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Claudia Jardim

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Interview with James Petras

The Limits of Social Spending, the Need for Structural Change in Venezuela

by Claudia Jardim , Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 5 December 2004

In a recent article published on www.counterpunch.org, retired Professor of Sociology at Binghamton University, New York, James Petras attacked what he described as the common habit of both right and left in “substituting myths about the Chávez government rather than confronting realities.” (…)

Venezuela - Food Sovereignty

Transnational companies pave the way for the cultivation of transgenics

by Claudia Jardim

Caracas (Venezuela) | 26 October 2004

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Misinformation, lack of governmental control and good propaganda. These are the elements that have favored the transnational producers of genetically modified seeds in Venezuela. The producers claim that experiments with transgenic corn are already underway. The Venezuelan (…)

Prevention and Solidarity:

Remedies for Democratizing Health in Venezuela

by Claudia Jardim

Caracas (Venezuela) | 13 October 2004

Halfway up the hill, in a semi-finished, rustic house, a sheet divides the consulting room from the treatment room. Rarely is there a need to identify oneself upon arrival. “How are you Mr. Antonio, has your pressure decreased?” says the 53 year-old Venezuelan nurse Carlota Núñez. Antonio (…)

Venezuela and Brazil Strengthen Relations

by Claudia Jardim

Caracas (Venezuela) | 17 September 2004

Venezuelan and Brazilian businessmen signed bilateral agreements of cooperation and agreements for the exchange of technology in the presence of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the 5th Brazil-Venezuela Business Conference between September 14 (…)

An Interview with Hector Navarro, Minister of Higher Education

Concrete Utopias

by Claudia Jardim , Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 14 September 2004

Hector Navarro, Minister of Higher Education, PhD Electrical Engineering, and Professor at the Central University of Venezuela, is the longest serving Minister in the Chávez government. He served as Minister of Education from 1998 to 2001, after which he headed up the newly created Ministry of (…)

Venezuela: Changing the World by Taking Power

by Claudia Jardim , Jonah Gindin

23 July 2004

Tariq Ali is a veteran political activist, filmmaker, and author of numerous books, both fiction and non-fiction. He was born in Lahore, Pakistan, and now lives and works London, England where he is an editor of the British journal New Left Review. His most recent political texts include The (…)