Nicolás Maduro’s Eurasian Tour is a Victory Lap for the Bolivarian Revolution

Owen Schalk Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro delivers a press conference, June 14, 2022. Photo from Twitter. In a major turn toward re-engagement, Maduro has announced increased ties with states in North Africa, West Asia and beyond Since June 7, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been engaged in a so-called “Eurasian Tour” aimed at reaffirming and expanding…

Socialism, the Market and the Bolivarian Revolution

Jesús Faría The role of the market has long been debated throughout the economic development of human society. In simple terms, the market can be defined as the space where suppliers and demanders of a product meet, from which (and considering the characteristics of supply and demand) the price of the product is established and,…

The Venezuela Coup, 20 Years Later

Dan Beeton Chavez arrives back at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas after being freed early Sunday, April 14, 2002. | Dario Lopez / AP Dan Beeton looks at the enduring legacy of Venezuela’s short-lived 2002 coup d’etat, and the subsequent countercoup, for US-Latin American relations. On April 11, 2002, Venezuela’s democratically elected government, headed by…

Venezuela Commemorates 20th Anniversary of the Failed Coup against Hugo Chávez

Tanya Wadhwa On April 13, hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans flooded the streets of Caracas to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the victory of the people and the defeat of the 2002 US-backed coup against president Hugo Chávez. Photo: PSUV/Twitter The failed coup was the first victory of the Venezuelan people against US imperialism in…

President Maduro at International Summit Against Fascism: We Have Lived 20 Years of Resistance after April 11 Coup

Alba Ciudad This Tuesday, April 12, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, received intellectuals, national and international guests in the Ayacucho Hall of the Presidential Palace of Miraflores for the International Summit against Fascism. The head of state pointed out that with the April 2002 revolution, the possibility of building the social welfare state and the Bolivarian…

Chávez the Radical XXVIII: ‘The Empire and the Oligarchy Will Never Accept Us’

The latest episode of Tatuy TV’s “Chávez the Radical” brings up an important Chávez speech from 2007. On the fifth anniversary of the 2002 coup d’Etat, the Venezuelan leader offered some necessary reflections about the path of the Bolivarian Revolution and the need to shatter certain illusions. “You cannot serve two masters,” he said. It…

Venezuela: April 11, the First Time a US Imposed Coup Was Defeated in 48 Hours

An Interview with Stella Calloni on April 11, 2022 Chavez freed by the people after 48 hours April 11 is the 20th anniversary of the coup d’état that in 2002 removed, for 48 hours, President Hugo Chávez Frías from the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. In a heroic deed, and in record time,…

Seducing People with the Communal Model: A Conversation with Robert Longa

Cira Pascual Marquina A key spokesperson of the Alexis Vive Patriotic Force talks about the challenges of building an urban commune. The Alexis Vive Patriotic Force was born in the working-class barrio 23 de Enero during the 2002 counter-coup. The organization, which considers itself both Guevarist and Leninist, aims to carry out Chávez’s project of building…

Venezuela: Civilian-Military Unity, Deepening of People’s Power and Integral Development are Guarantees to Consolidate Victory against TANCOL at the Border

In the CRBZ we fully support the statements made recently by the Minister of Defense Vladimir Padrino, when he informed the country about the balance of the Operation Bolivarian Shield “Vuelvan Caras” that has been executed in Apure, specifically on the border with Colombia, against the Colombian Armed Terrorist groups (Tancol). It is necessary to…

The Long Roots of Venezuela’s Communal Tradition

Chris Gilbert Socialist communes may be new in Venezuela – officially, they began no earlier than 2009 – but, like much that is new, they also rely on old traditions and hence involve a “blast from the past.” On a certain level, it is hardly surprising that overcoming the radical atomization of capitalist society could…

Venezuela: Guacas Declaration

We, spokesmen and spokeswomen of 36 Communal Councils and 8 Communes of the Socialist Peasant Communal City Simon Bolivar of the Municipality Paez of the State of Apure, summoned by our Self-Government in an extraordinary and extended session in view of the incursion and occupation of our territory by armed men belonging to the TANCOL…

The U.S. Is Intentionally Strangling Venezuela

Jonathan Ng The Venezuelan people have openly rejected the blockade imposed by Washington on the country When Pedro Rojas receives dialysis, his brother has to carry him and his wheelchair up the hospital stairs. Nine flights. The elevator broke, and frequent power outages afflict Maracaibo, the second largest city in Venezuela. Visitors and staff must lug everything…