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“Venezuela, towards an advanced democracy?”

by Raúl Morodo

31 January 2006

The historical fate of the great Ibero-American continent seems to be between change and frustration. It has periods of optimism, transformation and advances as well as periods of darkness and repression. There’s confusion, insecurity and utopia. Venezuela is not an exception. Nowadays, this (...)

“Is it all new in Latin America?”

by Enrique V. Iglesias

31 January 2006

Undoubtedly, Latin America is suffering the tensions provoked by hard demands of change. The victory of the candidate that embodied those demands in Bolivian elections, Evo Morales, is the most recent example of this. And questions have been raised. This is neither the first nor the last time (...)

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 (...)

Refounding Venezuelan Labor, Part I

Refounding Venezuelan Labor: One Union at a Time

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 3 November 2004

Venezuelan workers are currently in the midst of a period of rapid changes, affecting the working environment from union to community, from factory to the state. At root for the workers involved are issues of control: over their unions, and over their factories. In part I of this series we (...)