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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.

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.

An interview with Venezuelan analyst Luis Britto, where assesses the role of 2009 in the progress of the Bolivarian revolution, as well as the internal and external challenges still to come.

Recently a conference was held in Caracas, Venezuela that included representatives from socialist and left parties from around the world. At that conference Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made a call for the formation of a Fifth International in order to promote the defeat of capitalism and the creation of “Socialism of the 21st Century.”

Addressing delegates at the International Encounter of Left Parties held in Caracas, November 19-21, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez stated "the time has come for us to convoke the Fifth International." Faced with the capitalist crisis and the threat of war that is putting at risk the future of humanity, "the people are clamoring for" greater unity of left and revolutionary parties willing to fight for socialism, he said.

We are ready, as we have been since the beginning, in solidarity with the Cuban revolution, the Bolivarian revolution, with the experiences in Bolivia and Ecuador, to fully commit ourselves to the common fight against the imperialist attacks imperialists and to take our full place in this world anti-imperialist front.

Political parties and organizations from Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe,Africa, Asia, and Oceania commemorate and celebrate the unity and solidarity that brought us together in Caracas, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. We are proud to reaffirm our conviction to definitively sow, grow and win Socialism of the 21st century.

At the opening session of the PSUV congress Chavez made a very radical left-wing speech, calling for the setting up of a new international, explaining that it was necessary to destroy the bourgeois state and replace it with a revolutionary state, but also referring to the bureaucracy within the Bolivarian movement itself.