The referendum called on August 15 to try and remove Hugo Chávez from power has backfired on the rightwing reactionary forces led by the capitalist class with the support of US imperialism.

Tony Saunois, CWI, 16 July 2004

Oil wealth, capitalist plunder and resistance

Socialist revolution or capitalist reaction

Gustavo Brito and Celso Calfullan, Caracas, 30 June 2004

Revolutionary socialists and the Venezuelan revolution

The revolutionary crisis in Venezuela has entered a new and critical phase.

Tony Saunois, CWI, Monday 21 June 2004

A decisive turn in the crisis.

In a surprise announcement, the radical left-populist Venezuelan President, Hugo Chávez, has accepted the decision of the National electoral Commission, (CNE), and will face a recall referendum.

Tony Saunois, CWI, Wednesday 9 June 2004

Opposition in dirty tricks campaign

Evidence of fraud

Alistair Tice and Gustavo Brito (cwi Venezuela), 26 March 2004

Workers struggle against reaction

Increasingly desperate anti-Chavez opposition

Alistair Tice, 6 February 2004

Right-wing forces backed by the Venezuelan ruling class called an 'indefinite general strike' in December in an all-out offensive to overthrow president Hugo Chávez and his radical populist government. TONY SAUNOIS, secretary of the Committee for a Workers' International, reports on a country plunged into social and economic chaos. From Socialism Today, February 2003 edition now on line.

Tony Saunois, CWI, 4 February 2003.

Moment of decision in Venezuela?

Following the defeat of the coup in April the CWI warned: "…it is now essential that the working class and oppressed in Venezuela seize the initiative and take the necessary steps to overthrow capitalism and establish a democratic workers’ government with a revolutionary socialist programme. If this is not done then the wounded beast of US imperialism, and the vengeful ruling class of Venezuela, will prepare to strike again." (CWI Statement May 2002).

Tony Saunois, CWI, 18 December 2002

Reaction suffers a defeat

"Any premature military intervention runs the risk of provoking a backlash and could even trigger a civil war" (‘Venezuela at the crossroads’, Socialism Today, April 2002, Issue 64).

The celebrations by the ruling elite in Venezuela and the White House on Saturday 14 April following the removal of Hugo Chávez from power by a military coup were premature. Within a matter of hours the newly installed President, Pedro Carmona Estanga, was himself arrested and the radical, populist Hugo Chávez Frias, returned to power by a mass movement of the poor who marched from the 'barrios' - slums and shantytowns - to the Presidential Palace. They were joined by key sections of the rank and file of the armed forces, most crucially the 42nd Paratroop Brigade - Chávez's former regiment, and others who remained loyal to him.

Tony Saunois, 17 April 2002

At the crossroads

Hugo Chávez, elected president of Venezuela in 1998, heads the most radical populist government currently in power. Now, after four years, his regime is at a crossroads as social turmoil and conflict continues.

Tony Saunois, 19 March 2002

At a political crossroads

In recent months, US imperialism, together with landlords, business organisations, corrupt trade union leaders and the Catholic Church, have stepped up their combined efforts to topple the radical nationalist, populist regime of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a former paratrooper commander. First published on 8 March 2002.

Per Olsson, CWI. 8 March 2002

The eye of the storm

In the midst of Venezuela's worst economic crisis for decades, severe flooding killed thousands of people and brought air and sea ports to a standstill. Tony Saunois evaluates the effects of the disaster against the political backdrop of the election 14 months ago of the radical president, Hugo Chávez. This article first appeared in the February 2000 issue of Socialism Today

Tony Saunois, CWI, February 2000

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