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Cubans Attempt to Resolve Venezuelan Electricity Shortage Despite Living in Constant Blackout

The latest complaint among the Venezuelan opposition to President Hugo Chávez revolves around his decision to bring Cuban Minister of Information Technology and Communications Ramiro Valdés to Venezuela to help rectify the current electrical crisis, intensified by diminishing water levels at the country’s primary hydroelectric dam.

US Intelligence Report Classifies Venezuela as “Anti-US Leader”.

Yesterday, Admiral Dennis Blair, National Director of Intelligence, presented the Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The report designated Venezuela a "Leading Anti-US Regional Force.”

Truth over delusion: Hugo Chavez did not accuse the U.S. of causing the Haitian earthquake

On January 19, Spanish newspaper ABC, a newspaper of record in Spain, published a story entitled Chavez accuses US of causing earthquake in Haiti. The story was quickly picked up by websites around the globe, however no such thing was ever uttered by Chavez.

Alberto Muller Rojas on Bureacracy in the PSUV

Vice-president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Alberto Muller Rojas, argues that it was "an error to turn bureaucrats into the leaders of the PSUV and in this interview he looks at how bureaucracy has affected the party's relationship with the bases, and speculates what impact this could have on the upcoming parliamentary elections.

The Challenges of 21st Century Socialism in Venezuela:

In an interview with William I. Robinson, Professor of Sociology, University of California at Santa Barbara, Robinson analyses the US strategy of intervention in Venezuela, the changes in Venezuelan society since Chavez came to power, and if the Bolivarian revolution is maturing.

The Community Revolution

While international debate focuses on President Chávez, institutions of popular democracy are taking root in Venezuela’s barrios. Pablo Navarrete introduces the importance of community councils, while Steve Ellner assesses their prospects for deepening the ‘Bolivarian revolution’.

The Washington Post “knocks” the Bolivarian Revolution

On 25 January 2010 the Washington Post published the article, ‘How Hugo Chavez’s revolution crumbled’ By Jackson Diehl, a writer for the Washington Post who specialises in international analysis.

Revolution within the Revolution in Venezuela

In 1999, under newly elected President Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan people were given a rare opportunity: to participate in the writing of what would become arguably the world's most radical constitution.

Fifth International?!

To be a contender, "21st Century Socialist" vision needs elaboration, advocacy, and program. To improve focus and increase power, worldwide anti-capitalist organizations, projects, and movements need shared coherence and mutual solidarity. To fulfill these needs, Venezuela's President Chavez recently announced that a gathering in Caracas this April would establish a new International.

Currency Adjustment: Necessary, but is it Socialist?

If Venezuela wants to diversify its economy and export other products besides oil, an adjustment of the currency’s exchange rate was absolutely necessary. The understandable fear now is that this adjustment will mean more inflation and thus less purchasing power, which in theory would go against the socialist principle of improving the population’s standard of living.