Analysis

By Francisco Domínguez  for Orinoco Tribune “No Venezuelan party that alleges to have 40 percent more votes than President Maduro (as the opposition claims) would hesitate to present the evidence to the National Electoral Council (CNE)…Whoever cries election fraud, must irrefutably prove it, the onus is on them not on the CNE to prove there …

Venezuela: It Was a US-Led Coup All AlongRead More »

Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. I have been in Caracas, Venezuela, for the past two weeks, before and after the presidential election on 28 July. In the run-up to the election, two things became clear to me. First, the Chavistas (supporters of Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian project that …

Venezuela elections eyewitness report: Vijay PrashadRead More »

By Brian Mier, De-Linking Brazil I covered Venezuela’s 3-week presidential campaign season, the elections, and their fallout for TeleSur English, the multilateral public TV news network funded by the governments of Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. I am an experienced analyst on Brazilian politics, but I do not claim to be a specialist on Venezuela. …

Eyewitness report: The electoral theatre of Venezuela’s oppositionRead More »

By Richard Irons for The Morning Star. On 31 July, Honduras Foreign Minister Enrique Reina issued an important statement on behalf of the island with regards to developments in Venezuela, which read in full as follows: “The government of Honduras condemns any attempted coup d’etat in Venezuela — and the use of force by violent …

What is Latin America’s left really saying?Read More »

The role of the US and its allies The US and its allies were calling for Nicolás Maduro to recognise the election result right up until the polls closed, but only claimed irregularities in the election once it was clear that their candidate González had lost. This refusal of the US, Britain and others to …

Briefing: What the mainstream media misreports or ignores about the 2024 Venezuelan presidential electionRead More »

Over 600 international election observers have been in Venezuela monitoring the election, including the Morning Star’s campaigns manager, Calvin Tucker. “Although there were 10 candidates on the ballot paper, this election was a straight fight between an energetic 61-year-old President Maduro of the governing PSUV socialist party and the US-backed candidate, a frail 74-year-old former …

Eyewitness report: Venezuelan Presidential ElectionsRead More »

By Francisco Dominguez for The Morning Star Venezuela’s election this weekend takes place in a context dominated by Venezuela’s robust economic recovery, which, considering the calamitous situation the country found itself as late as the end of 2020, the 1 per cent rate of inflation June this year and an expected rate of growth for 2024 …

Venezuela: Chavismo on course for another victoryRead More »

By Tim Young, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign for Labour Outlook In the forthcoming Presidential election in Venezuela on 28 July ten candidates, including current President Nicolás Maduro, will be competing to lead the country until 2030. The right-wing opposition fielding nine candidates is clearly fragmented. Meanwhile, more reliable polls show Maduro having an advantage – a …

Global Left must heed danger of far-right win in VenezuelaRead More »