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Michael Lebowitz - Monthly Review Everyone understands that it is impossible to achieve the vision of socialism for the twenty-first century in one giant leap forward.  read more ...

Joe Emersberger Emersbergerwrote to Mark Cadiz of the CBC (exchange below) about an article of his that claimed Venezuelan “activists” were turning to social media because the Venezuelan government censors news about the protests. read more ...

Mark Weisbrot - CEPR I sometimes complain about U.S. media coverage of Venezuela, which is mostly one-sided and sometimes terribly inaccurate. But compared to most of the Latin American media, U.S. reporting is practically “fair and balanced.”  read more ...

George Ciccariello-Maher - ROAR Magazine Not everyone who calls themselves anarchists are worthy of the name. read more ...

Steve Ellner The term “peaceful protests” is misleading if not deceptive. read more ...

Jake Johnston- CEPR Venezuelan opposition politicians and their allies in the U.S.frequently decry Cuba’s alleged influence on the Venezuelan government. Ironically however, there seems to be an important and growing nexus between the Venezuelan opposition and the anti-Cuba lobby in the U.S.  read more ...

 The Venezuelan government has condemned the United States for threatening to impose sanctions, and accused Washington of encouraging “extremist sectors”. read more ...

Delcy Rodríguez, minister of information, calls for investigation of El Aragueño for allegedly printing anti-government puzzle Crossword puzzles in a Venezuelan regional newspaper are being used to encrypt messages to incite revolt against the government, the Venezuelan minister of information has claimed. Delcy Rodríguez, who made the accusation on Twitter, has called for a full investigation...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has launched a “transport mission”, aimed at improving access to public transport. read more ...

Far right opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has refused to accept her removal as a national assembly legislator, and two mayoral positions will be up for re-election after the opposition mayors were sentenced for their support for violent barricades. read more ...

El grandísimo problema del chavismo mas allá de corrupción, violencia y otras especies es que es incapaz de llegar a concretar algo durable en el tiempo. A ver, traten de buscar un ejemplo de algo sustentable que haya logrado el chavismo, alguna Misión que todavía existe sin haber tenido que ser relanzada ni cambiada de nombre. Hoy Maduro hizo otra cadena donde lanzo una tal Misión Transporte. Yo no...

Attacks on utilities and public property have continued this week and so far no arrests of the perpetrators have been made. read more ...

The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) called for an end to violence in Venezuela, after a delegation from the regional organisation held a two-day visit to the country. After the UNASUR delegation concluded its visit to Venezuela, the United States issued new threats against the Maduro government. read more ...

Arlene Eisen - Venezuelanalysis.com Racism is one of the main engines and expressions of the current counter-revolution. In Venezuela the revolutionary struggle to end white supremacy and for self-determination is slow, and complicated by white elites, backed by US imperialism, and by the denial of many that racism persists. read more ...

Arlene Eisen - Venezuelanalysis.com Racism is one of the main engines and expressions of the current counter-revolution. In Venezuela the revolutionary struggle to end white supremacy and for self-determination is slow, and complicated by white elites, backed by US imperialism, and by the denial of many that racism persists. read more ...

News from Somewhere In a move widely applauded by those who know which side their bread is buttered on, the US vice president today attacked the Venezuelan government over its stubborn refusal to get out of the way for the good of the hemisphere. read more ...

Mark Weisbrot - CEPR While most of the news from Venezuela has been focused on protests, something that is probably more important for the future of the country has taken place. The black market value of the dollar has plummeted by one-third in the past three weeks. read more ...

Camilo Cahis - Fightback The Canadian government has become the latest imperialist power to jump to the defence of the far-right protests in Venezuela.  Parliament has just passed a unanimous motion that places the responsibility for the current violence in the country on the shoulders of the Venezuelan government rather than the opposition gangs that initiated the unrest. read more ...

Joannes Carvajal Video outlining the general situation and forces at play in the current situation in Venezuela, February/March 2014 read more ...

Peter Hart - Fair Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez has an op-ed in theNew York Times today (3/26/14). Given that he is currently being held in a military prison, the piece is notable. But the most revealing part might be a correction that appears at the end. read more ...