As a result of an order signed by the judge of the agrarian court of Socopó, Orlando Contreras, the eviction of the peasant councils fighting for the rescue of the lands of Hato Las Mercedes, municipality Pedraza of the State of Barinas, has been taking place since Thursday, May 23. The land dispute in the…
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Mining in El Cerro La Vieja: Capital Against the Human Rights of the People of Simon Planas
Antonio J. González Plessmann “The master’s tools will never disassemble the master’s house.” – Audre Lorde Cerro La Vieja is located in front of Sarare municipality of Simón Planas in the state of Lara. It has an area of 524 hectares and 683 m2, of immense historical, cultural, agricultural and ecotourism value. The Sarare River…
Revolutions and Imperialist Aggression
Jesús Faría Throughout history, revolutions for national liberation and socialism, even progressive governments, have been the victims of systematic imperialist assaults. Military interventions, civil wars, covert operations, assassinations, coup d’etats, economic wars… these form the bulk of imperialism’s criminal actions in order to overthrow governments that rebel from their rule. In the Venezuelan case, the…
Venezuela: A Doctrine of Crisis Proof Services
Jacinto Davila On this occasion, in the “Memoria Libre” section our friend Jácinto Dávila seeks to consult the public on the subject of services, and invites you to participate: This is a proposal for a legislative or constituent exercise that regulates the provision of public services of any kind and protects the welfare of users….
Afro-Venezuelan Culture and Resistance
Cira Pascual Marquina A Conversation with Ines Perez-Wilke Ines Perez-Wilke is an activist and researcher who works on issues of black and mestizo cultural production – particularly inprovisational performance – from a decolonial perspective. A professor at the Universidad Experimental de las Artes (UNEARTE) in Caracas, Perez-Wilke has written and published extensively. She is part…
Chancellor Arreaza Urges CLAE Youth to Radicalize Revolutionary Processes
The Foreign Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Jorge Arreaza, urged the youth to radicalize the revolutionary processes: “We are a continent in conflict. Either we are under the control of the empire, or we are under the control of our sovereign peoples, it is an historic struggle,” he said during a visit by…
Movimiento de Pobladores y Pobladoras: The Problem is in Pretending to Build the Bolivarian Project Without Questioning the Logic of Capital (Part II)
Reinaldo Iturriza Part I: The Problem is in Pretending to Build the Bolivarian Project Without Questioning the Logic of Capital Interview with representatives of the Movimiento de Pobladores y Pobladoras: Iraida Morocoima and Juan Carlos Rodríguez, from Campamento de Pioneros y Pioneras; and Hernán Vargas and Nélida Cordero, from Movimiento de Trabajadoras Residenciales Unidas por…
Collective Punishment, New US Strategy: Killing the Social Base of Chavismo with Hunger
Álvaro Verzi Rangel The new strategy of the United States in its desperate pressure for a change of government in Venezuela, that includes threats of invasion, is the collective punishment of the civilian population, so that the social unrest intensified by the increase in economic difficulties produces the fall of the constitutional president Nicolás Maduro….
Russian Foreign Ministry: US Warships Off the Coast of Venezuela Only Worsen the Situation
Update on Venezuela The current developments show that there is no alternative to the peaceful, civilised approaches to settling domestic differences by the Venezuelan citizens themselves. We welcome the willingness of the government and the opposition to establish contacts as a prelude to the start of a dialogue, in part, with international mediation. We support…
A Brief History of the CIA (and its New Methods) in Venezuela
Misión Verdad There is abundant evidence that exposes the intrusion of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) into the internal affairs of the Latin American region, in the form of coups d’état and the promotion of civil wars. Its operations in Venezuela have been modified over time. From having an undeclared base in the 1960s to…
Alameda Theatre: Culture, Colours and Militancy in San Agustín
Ricardo Vaz The Alameda Theatre (Teatro Alameda) is located at the entrance of San Agustin del Sur, a barrio with Afro-descendant roots that exudes culture, a stone’s throw away from the center of Caracas. The theatre had its heyday decades ago, was later abandoned and then recovered by the community in 2004 to become a…
Chávez Radical: “In Venezuela There Can Be No Living Traces of Latifundia (Land Ownership)”
Between November and December 2010, a major meteorological event overshadowed the Venezuelan sky, unleashing a storm that dramatically impacted the humble people. As a consequence of more than a week of uninterrupted rains, over 60,000 people lost their homes and another 32 their lives, causing considerable material and human losses to such an unfortunate event….
