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A National, Popular, and Revolutionary Oil Policy for Venezuela

Minister of Energy and Petroleum Rafael Ramirez held a landmark speech to Venezuela's National Assembly a few weeks ago, in which he outlined how the state-owned oil company PDVSA has become a new company and what was wrong with the old PDVSA.

“The Main Obstacle Is the Administrative Structure of the Venezuelan State”

Ali Rodriguez, the president of Venezuela's state-owned oil company PDVSA talks about last year's sabotage of the industry, PetroSur, oil for Euros, OPEC, oil industry funded social programs, and worker self-management.

The Economics, Culture, and Politics of Oil in Venezuela