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Venezuela Assigns Land for Food Production on CLAP’s Fifth …
WEBMérida, March 15, 2021 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has vowed to allocate over one million hectares of unused land to the Local Food Supply and Production Committees (CLAPs).The Special Land Allocation Plan was announced last Friday on the program’s fifth anniversary. The proposed reform comes as part of efforts to have half of the 36,000 community CLAPs ...
Venezuelan Banks Roll Out Dollar Accounts and Debit Cards
WEBPaul Dobson March 1, 2021. Mérida, March 1, 2021 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuelan banks have begun offering dollar-denominated bank accounts and debit cards, providing a significant boost to the country’s de facto dollarisation. Addressing the nation last Wednesday, President Nicolas Maduro showed off the first foreign currency bank ...
The Pros and Cons of Venezuela’s Currency Controls
WEBJan 31, 2014 · Venezuela’s currency controls including its fixed exchange rate are among the most controversial of Chavez-era policies. Under former president Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s currency was fixed, and exchange controls were imposed. The initial objective of Chavez’s currency policies was to stem capital flight amid the 2002-03 oil strikes, but they are now a well established part...
A Milestone: Venezuela’s Communard Union Stages Its …
WEBApr 19, 2022 · A Milestone: Venezuela’s Communard Union Stages Its Foundational Congress. Chris Gilbert looks at an emergent grassroots movement in Venezuela, as it attempts to build autonomous popular power in a complex relationship with the state. Among the many challenges in rural organizing are the merely physical ones: the distances that must be crossed.
Venezuelan Women, Feminism, and People Power Building
WEBJun 12, 2024 · The 45 women members of the collective, which was established in 2023, organize a community-based, participatory solid-waste management system in the parishes of Antímano, La Vega, Sucre, Altagracia, San Agustín, Coche, and Valle. The self-managed work these women conduct aims to repurpose glass, paper, and plastic, which are compacted and ...
International Observers Present Report on Venezuelan …
WEBMérida, December 9, 2020 (venezuelanalysis.com) – The International Observation Committee to Venezuela’s National Assembly (AN) elections delivered its final report on Monday. Nicanor Moscoso, president of the Latin American Council of Electoral Experts (CEELA), recognized the results of the elections given by the National Electoral Council (CNE) and stressed the efficiency of the ...
Slavery and Prior Accumulation in Venezuela: A Conversation with ...
WEBApr 22, 2023 · Enrique S. Rivera is a historian, journalist, and documentary film producer. He teaches at UCLA, and his recent book, The Untold History of Capitalism: Primitive Accumulation and the Anti-Slavery Revolution (2021), focuses on the 1795 anti-slavery rebellion in the west of what we now know as Venezuela, but it …
Venezuela at the Polls: Rolling Coverage of the 2024 Presidential ...
WEBVenezuelanalysis July 28, 2024. Venezuela is holding an all-important presidential contest this July 28. (Venezuelanalysis) The Venezuelan people vote this July 28 to elect their next president. With 16,000 voting centers set up and more than 900 international observers deployed, President Nicolás Maduro is running for a third term against ...