Venezuela

PCV Pedro Eusse

False anti-imperialism and the class struggle in Venezuela

Pedro Eusse outlines the Communist Party of Venezuela’s position on the Maduro government and responds to statements made by Steve Ellner about his party.
Venezuela repression

US sanctions have decimated Venezuela, but the left should still oppose Maduro’s brutal authoritarianism

Gabriel Hetland — The immense harm caused by US sanctions should not mean leftists give Maduro's repressive and predatory government a free pass.
Communal council

Revitalizing popular counterpower in Venezuela: Tensions between the PSUV and popular organizations

John Brown & Atenea Jiménez — Under an increasingly authoritarian government, Venezuela’s Chavista project faces stark challenges and dilemmas. 
Maduro in army fatigues

Venezuela: Trapped in an authoritarian maze

Yoletty Bracho and Manuel Sutherland discuss Venezuela’s situation almost a year after Maduro’s “re-election”.
Nicolas Maduro Venezuelan flag

Demonising Nicolás Maduro: Fallacies and consequences

Steve Ellner — Failure to contextualise errors and transcend binaries when it comes the Maduro government leads to underestimating the US sanctions and undermines solidarity.
Venezuela protest

Marea Socialista: Against bureaucratic authoritarianism and capitalist exploitation in Venezuela

Marea Socialista — Venezuelan workers must reclaim their political independence and forge an agenda for struggle against bureaucracy and capital.
Protest in Venezuela

The pro-Maduro left’s blind spots: Against the ‘nuancing’ of Venezuela’s disaster

Emiliano Teran Mantovani argues Steve Ellner’s defence of Venezuela’s Maduro government reflects a tendency on the left to defend decaying regimes rather than chart out alternative paths rooted in popular struggles.
Maduro raising fist

‘Neoliberal and authoritarian’? A simplistic analysis of the Maduro government that leaves much unsaid

Steve Ellner — Gabriel Hetland’s article “Capitalism and authoritarianism in Maduro’s Venezuela” presents a one-sided and decontextualised view of Venezuela under Maduro. 
President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 25, 2019.

Capitalism and authoritarianism in Maduro’s Venezuela

Gabriel Hetland — Maduro’s authoritarianism has garnered significant attention, but there has been less notice of the transformation in Maduro’s class base.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (right) greets the special envoy of US President Donald Trump, Richard Grenell, in Caracas.

Trump’s policy toward Latin America: Even anti-Communist zealots in Miami don’t like it

Steve Ellner — During his first term, Trump exerted a “maximum pressure” campaign against perceived US adversaries in Latin America. But how committed is Trump to fighting Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua? Today, it is anyone’s guess.
An opponent of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government steps on an election campaign poster with the image of Maduro during a protest at the Petare neighborhood in Caracas on July 29, 2024, a day after the Venezuelan presidential election.

‘Maduro has done tremendous damage to the left’: An interview with Atenea Jiménez (Alliance for Sovereignty and Democracy, Venezuela)

Atenea Jiménez explains the origins and objectives of the Alliance for Sovereignty and Democracy, how the new Donald Trump presidency might impact Venezuelan politics and the need for solidarity with Venezuela’s left.
Then-President Donald Trump arrives for a Latinos for Trump event, in Doral, Fla., Sept. 25, 2020

Trump’s war on China in Latin America

Steve Ellner — Trump’s threats against Panama, Canada and Greenland, albeit unachievable, lay the groundwork for a more “rational” strategy of targeting China and singling out real adversaries such as Cuba and Venezuela.

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