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We apologize that Venezuelanalysis.com was down for most of Sunday and Monday. Our rather antiquated old server could not handle our new software, which is why it kept breaking down. We are now on a new server, which will be running far more reliably. So, please come and visit us again as soon as possible and as often as possible; especially in this period leading up to the constitutional reform referendum. You will find many new and informative articles that you cannot find in the mainstream media.

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What is Venezuela’s Constitutional Reform Really About?

November 23rd 2007, by Chris Carlson - Venezuelanalysis.com
Only an understanding of the political project that Chavez plans to develop in the country, and the specific political, economic, and social structure that it entails, allows us to fit the constitutional reform into the larger context and understand the real role it plays in laying the groundwork for the future plans of the Chavez government.

 

Venezuela’s Constitutional Reform: An Article-by-Article Summary

November 23rd 2007, by Gregory Wilpert – Venezuelanalysis.com
The following is an article-by-article summary of the changes being proposed to Venezuela's 1999 constitution. Venezuelans will vote on the reform on December 2nd and will do so in two blocks. Block "A" includes President Chavez's original proposal and 13 articles introduced by the National Assembly. Block "B" includes another 26 reform articles proposed by the National Assembly. Voters may vote "Yes" or "No" on each block.

Venezuela: Still A Democracy

November 22nd 2007, by Mark Weisbrot - New Statesman
Planned Venezuelan constitutional reforms are portrayed as 'another Chavez power grab', a notion challenged by Mark Weisbrot of US thinktank CEPR

“We’re Number 2!” And Other Stories You’ll Never Read About Venezuela

November 22nd 2007, by BoRev.net
Every year, the Chilean polling firm Latinobarómetro releases a giant report on what the Latin Americans are thinking, and every year this report confuses the crap out of the English language press, who can’t seem to understand why it contradicts everything they’ve ever written about the region.

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