Venezuela

Venezuela

Towards A ‘21st Century Socialism’

March 2013
Praful Bidwai

He was called a "socialist showman" and "elected autocrat", derided as a blind hater of the United States, and ridiculed as a demagogue who splurged his country's great oil wealth on ill-conceived populist schemes, distributed largesse to undeserving regimes in the neighbourhood, ran the nation's economy into the ground, and sharply polarised its society.

Chavez changed history for the better

March 2013
Saul Landau

Hugo Chavez died on March 5. Heads of state came to his funeral and sent condolences to his family – except for the U.S. president. Even in death the White House maintained a resentful tone toward a man we had named as an enemy. But what did Chavez do to us?

Chavez was no Dictator

March 2013
Boris Kagarlitsky

The Russian blogosphere is sharply divided over the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, with some people expressing vulgar joy at his passing, and others pouring out passionate eulogies.

Venezuela and Latin America after Chávez

March 2013
Daniel Chavez

By definition, a revolution is a collective process, not a one-man endeavour. While the social and political legacy of Hugo Chávez is remarkable, the Bolivarian Revolution has been intrinsically tied to him as the leader. With Chávez's death, the Boliviarian Revolution faces a fundamental test.

The future of Public Enterprises in Latin America and the World

December 2012
Daniel Chavez

An international seminar in Montevideo, co-organised by TNI and the Uruguayan government, shared the latest learning and innovation by state-owned enterprises across Latin America and affirmed their importance as instruments for economic and social development.

Civil society and decolonisation in South America

September 2012
Edgardo Lander

An historical overview of Latin American debates and experiences related to democracy, citizenship and civil society and some highlights of current conflicts in Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia.

The path for Venezuela can not be neoliberalism or Stalinism

January 2011
Edgardo Lander

The Venezuelan process is caught between a fundamental contradiction: popular demands for democratic participation against tendencies towards hierarchical decison-making and concentration of power.

A Tale Of Two Extraditions

July 2010
Saul Landau

The US government demanded that Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding extradite a drug dealer. When Venezuela made similar demands on Washington, for arguably the Hemisphere’s most notorious terrorist, the Justice Department brushed off the request.

Venezuela's CANTV: What should a 21st century "socialist” telecommunications company look like?

March 2010
Daniel Chavez

Venezuela's revolution has often been tied to the slogan “Socialism in the 21st Century.” What might that might mean concretely in changes under way in the renationalised state telecommunications company, CANTV?

Inside the Revolution: A Journey into the Heart of Venezuela (New Documentary)

September 2009
Pablo Navarrete

A thoughtful insight into the achievements and challenges of the Venezuelan revolution, ten years after Hugo Chavez took office.