Venezuela: A Threat to Washington?

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  Venezuela: A Threat to Washington? By Eva Golinger, July 20,2012 Source: Global Research From the first time Hugo Chavez was elected President of Venezuela in 1998, Washington and its allies have been trying to undermine his government. When Chavez was just a presidential candidate, the US State Department denied his visa to participate in television [...]

ALBA Takes Out The Trash, errr— Expels USAID from Member Countries

  ALBA Expels USAID from Member Countries By ALBA-TCP, 06, 22, 2012 Source: venezuelanalysis.com Resolution from the Political Council of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) for the immediate withdrawal of USAID from member countries of the alliance. On behalf of the Chancellors of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, [...]

Venezuela Reduced Poverty by 50%

  Venezuela Reduced Poverty by 50%, Affirms Eclac* By CORREO DEL ORINOCO INTERNATIONAL  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez provided information this week on his country’s social and economic achievements, especially the nation’s reduction of poverty, citing statistics from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).  “In ten years, we have been able to reduce [...]

Venezuelan President Creates National Public Works Company

  Venezuelan President Creates National Public Works Company By JUAN REARDON – VENEZUELANALYSIS.COM San Francisco, August 26th 2011 (Venezuelanalaysis.com) – On Thursday Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced the creation of the country’s National Public Works Company, a new government institution aimed at managing and maintaining all publicly-owned construction equipment. Construction brigades, organized by communal councils and [...]

Up to 70% Savings at New Public Venezuelan Restaurants

  Up to 70% Savings at New Public Venezuelan Restaurants     By CORREO DEL ORINOCO INTERNATIONAL   The “socialist” locales are aimed at providing low-cost, high quality national foods, while still earning decent profits. The restaurants are worker-run.   Ensuring access to affordable meals with good nutritional value, the Venezuelan government opened its 39th [...]

Venezuela: Lowest Percentage of Social Inequality in Latin America

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Venezuela: Lowest Percentage of Social Inequality in Latin America     By CORREO DEL ORINOCO INTERNATIONAL   Venezuela has the lowest percentage (0.38 percent) of social inequality in Latin America, according a report released by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).   The President of the National Institute of [...]

Venezuela Ranked Number One in Electoral Fairness

Venezuela Ranked Number One in Electoral Fairness by Foundation for Democratic Advancement By JUAN REARDON – venezuelanalysis.com   ​Merida, July 7th 2011 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – This week Venezuela’s Social Investigation Group XXI (GIS) released new comparative data on electoral fairness in the country compiled by the Canada-based Foundation for Democratic Advancement (FDA) which found Venezuela’s elections to [...]

Chavez Opposition forms “Progressive” Coalition for 2012 Elections

  Members of Venezuelan Opposition form “Progressive” Coalition for 2012 Presidential Elections By JUAN REARDON – VENEZUELANALYSIS.COM   Mérida, June 3rd, 2011 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – On Thursday members of the Venezuelan opposition formed a new “progressive” political coalition which includes numerous political forces that once backed President Hugo Chávez.   The Progressive Front for Change, or [...]

The Progressive Left and The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

  Bolivarian Revolution in Washington Russia Today by video Tuesday, May 10, 2011   In Washington, the rhetoric most heard about Venezuela and its socialist president, Hugo Chavez Frias, is overwhelmingly negative.   “Chavez is making himself the Osama Bin Laden and the Ahmedinejad of the Western Hemisphere,” Rep. Connie Mack (R-FL) told Republicans during [...]