Marta Harnecker's interviews with Hugo Chavez began soon after one of the most dramatic moments of Chavez's presidency--the failed coup of April 2002, which ended with Chavez restored to power by a massive popular movement of protest and resistance. In the aftermath of the failed coup, Chavez talks to Harnecker about the formation of his political ......
Spectral Remains in the Afterglow of Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution
In the spring of 2013, televisions across Venezuela announced the death of then-president Hugo ChAvez, leader of the Bolivarian Revolution and key political actor in Latin America's "turn to the left." ChAvez's death, however, was not the end of ChAvez's life. In The Necromantic State, Irina R. Troconis examines how ChAvez, as a "specter," has ......
Spectral Remains in the Afterglow of Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution
In the spring of 2013, televisions across Venezuela announced the death of then-president Hugo ChAvez, leader of the Bolivarian Revolution and key political actor in Latin America's "turn to the left." ChAvez's death, however, was not the end of ChAvez's life. In The Necromantic State, Irina R. Troconis examines how ChAvez, as a "specter," has ......
Scorched Earth Politics and Economic Decline, 2012-2020
The Collapse of Venezuela documents Venezuela's economic implosion as politicians adopted strategies that severely harmed the economy in their struggle for power. Between 2012 and 2020, Venezuela suffered the largest economic contraction ever documented outside of wartime. This collapse was caused not just by the failure of an economic model but ......
A Scar Where Goodbyes Are Written is a bilingual anthology of poetry written by fifteen Venezuelan poets who are currently residing in Chile. Edited and translated by David M. Brunson, the volume encompasses the work of young poets coming from many different circumstances. Some have already published several books, while others have just begun ......
The U.S. Empire, the Media, and Twenty Years of Coup Attempts in Venezuela
In March 2015, President Obama initiated sanctions against Venezuela, declaring a "national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the situation in Venezuela." Each year, the U.S. administration has repeated this claim.
Venezuela has been the stuff of frontpage news extravaganzas, especially since the death of Hugo Chavez. With predictable bias, mainstream media focus on violent clashes between opposition and government, coup attempts, hyperinflation, U.S. sanctions, and massive immigration. What is less known, however, is the story of what the Venezuelan people
Venezuela has been the stuff of frontpage news extravaganzas, especially since the death of Hugo Chavez. With predictable bias, mainstream media focus on violent clashes between opposition and government, coup attempts, hyperinflation, U.S. sanctions, and massive immigration. What is less known, however, is the story of what the Venezuelan people
El Sistema - "the system" - is a music education phenomenon. Since its inception 40 years ago, over a million Venezuelan children from many different socio-economic backgrounds have participated in its mission of "social change through music".
