Voltaire Network

Alex Holland

Journalist

4 articles

Venezuela Iran’s Best Friend?

by Alex Holland

Caracas (Venezuela) | 14 March 2006

On February 15, the day after Valentines’ day, the head of the Venezuelan parliament, Nicolas Maduro stood side by side with the speaker of the Iranian Parliament Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel. Maduro said, “From our souls, we feel that our two nations are brothers and that together with other peoples (…)

Venezuela’s Urban Land Committees and Participatory Democracy

by Alex Holland

Caracas (Venezuela) | 16 February 2006

Nidia Lopez stood on one side of the brick built shack. It was like one of the thousands that made up the barrio of Andres Bello. The barrios, or slums, are where the majority of the Venezuelan population lives. Thirty people looked at Nidia. Some of them stood outside in the mud. The building (…)

A Night at the WSF: Speeches as Spectacle in Chavez’s Venezuela

by Alex Holland

Caracas (Venezuela) | 2 February 2006

Venezuelans love a spectacle. They love watching one. They love creating one. Their fanatical passion for baseball is an example of this. The crowd, the stadium, and the audience in the street create a mass energy that has to be seen to be believed

WSF Talks Latin American Integration

by Alex Holland

Caracas (Venezuela) | 31 January 2006

On Wednesday night one of the first Co-organised activities of the WSF took place with “New Paths of Latin American Integration” as its theme.