Next June will mark 8 years since political prisoner Rodney Alvarez, worker and unionist, is behind bars without trial in Venezuela. He is little known abroad since media attention has focused on high profile prisoners.
Trump supported coup attempt fails. The left opposition rejects it
Many Venezuelans viewed the mobilizations and the participation of military forces as an authentic rebellion against Maduro. However, the declarations by top US government officials confirmed that it was a coup attempt, albeit a failed one.
Abortion in Venezuela: The Hard Struggle for the Legalization of the Right to Choose
In Venezuela, abortion remains illegal, allowed only when the woman is at risk of dying. However, criminalization does not reduce the practice.
The Feminization of Chavismo: Poor Women as Instruments of Social Policy
Despite policy advancements, Chavismo's reverence of women as mothers and caregivers may operate as a control mechanism, argues sociologist Anais D. López Caldera.
Six months of anti-worker and anti-popular measures
Maduro’s economic program and the deterioration of the real wage.
Venezuela: a country held hostage
Simón Rodríguez explains why Venezuela is "caught between imperialism and a decomposing bourgeois regime", and the way forward.
Stop the persecution and torture of the Pemón Indigenous People in Venezuela
Three Pemones killed by the National Guard while protesting, 23 wounded, 58 arrested and other abuses of power in Indigenous territory.
“This government is rightwing” says Venezuelan union leader José Bodas
"We are fighting for our rights, for union autonomy, for our right to bargain collectively, for decent wages, for better working conditions."
Missing chavista dissident Alí Domínguez died at hospital
Alí Domínguez, a youth political leader from the Chavismo dissidence, died in the early hours of the 6th of March.
“Who governs Venezuela should be decided by the Venezuelan people, not the chavista military, let alone the Yankees”
Simón Rodriguez: "Clearly, Venezuela is a capitalist society with a truly abysmal social gap between the bourgeoisie and the working class."
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