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Media Coverage of the Clashes between Protesters and State Security Forces According to Venezuela’s opposition leaders, the oppositional media, and most international…
Gregory Wilpert
Gregory Wilpert is a German-American sociologist, journalist, and activist who has covered Venezuela extensively for a wide variety of publications. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology (Brandeis University, 1994) and is author of the book, Changing Venezuela by Taking Power: The History and Policies of the Chávez Government (Verso Books, 2007). He is co-founder of the website Venezuelanalysis.com, was director of the teleSUR English website, and host and managing editor for The Real News Network. Currently he works as deputy editor at the Institute for New Economic Thinking.
Part I: Watching a Train Wreck in Progress Watching Venezuelan politics now is like watching a train wreck in progress, with two…
Over the past two years or so there has been much polemic between the government and the opposition over the issue of…
An article recently appeared in one of the largest U.S. news magazines, an article which will remind well-informed readers of a typical…
‘We have proof of the CIA’s clandestine activities in Venezuela’. Chavez talks to foreign journalists Thursday, Sep 18, 2003 In a three-hour…
First, the three-year anniversary marks the half-way point of Chavez’ term in office and is thus the point after which Venezuelans who…
C ésar Gaviria, the General Secretary of the OAS, has the unenviable job of mediating negotiations between Venezuela’s government and its opposition,…
Exactly one year after the opposition’s first “general strike,†on December 10, 2001, which launched the campaign to oust the democratically elected…
The OAS-Mediated Negotiations, the Strike, and other recent events César Gaviria, the General Secretary of the OAS, has the unenviable job of…
‘Chavez’ greatest error was to screw the middle class,’ says Carlos Escarra, a prominent constitutional lawyer and former Venezuelan supreme court judge,…