Venezuela

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.

Venezuela: Trapped in an authoritarian maze
Yoletty Bracho and Manuel Sutherland discuss Venezuela’s situation almost a year after Maduro’s “re-election”.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.