Spectral Remains in the Afterglow of Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution
In the spring of 2013, televisions across Venezuela announced the death of then-president Hugo ChAvez, leader of the Bolivarian Revolution and key political actor in Latin America's "turn to the left." ChAvez's death, however, was not the end of ChAvez's life. In The Necromantic State, Irina R. Troconis examines how ChAvez, as a "specter," has ......
Spectral Remains in the Afterglow of Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution
In the spring of 2013, televisions across Venezuela announced the death of then-president Hugo ChAvez, leader of the Bolivarian Revolution and key political actor in Latin America's "turn to the left." ChAvez's death, however, was not the end of ChAvez's life. In The Necromantic State, Irina R. Troconis examines how ChAvez, as a "specter," has ......
Scorched Earth Politics and Economic Decline, 2012-2020
The Collapse of Venezuela documents Venezuela's economic implosion as politicians adopted strategies that severely harmed the economy in their struggle for power. Between 2012 and 2020, Venezuela suffered the largest economic contraction ever documented outside of wartime. This collapse was caused not just by the failure of an economic model but ......
The U.S. Empire, the Media, and Twenty Years of Coup Attempts in Venezuela
In March 2015, President Obama initiated sanctions against Venezuela, declaring a "national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the situation in Venezuela." Each year, the U.S. administration has repeated this claim.
Venezuela has been the stuff of frontpage news extravaganzas, especially since the death of Hugo Chavez. With predictable bias, mainstream media focus on violent clashes between opposition and government, coup attempts, hyperinflation, U.S. sanctions, and massive immigration. What is less known, however, is the story of what the Venezuelan people
Venezuela has been the stuff of frontpage news extravaganzas, especially since the death of Hugo Chavez. With predictable bias, mainstream media focus on violent clashes between opposition and government, coup attempts, hyperinflation, U.S. sanctions, and massive immigration. What is less known, however, is the story of what the Venezuelan people
El Sistema - "the system" - is a music education phenomenon. Since its inception 40 years ago, over a million Venezuelan children from many different socio-economic backgrounds have participated in its mission of "social change through music".
How Venezuela and Cuba are Changing the World's Conception of Health Care
Revolutionary Doctors gives readers a first-hand account of Venezuela's innovative and inspiring program of community healthcare, designed to serve--and largely carried out by--the poor themselves. Drawing on long-term participant observations as well as in-depth research, Brouwer tells the story of Venezuela's Integral Community Medicine program, ......
How Venezuela and Cuba are Changing the World's Conception of Health Care
Revolutionary Doctors gives readers a first-hand account of Venezuela's innovative and inspiring program of community health care, designed to serve-and largely carried out by-the poor themselves. Drawing on long-term participant observations as well as in-depth research, Brouwer tells the story of Venezuela's Integral Community Medicine program, ......
