Articles Archive

Jun 13th 2012, by Tamara Pearson

Mérida, June 12th 2012 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – President Hugo Chavez, with a clean bill of health, registered as a candidate for the upcoming presidential elections yesterday, while opposition member Henrique Capriles registered on Sunday, both accompanied by large marches. Five other people have also registered as candidates.

May 22nd 2012, by NACLA, Steve Brouwer

¡Tremenda marcha, compadre!
Caracas, 01 May. AVN.- El presidente de la República, Hugo Chávez, saludó la marcha de los trabajadores que se realizó este martes desde distintos puntos de la ciudad capital para celebrar el Día Internacional del Trabajador y la promulgación de la Ley Orgánica del Trabajo para los Trabajadores y Trabajadoras (LOTTT).

Sunday, April 22, 2012
By Owen Richards

“April 13, the great day of victory ten years ago, opened the way to the independence and unity of our Latin America and the Caribbean … We showed that a people united will never be defeated”, said Venezuela’s socialist president Hugo Chavez from the “People’s Balcony” of Miraflores Palace, during a commemoration of the April 13 revolution that toppled a short-lived business-military coup that aimed to crush the Chavez presidency.

Videoclip que reconstruye la historia del Golpe de Estado del 11 de abril y la Rebelión Popular del 13 de abril de 2002 en Venezuela. Por 48 horas se estableció una dictadura que suprimió todos los poderes democráticos. Millones de personas de las zonas populares se unieron a los militares leales y consiguieron revertir la dictadura más breve de la historia. A diez años de esa gesta presentamos este video con objeto de mantener la memoria viva.

Written by Jorge Martín
Friday, 13 April 2012

Ten years after the defeat of the coup in Venezuela by the revolutionary mobilisation of the masses it is worth looking back at the forces that were behind the coup, the reasons why it was defeated and what happened afterwards, as those events hold the clue to the class dynamics of the Venezuelan revolution.

Apr 11th 2012, by AVSN Sydney

Members of Parliament attending the 126th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Kampala, Uganda have been making New Zealand’s voice heard on the representation and political participation of indigenous peoples, both within the world’s parliaments and the Union itself. Hon Tau Henare, Jan Logie MP and Louisa Wall MP are representing the New Zealand Parliament at the Assembly.

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by Ewan Robertson

Mérida, 30th March 2012 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) has made official the dates for the national elections to be held in the country later this year, while calling on all candidates to make a public commitment to recognise the results.

Chasing Chavez: Preview of a new film on Venezuela by Brisbane-based filmmakers