Examines the electoral decline of Chavismo after Chavez's death and the policies adopted by his successor, Nicolas Maduro, to cope with the economic chaos inherited from previous radical populist policies. In examining the new political realities of Venezuela, the authors offer lessons on the dynamics of succession in hybrid regimes.
The Struggle for Participatory Democracy in a Time of Crisis
In Communes and the Venezuelan State: The Struggle for Participatory Democracy in a Time of Crisis, Anderson Bean examines the communal movement in Venezuela, its origins, contradictory relationship to the state, and the challenges it faces amid Venezuela's largest economic and political crisis.
The U.S. Empire, the Media, and Twenty Years of Coup Attempts in Venezue
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".
How Venezuela and Cuba are Changing the World's Conception of Health Car
Revolutionary Doctors gives readers a first-hand account of Venezuela's innovative and inspiring program of community healthcare, designed to serve--and largely carried out by--the poor themselves. Drawing on long-term participant observations as well as in-depth research, Brouwer tells the story of Venezuela's Integral Community Medicine program, ......
How Venezuela and Cuba are Changing the World's Conception of Health Car
Revolutionary Doctors gives readers a first-hand account of Venezuela's innovative and inspiring program of community health care, designed to serve-and largely carried out by-the poor themselves. Drawing on long-term participant observations as well as in-depth research, Brouwer tells the story of Venezuela's Integral Community Medicine program, ......
Reveals how Venezuela's revolutionary process has drawn more than simply the ire of Washington. This work details how millions of US taxpayer dollars are used to fund groups - such as the National Endowment for Democracy, and the Office for Transition - with the express purpose to support counter-revolutionary groups in Venezuela.