Jonah Gindin

Canadian journalist.

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by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 17 October 2005

In the working-class neighbourhood of Catia on Caracas’ west side, the streets are strewn with refuse; even the public spaces, the plazas and street-shopping laneways are neglected. Caracas’ west side is part of the sprawling district of Sucre, one of Latin America’s largest and one of Caracas’ (…)

“Hired Killers are Assassinating Venezuelan Land Reform”

Venezuela’s Peasant Leaders Demand Justice and Protection

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 15 July 2005

Zamora took Caracas” on Monday, as agrarian workers affiliated with the National Agrarian Coordinator Ezequiel Zamora (CANEZ)-named after the 19th Century hero of Venezuelan peasants-marched through the city demanding an end to the assassination of land reform leaders. Over 6,000 Venezuelan (…)

Venezuela Accuses US of Interfering in Internal Legal Proceedings

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 13 July 2005

Maria Corina Machado
Venezuela’s embassy in Washington, D.C., released a communiqué this weekend, responding to US criticism of a court case against Venezuelan NGO Súmate. In a separate statement, Venezuelan Attorney General Isaías Rodriguez also released a statement criticizing both (…)

Venezuelan Judge Rules NGO Will Face Trial for Treason

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 11 July 2005

Maria Corina Machado
Four members of the Venezuelan non-governmental organization Súmate appeared in court Wednesday and again on Thursday, on charges of “conspiracy against the republican form of the nation.” Directors Maria Corina Machado and Alejandro Plaz are charged with being the (…)

Venezuela Accepts Responsibility for 3 Disappearances in 1999

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 4 July 2005

Venezuela has accepted responsibility for the disappearance of three people during a policing operation in the wake of heavy floods in 1999. The recognition was made by Venezuelan lawyer María Auxiliadora Monagas on behalf of the Venezuelan state during a hearing at the Inter-American Court of (…)

US-Venezuela Business Round Inaugurated in Caracas

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 1 July 2005

American and Venezuelan business representatives, Venezuelan government officials, and ambassadors of both countries cut the ribbon at the first "Macro Business Round U.S.-Venezuela" this afternoon. Participating in the event are 625 businesses, 225 from the U.S. and 400 from Venezuela.
After (…)

Made in Venezuela: The Struggle to Reinvent Venezuelan Labor

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 29 June 2005

Last month, the National Union of Venezuelan Workers (UNT) turned two. Since its inception in May 2003, the UNT has been at the center of debates surrounding the advances of Venezuela’s revolution in the labor arena. At root, these debates turn on issues of worker control: over their factories (…)

Hitmen Attempt to Assasinate Venezuelan Land Reform Leader

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 28 June 2005

Braulio Alvarez
Land reform leader Braulio Alvarez barely escaped an assasination attempt last Thursday, after receiving two gunshot wounds. Alvarez was intercepted on a highway in the Venezuelan state of Yaracuy by two gunmen after leaving a meeting with local landless workers.
The (…)

Venezuela’s Interior Minister Says he has Evidence of Assassination Plot

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 22 June 2005

Jesse Chacón
Foes of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez have been plotting his assassination, Minister of Justice and the Interior Jesse Chacón said on Monday. According to Chacón, members of Venezuela’s opposition and Venezuelans living in exile in Colombia have been meeting with (…)

Venezuelan Government Wins Victory at ILO in Geneva

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 20 June 2005

Venezuela received a favorable ruling at the International Labor Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland this week, when the group rejected a request to investigate Venezuela for allegedly violating workers’ rights.
The accusation against the Venezuelan government was made by the (…)

Minister: Narco-Trafficker Escaped from Venezuelan Prison with Police Complicity

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 17 June 2005

A Colombian accused of smuggling hundreds of kilos of cocaine around the world escaped from a Venezuelan prison on Saturday, according to Venezuela’s Minister of Communications Andres Izarra. The suspect, Jose Maria Corredor, aka Jose Adrian Rodriguez Buitriago, aka “Boyaco Chepe,” was being (…)

Interview with William I. Robinson

The Battle for Global Civil Society

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 13 June 2005

William I. Robinson
Over the past two decades US foreign policy has radically changed. While the interests and objectives have remained more or less the same despite the fall of Communism, the mechanisms for obtaining them have continued to evolve. Beginning in the early 1980s, US (…)

Latin America and Venezuela Promote Holistic Vision Despite US

Whose Democracy? Venezuela Stymies U.S. (Again)

by Jonah Gindin

Miami (USA) | 10 June 2005

The 35th Organization of American States General Assembly (OASGA) closed this evening, after approving a joint declaration aimed at “Delivering the Benefits of Democracy.”
The “Declaration of Florida” was initially proposed by the United States; however, several counter-proposals presented by (…)

Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Addresses OAS

OAS Should Support both Social and Political Rights Says Venezuela’s Foreign Minister

by Jonah Gindin

Miami (USA) | 8 June 2005

Latin America has 240 million people living in poverty, 100 million of them in extreme poverty, said Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Alí Rodriguez Araque in an address to the 35th General Assembly of the OAS. Rodriguez spoke, along with several Foreign Ministers of other countries in the (…)

35th General Assembly of the OAS

Latin America Defies US Over Venezuela at OAS

by Jonah Gindin

Miami (USA) | 8 June 2005

American proposal to reform the Organization of American States’ (OAS) democratic charter has been rejected by a majority of Latin American countries. The draft of the US proposal, called the “Declaration of Flordia: Delivering the Benefits of Democracy,” is considered to be too interventionist (…)

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