Venezuela: Resources
Informative links to organizations, resource centers, government websites, and a list of published books, videos, and reports to better understand the past and present situation of Venezuela.
Reports
Books
Videos
TV & Radio
Government Documents
News and Commentary on Venezuela and Latin America
Venezuelan Government website
Other Venezuelan sites
On Sale Now -- Venezuela DVDs and CDs
Reports
Venezuela's ALBA: Alternatives to Corporate Globalization
Global Exchange
U.S. Intervention in Venezuela: A Clear and Present Danger. Strategies and Tactics Used by the U.S. Government to Undermine Democracy, Sovereignty, and Social Progress in Venezuela During the Chávez Era – And What U.S. Citizens Can Do to Stop It
A Global Exchange Report, January, 2006.
The Venezuelan Economy in the Chavez Years
A CEPR report by Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval, July, 2007.
A new paper from the Center for Economic and Policy Research looks at the Venezuelan economy during the last eight years and finds that it does not fit the mold of an "oil boom headed for a bust," as is commonly believed.
Poverty Rates in Venezuela: Getting the Numbers Right
A CEPR report by Mark Weisbrot, Luis Sandoval, and David Rosnick, May, 2006.
This report examines data on poverty in Venezuela, and corrects misreporting which claimed that poverty increased during the seven years of the Chavez administration.
Venezuela After the Re-election of Hugo Chavez
A WOLA Conference Report, July, 2007.
This WOLA conference brought together a dozen distinguished speakers from North America, Britain and Venezuela to analyze the political dynamics and policy challenges in that country. Panels focused on Political Conflict and Democracy, Institutions and Public Policies, and Energy and Foreign Policy.
Venezuela and Indigenous Rights
Analysis by Marc Becker
Bank of the South information
By Vince McElhinn
Books
Changing Venezuela By Taking Power: The History and Policies of the Chavez Government
by Greg Wilpert
Build It Now: Socialism for the Twenty-First Century
by Michael A. Lebowitz
Build It Now: Socialism for the Twenty-First Century
by Michael A. Lebowitz
Hugo Chavez: Oil, Politics, and the Challenge to the U.S.
by Nikolas Kozloff
The Venezuela Reader: The Building of a People’s Democracy
Edited by Olivia Burlingame Goumbri
Barrio Adentro & Other Social Missions in the Bolivarian Revolution
by German Sanchez
The Battle of Venezuela
by Michael McCaughan
Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution
by Richard Gott
¡HUGO! From Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution.
By Bart Jones
Venezuela's Bolivarian Process
Edited by Gregory Wilpert
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Videos
Llaguno Bridge Keys to a Massacre
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Venezuela Bolivariana: People and Struggle of the Fourth World War
Talking of Power: Sex, Race and Class in Revolutionary Venezuela
The Bolivarian Revolution: Enter the Oil Workers
The Old Man and Jesus: Prophets of Rebellion
Venezuela from Below: The Voice of the Rank and File of the Bolivarian Revolution
TV and Radio
NPR's Talk of the Nation on Hugo Chavez
Streaming audio of 1 hr. show, and written interview on African-Venezuelan music
President Bush v. Hugo Chavez: A Discussion on the State of Politics in Latin America
Amy Goodman interviews Hugo Chavez on "Democracy Now!"
Inside Latin America Chavez's Venezuela: Bush Over A Barrel: "Chavez," by Greg Palast
Vive TV
Government Documents
The Official Venezuelan Constitution The Special Law on Communal Councils
News and Commentary on Venezuela and Latin America
Venezuelanalysis.com
Informative online news and analysis for Venezuela