Opinion & Analysis

The Empire will stop at nothing to find mechanisms and techniques to achieve its final objective, and we cannot disregard the possibility of a military conflict in the near future. If the US places Venezuela on the “terrorist list” this year, we could be on the verge of a regional war.

Hillary Clinton’s Latin America tour is turning out to be about as successful as George W. Bush’s visit in 2005, when he ended up leaving Argentina a day ahead of schedule just to get the hell out of town.

Sheehan, mother of a child killed in Iraq, says she went to Venezuela for two reasons; because she was tired of the misinformation about Venezuela, and to be inspired and energized.

In an impressive and well coordinated smear campaign, the Spanish corporate media has launched a preemptive strike against President Hugo Chávez. The print media included Público, El País, ABC, El Mundo, La Razón, Cadena Ser, COPE, Libertad Digital as well as the TV Channels.

Venezuelanalysis's Kiraz Janicke and GreenLeft Weekly's Federico Fuentes discuss the international significance of Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution, as well as its internal dynamics.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez insists that the Venezuelan territorial reality must be transformed and therefore it is necessary to configure a new geometry of power that becomes a popular, communal and socialist restructuring of the geopolitics of the nation.

“When Chávez speaks, we listen. But we don’t listen to those around him.” This comment by a community activist interviewed by Iain Bruce, and integrated into his wonderful exploration of the Bolivarian Revolution from below, points to an essential characteristic—the unique link at present (“por ahora”) between Hugo Chávez and the exploited and excluded of Venezuela.

In the Huffington Post, freelance journalist Patrick Adams implies that there is something untoward and problematic about the Venezuelan aid effort in earthquake ravaged Haiti. Perhaps it's that the approach of the Venezuelan aid effort is not to impose conditions or win lucrative reconstruction contracts, but rather to help provide Haitians with tools with which they can organise and empower their communities.

A little over ten years ago, walking down a Managua street, I noticed on a large wall a sign with the famous phrase launched in 1848 by the first two great maestros of the revolutionary movement, "Workers of all countries unite! " but with an appendix inscribed in brackets: “Final Warning.”

Decisive battles between the forces of revolution and counter-revolution loom on the horizon in Venezuela. The campaign for the September 26 National Assembly elections will be a crucial battle between the supporters of socialist President Hugo Chavez and the US-backed right-wing opposition.