Red Pepper's Venezuela Blog

Ridiculing Chavez - The Media Hit Their Stride, Part 2

Below is the second part of British media watchdog, Media Lens' report on how much of the British mainstream media have been united in depicting Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez as an extreme, absurd and threatening figure.

Venezuela’s Cooperatives Take First Steps Towards National Cooperative Movement

Last week venezuelanalysis.com journalist Michael Fox attended a meeting where representatives from all of Venezuela's 100,000+ cooperatives gathered in Caracas to launch a new coordinating body for the country's cooperative movement.

Members of the CENCOOP Commission on Institutional Relations debate next steps. Credit: Silvia Leindecker

Venezuelan Anger at Computer Game

Below, an article published by the BBC on the reaction in Venezuela over a forthcoming U.S. company produced "shoot-em-up" computer game that simulates an invasion of Venezulela.

A scene from the original Mercenaries game, released last year

Event: Oil in International Relations - The Chavez Government and Venezuela's Attack on US Hegemony

Tuesday May 30th, 5pm

Oil in International relations: The Chavez Government and Venezuela's Attack on US
Hegemony - Chesa Boudin (Rhodes Scholar, Oxford)

Article: In Venezuela, Oil Sows Emancipation

Brazilian economist Luciano Wexell Severo has recently published a detailed overview of Venezuela´s economic performance under President Hugo Chavez. This article was originally published in Spanish by  the news and analysis website 'Rebelion' on 12 March 2006. The English translation was provided by Julio Huato for MR Zine.

Article - Media Alert: Ridiculing Chavez - The Media Hit Their Stride, Part 1 (Media Lens)

Following Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez´s recent private visit to Britain, British media watchdog, Media Lens, release a media alert arguing that the mainstream media in Britain have been united in depicting Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez as an extreme, absurd and threatening figure. 

BBC Worldservice: Africa, Have Your Say Live From Venezuela

The BBC Worldservice programme Africa, Have Your Say will be hosting a debate today live from Caracas, Venezuela. The questions they will ask panel members, which includes Samuel Moncada, the Venezuelan minister for higher education, is whether Africa should look to the recent changes occuring in Latin American countries such as Venezuela and Bolivia as a model to follow.

Venezuelanalysis Launch Weekly Audio News Summary

Venezuelanalysis has launched a weekly audio news summary.

Article - Media Alert: Lining Up the Next Victims - The 'Independent' Stokes Up Fear Of Left 'Populism' In South America (Media Lens)

British media watchdog, Media Lens, criticise a recent article by David Usborne entitled 'The Big Question: Should we be worried by the rise of the populist left in South America?'. Usborne's article appeared in the British newspaper 'The Independent' last week.