MITF - Venezuela

	Venezuelan media: RCTV Eyes Wide Shut: The International Media Looks at Venezuela August 13, 2007 By Mark Weisbrot, International Business Times Un Poco Contexto Por Favor July 2007 By Susan Scott Venezuela and the Media: Fact and Fiction June 1, 2007 By Robert McChesney and Mark Weisbrot Don't Cry for Venezuela's RCTV June 2007 By Charles Hardy


	Information sources
	Venezuela News, Views, & Analysis Venezuela Information Office Dedicated to informing the American public about contemporary Venezuela; funded by the government of Venezuela. Alliance for Global Justice CIA Involvement in the Coup Against President Chavez Global Exchange Reality tours. Constitution of Venezuela (in English). Here or here. LatinPetroleum.com Independent research into the petroleum industry throughout Latin America. Venezuela news round-ups e-mailed to you daily or weekly. Sign up here. Venezuela Reading and Information List (Word document) More information links
	Movies The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Excellent film about the 2002 coup against President Chavez. Chavez, Venezuela and the New Latin America Directed by Aleida Guevara (Che's daughter), who conducts an extended interview with Chavez. Bolivariana Venezuela: The people, the fight and World War IV. Downloadable version, click here

Articles

What Happened in December? January 2008 By Patrick Leet
Thoughts on the recent Venezuelan constitutional amendment election. (Word document)

Americans Need to Look Beyond the Media on Venezuela January 15, 2008 By Mark Weisbrot

Venezuela Solidarity Network (US) Statement on the Dec. 2, 2007 Referendum

¡Hugo!: The Definitive Chavez Biography Review by Chuck Kaufman, September 2007

Pre-Election Delegation Denounces US Interference
in Venezuelan Election November 2, 2006 Venezuela Solidarity Network

U.S. Tax Dollars Continue to Finance Venezuelan Opposition Movements September 5, 2006, Venezuela Information Office

US accused of bid to oust Chávez with secret funds August 30, 2006, The Guardian (UK)

U.S. Aid Stirs Venezuela's Suspicion August 26, 2006, The Associated Press

Ten Days in Venezuela - A Visit to the Land of Hope June 2006 By Kim Scipes

Chavez Leads the Way May 30, 2005. In using oil wealth to help the poor, Venezuela's leader is an example to Latin America. Many Venezuelans, for the first time, are finding their basic needs met and are hopeful about their future.

Venezuela: A Newsday Special Report May 1, 2005. Good summary of recent events and the role of U.S. agencies interfering in Venezuela.

Venezuela - The Country of Parallels May 11, 2005. An important part of what is actually being won in the process is created through parallels. If the health sector in the country is not willing to serve poor people - the president creates a parallel, brings in hundreds of Cuban doctors and lets them work. If the educational sector is working poorly and apparently has not been fighting illiteracy - he creates a parallel, develops education programs and makes the communities responsible for their functioning.

10 Myths and Realities about President Hugo Chavez and the Venezuelan government. April 6, 2005

Mission Impossible? Venezuela's Mission to Fight Poverty November 11, 2003

Land Reform

Venezuela's Agrarian Land Reform: More like Lincoln than Lenin, March 1, 2005.

Regional Integration

South American Unity May No Longer Be a Distant Dream, April 11, 2005

Venezuela's Oil Industry

The Economics, Culture, and Politics of Oil in Venezuela August 30, 2003

Interview with Minister of Energy and Mines, Rafael Ramirez, who discusses the shut-down of the Venezuelan oil industry by opposition forces. December 9, 2003

Military policy

Venezuela pulls out of SOA, February 2004

Venezuela Ends Military Ties and Evicts Some U.S. Officers, April 25, 2005

Women's issues

The Housewives’ Union in Venezuela, Benjamin Dangl, April 26, 2005

	VENEZUELA

Eyes Wide Shut: The International Media Looks at Venezuela August 13, 2007 By Mark Weisbrot, International Business Times

What Happened in December? January 2008 By Patrick Leet Thoughts on the recent Venezuelan constitutional amendment election. (Word document)

Americans Need to Look Beyond the Media on Venezuela January 15, 2008 By Mark Weisbrot

What Happened in December? January 2008 By Patrick Leet
Thoughts on the recent Venezuelan constitutional amendment election. (Word document)