Environmental Justice and the Scientific … Continue reading A “civic-military-police” regime

Presidential elections in Venezuela: what to expect?

by venezuelanvoices, posted in Analysis, crisis

Venezuelanvoices.org A tense calm prevailed as the Venezuelan presidential elections began early this morning. As has been constantly denounced, the process has been fraudulent from the beginning, so it is to be expected the outcome will not be any different. In arbitrary fashion, the government prevented the nomination of candidates from the traditional right-wing opposition, … Continue reading Presidential elections in Venezuela: what to expect?

A look back at our third year

by venezuelanvoices, posted in Analysis

by Venezuelanvoices.org Picture: Oswaldo Pacheco, Caño Amarillo in Caracas Our third year publishing on the Venezuelan situation was marked by an ebb in social struggles. It was also a year in which the resounding decline of the economy came to a halt, after 8 disastrous years in which the Maduro government managed to reduce the … Continue reading A look back at our third year

#8M2022: A day of reckoning for Venezuela’s feminist movement

by venezuelanvoices, posted in Analysis, feminism, women

By Xili Fernandez Photo credit: Feminist assembly in Caracas, March 8, 2022. Jose Daniel Ramos. IG: @danielj2511 A lot has happened in the Venezuelan feminist movement since March 8, 2021. A year into the COVID-19 pandemic and just a month and a half after protesting in the streets on that March 8, the #Metoo wave … Continue reading #8M2022: A day of reckoning for Venezuela’s feminist movement

Venezuela is a flawed model for Latin American left

by venezuelanvoices, posted in Analysis

Simon Rodriguez P. In an interview with the BBC published on January 21, Gabriel Boric dissociated himself from the governments of Nicaragua and Venezuela. In a matter of hours, some of the intellectuals and political leaders who had celebrated Boric's triumph sourly polemicised with the Chilean president-elect. "(The) main demonstration of (Maduro's) failure is the … Continue reading Venezuela is a flawed model for Latin American left

Fraudulent regional elections and humiliation for chavismo in Barinas

by venezuelanvoices, posted in Analysis

Photo credit: Getty Venezuelanvoices.org On November 21 of last year, elections for mayors and governors were held in Venezuela. Product of an agreement reached in negotiations in Mexico earlier in the year, the government reinstated the MUD electoral credential and thus November's was the first election with participation of the majority of the right-wing opposition … Continue reading Fraudulent regional elections and humiliation for chavismo in Barinas

Leopoldo López bet on Kast in Chile, and lost

by venezuelanvoices, posted in Analysis

Photo credit: Agencia Uno Venezuelanvoices.org Leopoldo López visited Chile in December, in the final days of the presidential campaign, to support the candidacy of José Antonio Kast, a supporter of the Pinochet dictatorship and son of a German Nazi militant. Kast's resounding defeat on December 19, by center-left Congressman Gabriel Boric, therefore also became a setback … Continue reading Leopoldo López bet on Kast in Chile, and lost

Venezuela: left perspectives from below

by venezuelanvoices, posted in Analysis, Fake socialism

By Eva María Photo: Federico Parra Note: The following interview with venezuelan activist and and editor at Venezuelanvoices.org, Simón Rodríguez, was livestreamed by Venezuelan Workers Solidarity in July, and afterwards transcribed, edited and published by Tempest. We present for our readers an abbreviated version. Eva María: The first question is one on most people’s minds … Continue reading Venezuela: left perspectives from below