Democracy, Elections, and Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution
On February 4, 1992, when Hugo Chávez launched his failed military rebellion to topple the government of President Carlos Andrés ...
How Venezuela’s Right Discovered Human Rights
On January 31, 13 Venezuelan students of the opposition student group United Active Youth of Venezuela (JAVU) launched a ...
Making Sense of Colombia-Venezuela Relations
For anyone following Venezuela-Colombia relations, developments over the past few months have caused some significant head scratching. First, after the ...
A New Turn in Colombia-Venezuela Relations
In the latest victory for multilateral diplomacy in Latin America, Colombia and Venezuela reestablished diplomatic relations August 11 after a ...
U.S. Troops in Colombia: A Threat to Peace
In August, a deal was announced in which the U.S. military will be granted the use of five military bases ...
The Venezuelan Coup Revisited: Silencing the Evidence
The Silence and the Scorpion: The Coup Against Chávez and the Making of Modern Venezuela by Brian A. Nelson, Nation ...
RECALL OR (RE)VINDICATION FOR CHÁVEZ?
It took Venezuela’s opposition almost five years to figure out the best way to try and remove a president it ...
Community Airwaves in Venezuela
Until the late 1990s, Venezuela’s leaders routinely persecuted the country’s community media. Homes and offices that housed community radio stations ...
