by Venezuelanvoices.org Picture: Oswaldo Pacheco, CaƱo 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
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
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
Photo credit: Agencia Uno Venezuelanvoices.org Leopoldo LĆ³pez visited Chile in December, in the final days of the presidential campaign, to support the candidacy of JosĆ© 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 LĆ³pez bet on Kast in Chile, and lost
By Eva MarĆa Photo: Federico Parra Note: The following interview with venezuelan activist and and editor at Venezuelanvoices.org, SimĆ³n RodrĆguez, 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 MarĆa: The first question is one on most peopleās minds … Continue reading Venezuela: left perspectives from below
By Andy Heintz Originally published by NACLA When the subject of Venezuela is brought up, there are often two distinct narratives. In the right-wing and much of the mainstream media, Venezuela is often depicted as a once vibrant, thriving democracy that has been ruined by socialism. Meanwhile, in certain left-wing circles, the countryās many troubles are … Continue reading Venezuela and the U.S. Left at a Crossroads
By Venezuelanvoices.org Picture: El Helicoide in Caracas, EFE University professor and chavista activist Aidaliz Guarisma was arbitrarily detained on August 10 in the andean city of MĆ©rida by the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN). The officers arrived at her house in plain clothes, in a vehicle without license plates, and without a warrant took her … Continue reading Bolivarian National Intelligence Service arbitrarily detains chavista activist in MĆ©rida
Picture: Lusbi Portillo accompanying yukpa leaders Sabino Romero and Alexander Fernandez, a decade ago, after they were freed from political imprisonment. In subsecuent years Romero and Fernandez were killed. Professor Lusbi Portillo is an academic committed to the Indigenous Peoples and the Defense of the Environment in the State of Zulia. The governor of Zulia … Continue reading Open letter in defense of Lusbi Portillo
By Venezuelanvoices On Sunday, August 8, PSUV held its primaries to elect the candidates for the November regional elections. Although the primaries were open, meaning that more than 21.7 million people in the electoral registry could vote, only 3.5 million people did, according to official figures provided by first vicepresident of the party Diosdado Cabello. … Continue reading Violence-plagued primaries in the PSUV
Open letter by Venezuelan Workers Solidarity DSAās National Political Committee (NPC) and International Committee (IC) recently announced that they will send a delegation to participate in an official event in Venezuela. On May 16 they launched aĀ crowdfunding campaignĀ to finance the travel of an eight-person delegation that will attend the Congreso Bicentenario de los Pueblos (Bicentennial … Continue reading DSA: Solidarity with the Venezuelan people or with the regime?
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