Stories about Venezuela from February, 2007
Venezuela: Una tarde con campanas / Juan Carlos Méndez Guédez
Guillermo Parra translates an excerpt from Juan Carlos Méndez Guédez's novel “Una tarde con campanas.” Explains Parra, “the book is narrated by a boy whose family migrates to Madrid after...
Venezuela, Brazil: Chavez Versus O Globo
Daniel Duquenal posts and narrates two video clips from a Chavez press conference in Caracas in which he criticizes Brazilian media conglomerate O Globo for its opposition to Lula in...
Venezuela: 21st Century Socialism?
“No serious debate about socialism can be developed as if we were still in the XIX century, when there still hadn’t been any concrete experience of it anywhere. Not now....
Venezuela, Dominica: Chavez visits
From Billy's breathless, stream-of-consciousness post about Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez's visit to Dominica: “military helicopters fly in and out of the airport. television crews are arriving en masse. feels surreal....
Bolivia, Venezuela: Redefining Nationalization
April Howard, detailing the recent protests in Camiri, draws an interesting parallel between how Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Bolivian President Evo Morales are redefining the term “nationalization.”
Egypt: More Dangerous than a Monkey..
Egypt-based blogger Tom Gara is still in stitches over Hugo Chavez's description of George Bush Junior. “I really think that describing George Bush as “More dangerous than a monkey with...
Venezuela: Chávez starts talking green
Both Leftside and The Latin Americanist give some analysis to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's recent enthusiasm for environmentalism.
Venezuela: Commemorating a Coup
Just back from a ten-day trip to Colombia and the United States, Daniel Duquenal returns to Venezuela and is infuriated by a parade commemorating “the February 4th coup attempt by...
Venezuela: On Free Media
Leftside criticizes those who claim that there are no free media in Venezuela.
Costa Rica, Bolivia, Venezuela: Oscar Arias, Hugo Chavez, and Evo Morales
Katy of Caracas Chronicles translates a statement by Costa Rican President and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Oscar Arias criticizing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's “democratic dictatorship.” Meanwhile, the Latin America and...
Venezuela: Chavez Indefinitely or Path to Reform?
Miguel Octavio, who is now also publishing selected posts in Spanish, writes gloomily of the so-called “enabling law”: “Two days ago the Deputies of the National Assembly simply gave up...
Venezuela: Organic Urban Gardens in Caracas
The Temas Blog points readers to a BBC photo essay about an experimental urban, organic garden in Caracas’ city center.
