Venezuela: Hugo Chavez and His Historical Policy Achievements
From 1999 to 2013, his administrations began a set of transformations that remain as a benchmark for the Latin American social struggle.
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The ‘Old-Yet-New’: Past and Present Intermingle at the Hugo Chávez and Alí Primera Communes
The Alí Primera and Hugo Chávez communards of Venezuela tell the story of their struggle for land and its deep historical roots.
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Cuba Keeps Sending ‘Doctors, not Bombs’ All Across the World; Also: Cuba, Between Dreams and Realities
Amongst the successes of the Cuban Revolution is Cuba’s unequaled solidarity with the world. Fidel’s “doctors, not bombs” speech implicitly contrasted his country with the US, which is by far the world’s largest arms supplier while helping less and less with humanitarian aid.
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Chávez Built a New Economy: A Conversation with Tony Boza
Tony Boza is a Venezuelan economist. In this interview, he discusses the changes in Venezuelan economy when Chávez came into power , and also examines the impact of the U.S. blockade. He next explores the economic policies currently applied in Venezuela.
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Socialism Is Increasingly Popular in the US, So the US House of Representatives Denounces it
The resolution passed by the US House of Representatives falsely accused socialist countries of mass and accused the revolutionary processes in Cuba and Venezuela of causing great economic harm to the people while remaining silent on the primary reason for these hardships – US sanctions.
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Venezuela’s Seed Law Should Be a Global Model
The law provides a model for how the knowledge and traditions of small-scale farming can be defended against corporate dispossession.
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“News from Nowhere” — Building Communal Life in Venezuela
A look at the Venezuelan communes — a key force in an extended process of national liberation and social emancipation.
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Washington’s “Democracy Promotion” Fails Spectacularly in Venezuela
The Los Angeles Times reports that U.S. government to attempts to restore democracy suffered a “spectacular failure” in Venezuela. What it considers a “democratic” setback consisted of failing to impose unknown US security asset Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s president!
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Cuban Teachers and Students Make the Revolution
Schools in Cuba are places where doors are open for all Cuban young people to learn and for students to prepare for one or another kind of work that would contribute to Cuba’s development as an independent nation. Cuban education has been ground zero for ending inequalities.
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What Is the Future of Venezuela’s Communes?
One of the most compelling aspects of Venezuela’s ongoing Bolivarian Revolution, founded with the election of Hugo Chávez in 1999, is the central role that communes play in the process. There are almost 50,000 communes in Venezuela, concentrated in the countryside and the urban barrios.
