Hugo Chavez

Chavez speaks to workers at the Central Hidroeléctrica de Tocoma.

Political Situation in Venezuela: Crisis, Trends, and the Challenge of Class Independence

An examination of Venezuela’s process of social transformation, popular struggles…

A call from Venezuela to the anarchists of Latin America and the world: solidarity is much more than a written word

El Libertario call on all "real anarchists" to wake-up about the situation in…

Saint Chavez - Léon de Mattis

'Saint Chavez', translated from the website of Léon de Mattis. Published vendredi 10 mai 2013, 05:42.

Hugo Chavez.

Beyond Bolivaria: a critical look at the fetishization of Chávez and ’21st century socialism’

By Aragorn Eloff, 2013. Written in response to the widespread adulation of Hugo…

State funerals, amnesia and anarchism

A response by El Libertario to the statement of FAU on the death of Hugo Chavez. In memory of their beloved comrade Rafael Sposito (a.k.a.) …

The Bolivarian government against union autonomy - FAI

From the Iberian Anarchist Federation's Tierra y Libertad website, an article describing and…

Venezuela and the postcolonial post-racism of the international left

A recent exchange with a particularly unpleasant member of the international prochavista left…

Venezuela: 43 arrests on union march in Maracay

BREAKING NEWS (12/03/10, 4:45pm local time): 43 people have been arrested in a demonstration for labour and human rights and the return of collective contracts in the city of Maracay, Aragua state, Venezuela. Amongst the detained are three members of the human rights organisation, Provea, and an editor of the anarchist newspaper El Libertario.

Chomsky as Chavez's Clown

This article criticises the position held by the noted American linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky on Hugo Chavez's government in…

Mijail Martínez volunteered as a cameraman for the CVCI

Venezuela: anti-police impunity activist assassinated

In just the latest attack on social movements in the country. unidentified gunmen shoot dead a 24…

Chávez the militarist

War all the time: the differences between the internal and external aggressor in Venezuela

As President Hugo Chávez beats the war drum with Colombia over the presence of US…

Tropical waterfight: the struggle for basic services in Caracas, Venezuela

A combination of climate change and an incompetent, inefficient state bureaucracy has left basic…