Communes and social movements have demanded that the government combat the assassination of rural activists in the mountains of western Venezuela
This year the Venezuelan government plans to continue its pace of land expropriations in order to move towards what it terms “agrarian socialism”
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro announced a raft of new regulatory measures over the weekend as part of his ongoing “offensive” to deal…
This 8 December Venezuelans will choose the mayors and local councillors for the country’s 335 municipalities, electing a total of 2,792 offices.…
Venezuelan meat packing workers protested Wednesday against the repression of factory occupations by local security forces. Since the beginning of this month…
President Nicolas Maduro has proposed setting maximum profit margins for businesses across the Venezuelan economy following the discovery of “grotesque” overpricing in…
A regional poll has found that support for democracy is higher among Venezuelans than citizens of any other Latin American country. The…
Pro-government trade unions marched against Venezuela’s main business federation last week to protest the “economic war” that workers argue the federation is…
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has denounced a “massive” Twitter attack against the Venezuelan government after thousands of accounts belonging to ministers and…
How should the healthcare needs of a society be met? Conspicuously absent from international media coverage and under fire from conservative critics…
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