The uprising in 1989 in Caracas, the Carazco, paved the way for the coming to power of Chavez, 10 years later. However, further upheavals throughout Latin America will not require a decade to develop. . ..…

Correa was swept to power in 2006 as part of the “pink revolution” which swept Latin America at that stage. He was a close ally of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and promised a “citizens’ revolution”. ..…

The effort made by Fidel of the unity and integration began to fruit with the arrival of Hugo Chavez to Presidency of Venezuela in 1998, and real change Latin America was on the agenda. In 2004, Chávez and Fidel would create what is now known Mar del Plata, U.S..…

During those four days number of coinciding historical events were celebrated such the assault on Moncada Barracks that marked the beginning of Cuban and the anniversary of the birth of Commander Hugo Chávez.. Forum of Sao Paulo is the oldest continuing event of Latin..…

… autocratic demagogues in the Chavez mode get away with [it] until their countries become totalitarian regimes like Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, or Slobodan Milosevic’s Serbia… Let us not give President Chavez a chance to do the same step- by-step transformation of Venezuela… . Canadian..…

… autocratic demagogues in the Chavez mode get away with [it] until their countries become totalitarian regimes like Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, or Slobodan Milosevic’s Serbia… Let us not give President Chavez a chance to do the same step- by-step transformation of Venezuela… . Canadian..…

The stranglehold had not begun with President Donald Trump but with “that great Democrat Nobel Prize-winner Barack Obama” as the US tried to re-establish the subservient Latin America it had known “before Chavez, before Fidel, before Sandino,” but that it would fail. . ..…

In Latin America the US has waged economic and war against the socialist governments of Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro, and has applied sanctions against Cuba. ..…

The success of the popular nationalist and populist movements led to democratic elections won by progressive and leftist Presidents throughout Latin America, especially V enezuela. . Venezuela: Democratic Election, Social Reforms and the Election of President Chavez . ..…

The success of the popular nationalist and populist movements led to democratic elections won by progressive and leftist Presidents throughout Latin America, especially Venezuela. . Venezuela: Democratic Election, Social Reforms and the Election of President Chavez . ..…

In Latin America this lesson has been learned, she added. Fidel, Chávez, Evo, Correa, Cristina, Lula, left a deep mark very difficult to erase, she insisted, adding, “History is on our side.” . ..…

Journal's lead Latin America Mary O'Grady once called Hugo Chavez threat to peace, jaw-dropping example of her vitriolic hate-mongering and serial lying — all disinformation pieces.. ..…

Simon Bolivar would be the inspiration for Hugo Chavez’s Bolivarian revolution who for a time came close to realizing Bolivar’s dream of a united and liberated Latin America. . Chavez’s vision embraced not just Latin America but the islands of the..…

La Rinconada is like tremendous warning this is how Venezuela and Bolivia used to be before Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales. This is where Washington wants Latin America to return to. Like those monstrous and hopeless slums surrounding Lima, La Rinconada should be call to arms.. ..…

By world powers that sought to recolonize it, In 2009, after centuries of isolation and harassment, President Barack Obama received copy of Eduardo Galeano's Open Veins of Latin America, from Comandante Hugo Chávez. ..…

Citgo oil (under the leadership of Chávez) was the only oil company to answer the call for low-cost heating oil for poor people in the northeast of North America. . I spent time traveling in Latin America with President Chávez and saw the universal love and respect he..…

It's ironic to most Latin Americans that I talk to, that Donald Trump. Venezuela under Hugo Chavez became the engine of Bolivarian Latin America which achieved and sustained independence from the bad old days of western interference - the period when U.S governments..…

They transcend current generations and reach far beyond Latin America. . ... Professor Adan Chavez Frias Chavez, Hugo’s brother, described an invasive history over the past 100 years by the United States of Latin America and called upon the brother..…

Chávez attempted an alternative in Venezuela and, worse for the United States, through the Bolivarian project across Latin America. ..…

I am not as confident as Moon of Alabama that Venezuela’s effort dating back to Chavez to be a sovereign country independent of Washington’s control can survive. Washington is determined to teach all of Latin America that it is pointless to dream of self-determination. ..…

I am not as confident as Moon of Alabama that Venezuela's effort dating back to Chavez to be sovereign country independent of Washington's control can survive. Washington is determined to teach all of Latin America that it's pointless to dream of self-determination. ..…

But an even more urgent motivation for U.S. imperialism to force regime change in Venezuela is to put an end to the anti-imperialist role Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution has played in Latin America. Since the ascendance of President Hugo Chávez to power in 1999, the Bolivarian..…

Aside from the stated reasons for recognizing Guaido now, analysts said shifting political winds in Latin America have increased the pressure on Maduro.  . . When Venezuela's previous president, Hugo Chavez, faced attempts to topple his government in 2012 with U.S. support, much of..…

Governments across Latin American rallied in defense of Chavez’s government, and the coup fizzled. . Now Latin America has more conservative governments that feel threatened by the exodus of some 3 million Venezuelans into neighboring countries. . ..…

Under Chavez, Venezuela had a policy of welcoming refugees. President Chavez turned Venezuela into the wealthiest society in Latin America with the best income equality. . ..…

If you think that the above story is the story of Hugo Chávez, then you underestimate American interventionism in Latin America. ..…

Under Chavez, Venezuela had a policy of welcoming refugees. President Chavez turned Venezuela into the wealthiest society in Latin America with the best income equality. . ..…

Maduro and his predecessor, Hugo Chavez, adopted socialist economic policies that transformed Venezuela from one of Latin America’s most prosperous countries into an utterly dysfunctional nightmare. In an effort to preserve their political rule, Chavez and Maduro also..…

The US decided that Chavez’s declaration of independence was a threat to US hegemony in Latin America and beyond. ... While commentators attributed President Chavez mass support and influence to his charisma, objective circumstances peculiar to Latin..…

Under Chavez, Venezuela had a policy of welcoming refugees. President Chavez turned Venezuela into the wealthiest society in Latin America with the best income equality. . ..…

Government efforts to undermine progressive movements in Latin America. Her first book, “The Chávez Code,” has been translated and published in 8 languages (English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Farsi & Turkish) and is presently being made into a feature film. . ...…

This, too, has to come from ‘outside the Western sphere of control’, even outside Latin America; a continent known for its brutal European-descendent elites, consistent lack of solidarity, courage, and acceptance of the West’s rule (the greatest modern-day hero of South America, Hugo..…

Poverty was cut from 48.6 percent in 2002 to 29.5 percent by 2011, while at the time of Chavez’s death Venezuela had the lowest rate of income inequality of any country in Latin America. . In order to achieve such outstanding outcomes, the Chavez government moved against..…

In fact, Cuba managed, despite US policy, to support social-economic change in Latin America, especially in cooperation with Chavez in Venezuela. How do you see Cuba today, especially in relation to its Latin American neighbours? ..…

Oil-rich Venezuela was once among Latin America's wealthiest nations. ... While Maduro's popularity has plunged amid scarcities, hyperinflation and rising authoritarianism that have sparked a mass emigration, supporters who receive government subsidies in shantytowns continue to back the..…

The first decade of the new millennium saw the radical and reforming left come to government across Latin America. Hugo Chávez began what became known as the ‘pink tide’, when he won power in Venezuela in 1998. ..…

All over Latin America, as he organized the region into anti-U.S.-Empire blocs.” . Chavez had seen three other leftist leaders contract cancer in Latin America. ..…

When Lula [Brazil’s former leftist president Luiz Inácio da Silva] was elected, it set the trend across Latin America that [Venezuela’s late socialist leader Hugo] Chávez never could.” . ..…

This experience soon inspired similar victories of moderate left-wing governments throughout Latin America, which would be referred to collectively as the Pink Tide. . Chávez immediately introduced a progressive new constitution, which guaranteed citizens’ “right to..…

Taken together, in the climate of Latin America, away from the clownish antics of Chávez and the populism of Peronists towards restoration of sanity and civic virtue.. ..…

Latin America’s Left Turns . Over the last 15 years, different left turns reshaped the region’s landscape. Chronologically, Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez got the party started for the Latin American left. ..…

Is United States falling into trap between the need to secure nuclear with Iran and its own aspiration to be accepted by handful of Latin American leaders. Source. is co-editor of Americas Report and the author of the book, Latin America in Post- Chavez Era The Security..…

The major change that has occurred in the development of Hezbollah's relations with Latin America between 2006 and now is that it has expanded its sphere of influence, thanks to Iranian diplomacy with Argentina and, especially, Venezuela, where Hugo Chávez allowed them to establish..…

In my book “Latin America in the Post-Chavez Era” I warned that Russia may use Latin America as a card to prevent the further advance of the West and NATO in the former Soviet sphere of influence. ... Luis Fleischman is co-editor of The Americas Report and the..…

Venezuela's Chavez touts strengthening Russian ties MOSCOW -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said in interview broadcast Sunday that Latin America needs friendship with Russia to help reduce U.S influence and keep in the region. ..…

CARACAS, VENEZUELA New U.S. envoy hopes to better relations Washington's new ambassador to Venezuela said Saturday that he hopes to improve tense relations with the government of President Hugo Chavez. Patrick Duddy, who was previously a senior official in the State Department's Latin..…