Hugo Chavez

2008

Sean Penn Reflects on Chávez and Castro

Brett Story & VideoNation : Foreign Leaders & Political Figures

Actor-director Sean Penn debunks the many myths surrounding Cuba's Raúl Castro and Venezuela's Hugo Chávez.
Conversations With Chávez and Castro

Sean Penn : Fidel Castro

The Cuban President talks about Obama, Guantánamo and the Pentagon; the Venezuelan President considers human rights and the next US administration.
Chávez's Fix

Daniel Wilkinson : Venezuela

Is Venezuela's president undoing his country's experiment in democracy?

Reading Arendt in Caracas

Elisabeth Young-Bruehl : Student Movements

A student movement influenced by Hannah Arendt is emerging in Venezuela. What do they think of the Bolivarian Revolution?
Revolution in Venezuela?

Joaquín Villalobos : Venezuela

Oil money allows Hugo Chávez to do many things, but it will never be enough to buy a revolution.

Letter From Venezuela: The Land of Chavismo

Chesa Boudin : Venezuela

Although the United States itches to do away with Hugo Chávez, his socialist policies are alleviating poverty and earning the people's trust. To Bush's chagrin, the Venezuelan leader is here to stay.
A Devil's Bargain

Ian Williams : United Nations

The United States may well have its way and exclude Venezuela from the UN Security Council, in retribution for Hugo Chávez's diabolical roast of George W. Bush. But doesn't the world have larger issues to worry about?
The World Social Forum: Protest or Celebration?

Michael Blanding : International Organizations

The World Social Forum in Caracas provided living proof of alternative political and social visions, but raised new questions about government co-optation.

Chávez and Maradona Lead Massive Rebuke of Bush

Jordana Timerman : George W. Bush

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and Argentine soccer hero Diego Maradona led thousands in a massive rebuke of George W. Bush, his trade policies and his neoconservative agenda at the Summit of the Americas in Mar del Plata Argentina. Despite some sporadic violence, the protest focused on developing indigenous alternatives to US-led trade initiatives policies.
Hugo Chávez and Petro Populism

Christian Parenti : Venezuela

What Venezuela's revolution is made of.