Rubรฉn Gonzรกlez, secretary general of Sintraferrominera, the iron-workersโ union of the Ferrominera del Orinoco complex, has been sentenced to 5 years and 9 months of jail
Tag: chavismo
The on-going slaughter: police violence in Venezuela
The recent UN report caused shockwaves in the international community by setting out a previously unknown number of homicides and deaths committed by the state security forces in 2018.
Police harassed and detained peasants protesting in the offices of the National Land Institute
On July 16th, FAES agents (police commando forces) and the anti-drug unit of the Bolivarian National Police (PNB) arrived to the headquarters of the National Land Institute (INTI) to harass the group of peasants that has been protesting there
Venezuelaโs Electricity Crisis: Imperialist Sabotage or a Crime of the Chavista Bourgeoisie
On the afternoon of 7 March 2019, the electricity supply was cut off in more than 80% of Venezuela. This blackout was the highest point in a decade long electricity crisis, a collapse that industry workers had warned about for years, despite government attempts to completely silence their reports
Open letter by political prisoner Rodney รlvarez
Political prisoner Rodney รlvarez has been arbitrarily jailed eight years without a trial, as a working class hostage of the chavista government
Family demands justice for Alcedo Mora four years after his disappearance
Moraโs son claims that pressure from paramilitary groups have forced him into exile, where he still demands justice for his disappeared father and the Vergel brothers
What has happened with the Orinoco Mining Arch Project?
The route of the mining extractive industry in Venezuela (2014-2017)
Gasoline scarcity follows the disastrous state of refineries and imperialist sanctions
For Josรฉ Bodas, general secretary of the Unitary Federation of Oil Workers (FUTPV), the scarcity of gasoline is a consequence of the state of disaster of our refineries.
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. Lรณpez Caldera.
Venezuela: a country held hostage
Simรณn Rodrรญguez explains why Venezuela is "caught between imperialism and a decomposing bourgeois regime๏ปฟ", and the way forward.
Venezuelan Voices 