Humberto Márquez, IPS News. May 18, 2009. So far this year, four Ciudad Guayana activists belonging to different construction industry unions have been murdered.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. April 3, 2009. "We wouldn't have any problem in taking in human beings," Chavez said this week, calling on the U.S. to "finish with that miserable prison."
Patrick Irelan, CounterPunch. February 20, 2009. Venezuelan voters have approved a referendum that ends term limits for the president and all other elected officials.
Olivia Burlingame Goumbri, AlterNet. December 3, 2008. State and municipal elections held in Venezuela strongly favored President Chávez and his political party.
Sean Penn, The Nation AlterNet: Video. November 26, 2008. Sean Penn talks with Raúl Castro about Obama and Guantánamo and Hugo Chávez about human rights and the next U.S. administration.
Revolter, BoRev AlterNet: PEEK. July 25, 2008. Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos today stated that he "still does not know what [the CSD] is for."
Sarah Hamburger, Council on Hemispheric Affairs. June 26, 2008. The senator's ties to the infamous quasi-governmental organization require far greater scrutiny.
Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. June 11, 2008. Political chasm between Washington and Latin America continues to deepen, as Chavez rejects FARC's armed campaign.
Daniel Wilkinson, The Nation. March 3, 2008. Venezuela deserves to be the subject of a vigorous regional debate. Instead what we've gotten has been more like a shouting match.
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. February 20, 2008. The Cuban people have suffered under an arrogant and idealistic revolutionary whose vision floundered on the rocks of cynical U.S. foreign policy.
Calvin Tucker, Comment Is Free. February 19, 2008. Despite the rightwing media campaign against him, Chávez is still popular in Venezuela because his tenure has made a difference.
Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. January 10, 2008. The "suitcase scandal" has alienated the new Argentine government and will only further sully Washington's reputation in Latin America.
Katie Halper, AlterNet. December 6, 2007. AlterNet caught up with author and activist Chesa Boudin in Caracas to get the scoop on the defeat of Hugo Chavez's referendum.
Seumas Milne, Comment Is Free. December 4, 2007. Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution suffered a setback in the form of the referendum defeat. But it's far from finished.
Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. November 27, 2007. When it comes to the commercial media's portrayal of Latin American politics, words like "democracy" and "dictatorship" have no meaning.
Dilip Hiro, Tomdispatch.com. August 23, 2007. In almost every measure, the United States is past its zenith. A look at the challenges that are bringing the heyday to a halt.
Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. July 9, 2007. For years now, Hugo Chavez has been a major thorn in the Bush Administration's side. Why is he such a threat to their agenda?
Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. April 25, 2007. Following the mass slaughter on the Virginia Tech campus, the U.S. government quietly released a convicted terrorist and mass murderer.
