[The Venezuela Information Centre (VIC) have organised an event in London to mark the sixth anniversary of the military coup that briefly overthrew the government of President Hugo Chávez.]
[Writing for Counterpunch, George Ciccariello-Maher reviews Eva Golinger's latest book, Bush Versus Chavez. For Ciccariello-Maher, Golinger continues the diabolical narrative of her previous book, this time relying
less on Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests than on a series of other key documents
and bits of testimony gleaned from anonymous sources. Click here to access the appendices to Bush Versus Chávez, largely composed of declassified or leaked documents.]
[Diana Raby, Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Liverpool, reviews The Battle for Latin America’s Soul by Michael Reid. Reid is the Latin America editor at the Economist. Click here to read the first chapter of Diana Raby's book Democracy and Revolution: Latin America and Socialism Today.]
[Writing for Counterpunch, George Ciccariello-Maher argues that in Venezuela in recent weeks the so-called "endogenous right," the
well-known bloc of moderate, centrist, bureaucratic-minded Chavistas, have landed a
series of body blows to more leftist elements, threatening internal democracy
and the radicalism of the Revolution in the process.]
[Venezuelanalysis.com's Kiraz Janicke reports on the March 17 meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of American States
(OAS), where they rejected Colombia's military incursion into Ecuador
on March 1 which killed 25 people, including Raul Reyes, second in command of
the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).]
[Venezuelanalysis.com's Chris Carlson reports on statements made by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez who labeled Colombia the "Israel of Latin America" on his Sunday talk show Aló Presidente yesterday. Chavez's statements come in the wake of the assassination of Luis Édgar Devia Silva or "Raul Reyes" by the Colombian military on Saturday in Ecuador. Reyes was second-in-command in the FARC (Colombia's guerrilla group), and perhaps its most visible spokesperson.]
[Znet's Justin Podur reports on the assassination of Luis Édgar Devia Silva or "Raul Reyes" by the Colombian military on Saturday in Ecuador. Reyes was second-in-command in the FARC (Colombia's guerrilla group), and perhaps its most visible spokesperson. Click here for a Spanish version of this news.]
[PolEconAnalysis.org's Paul Kellog argues that ExxonMobil
isn't suing PDVSA because it needs the money. The world's largest
publicly traded corporation recorded profits of $40.6-billion (U.S.) in
2007, up three per cent from 2006's record of $39.6-billion. The truth is, ExxonMobil's ultimatum has more to do
with politics than economics.]
[Venezuelanalysis.com's Kiraz Janicle reports on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's call for
international mediation group to negotiate a humanitarian accord in neighbouring
Colombia. Chavez's call follows a successful Venezuelan led humanitarian mission that secured the
release of four former legislators held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia (FARC), on Wednesday.]