imperialism with a human face
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. ..…
us enemies and the lawless ‘rule of law’
Oil-rich but impoverished Venezuela has been the Enemy since Hugo Chavez became president in 1999 to lead a ‘21stcentury socialism’ based on the country’s oil riches formerly in control of US Big Oil and its local oligarchy – the standard arrangement. . . ..…
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However, foreign intervention in Venezuela is nothing new. The US has tried to destroy the Bolivarian Revolution since the failed attempted coup against Hugo Chavez in 2002. . Fast-forward to 2014 and to this day; Venezuela is confronting severe sanctions from the US, Canada, EU and..…
elliott abrams: a human rights horror show in three acts
But before Iraq there was the matter of a failed coup against Hugo Chávez, the democratically elected president of Venezuela whose socialist reforms — which included nationalizing foreign commercial assets to fund programs of social uplift — infuriated Washington and Wall Street. ..…
the politics of “andean-amazonian capitalism”
Morales and García Linera know full well that the way out of impoverishment for Bolivia is through ceasing to export crude to processing plants Brazil, Argentina, or Venezuela where it's refined into and transported as value-added products to the world market. ..…
the ‘venezuelan people’ are whoever agrees with donald trump
Media followed the government's lead, with London Times publishing opinion piece lauding the people of Venezuela for mobilizing against the government, while Miami Herald quoted observer declaring that Chávez's restoration meant that Venezuelan people have been betrayed... ..…
dishonesty, omissions and lies in reporting on the venezuelan economic
One example of dishonest narratives in the pages of Western media is that Venezuela's economic problems are caused by Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro. Venezuela economic crisis started more in society that was already corrupt and .According to data from Inter- American Development..…
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Media followed the government's lead, with London Times publishing opinion piece lauding the people of Venezuela for mobilizing against the government, while Miami Herald quoted observer declaring that Chávez's restoration meant that Venezuelan people have been betrayed... ..…
faultlines of a multipolar world
Hiro then surveys the other petro-powers, Venezuela and Iran, that are rising chal? ... Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez has been able survive U.S.-sponsored coups and begin to consolidate a trade bloc with Brazil, MERCOSUR, to rival the U.S...…
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