Venezuela

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Anti-US imperialism and Maduro’s Venezuela

In the second part of our interview, Steve Ellner, Associate Managing Editor of Latin American Perspectives and a retired professor of the Universidad de Oriente in Venezuela, speaks to Federico Fuentes about opposition to United States imperialism and the left’s appraisal of the Nicolás Maduro government in Venezuela.

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‘Theft of the century’: US auctioning off Venezuelan state-owned oil company

United States courts have mandated the auction of CITGO Petroleum, US-based Venezuelan state-owned oil refining company, reports Coral Wynter.

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Venezuela: ‘The left needs to take a stand against Maduro’s authoritarian drift’

Michael Karrer spoke to Atenea Jiménez, a sociologist and founder of the National Network of Commune Activists and the Campesino University of Venezuela Argimiro Gabaldón, about the situation following Venezuela’s July 28 elections.

Video: Understanding Venezuela’s election — why claims of fraud are different this time

Federico Fuentes explains what happened in the Venezuelan elections, what it means and where it leaves the solidarity movement.

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Â鶹´«Ã½ News Podcast Ep 53: Venezuela’s election results & Sue Bolton on community campaigning

Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen talk to Federico Fuentes about the Venezuelan presidential election results and to Socialist Alliance Merri-bek councillor Sue Bolton about community campaigning ahead of the Victorian local government elections.

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Venezuela: How has people’s power fared under Maduro?

In part two of our interview, Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s Federico Fuentes speaks to community organiser and Chavista activist Gerardo Rojas about the current state of community organising in the country under the combined impacts of sanctions, opposition political violence and the government’s shift away from promoting people’s participation.

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Venezuela: ‘At stake is not just democracy but Chavismo’s future’

Federico Fuentes spoke to community organiser and Chavista activist Gerardo Rojas on September 4, about why we might be witnessing the Nicolás Maduro government’s final break with the Bolivarian process of radical change initiated by former president Hugo Chávez.

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Publication of Venezuela’s election results: To be or not to be?

Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) was to release detailed poll-by-poll voting results on August 28. But CNE’s lack of communication before and after the deadline is concerning, write Steve Lalla, Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza and Saheli Chowdhury, especially in the context of renewed attacks by the United States. 

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Venezuelan elections: Attempted coup or fraud?

Writer, activist and director of the Centre for Studies for Socialist Democracy Reinaldo Iturriza, discusses the competing, and inadequate, narratives surrounding Venezuela’s July 28 presidential election with Federico Fuentes.

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Breaking down Venezuela’s presidential elections

Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s Federico Fuentes spoke to Antonio González Plessmann from Venezuelan left-wing human rights collective SurGentes to break down the country’s July 28 presidential election.

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Venezuela: Calls grow for transparency on presidential vote

Kerry Smith sat down with Latin American politics writer Federico Fuentes to break down the July 28 Venezuelan presidential elections and its aftermath.

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Maduro slams attempted 'coup against Venezuela' as far right cries fraud

Venezuela's far-right opposition has refused to accept defeat in the country's presidential election amid simmering unrest and violence in the streets of Caracas, sparking warnings of another coup attempt, reports Jake Johnson.