In order to control the Bolivarian Armed Forces (FAB), he added, it is necessary to give guarantees to its command, which is “basically corrupt. ..…

In response to these threats, Venezuela has been holding military exercises, and President Maduro has ordered the creation of 50,000 popular defense units in the poor communities of the country within the so-called Bolivarian Militia. . ..…

This is an ominous development for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the millions of Venezuelans who still support him and the Bolivarian Revolution despite his increasingly authoritarian rule. ..…

The US has tried to destroy the Bolivarian Revolution since the failed attempted coup against Hugo Chavez in 2002. . ..…

Webber calls Ciccariello-Maher’s work “the single most important book available in English advancing an explicitly anticapitalist framework . . . underlying the rise of Hugo Chávez” and the “Bolivarian process” in Venezuela. ..…

Bolivarian revolution also helped start the 'pink tide that swept Latin America in the 2000s , with elections that brought progressives to power, often for the time, in countries determined no longer to be thought of as US's backyard.. ... Bolivarian revolution helped start the 'pink..…

It recalled the Bolivarian general Hebert García Plaza’s memorable TV address: “We have to guarantee that all Venezuelans have a plasma TV and the latest model refrigerator!” ..…

Venezuela’s economic problems did not start with the Bolivarian revolution . ... The Bolivarian economic policies followed by the Chavez government were lifting Venezuelans out of poverty when Venezuela fortunately not being targeted for regime change. . ..…

By contrast, Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez and his Latin American and Caribbean allies assembled in the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) announced their opposition to America’s shock doctrine. ..…