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Venezuela Archive
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The Promise of a New Beginning: A Thaw in U.S.-Venezuelan Relations
By Dr. Ronn Pineo, Senior Research Fellow at COHA and Chair of the Department of History at Towson University. This article was written with the collaboration of COHA Research Associate Laura Powell. on June 6, 2013 | 1 CommentThe announcement that Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elías Jaua met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on June 5 is extraordinarily good news. The meeting, held in the colonial city of Antigua, Guatemala, came as representatives gathered for the General Meeting of the Organization of American States. Warm smiles and friendly... -
The Bolivarian Revolution and the Constituent Power of the Chavista Base After the April 14, 2013 Presidential Elections
By Frederick B. Mills, Senior Research Fellow at the Council On Hemispheric Affairs and Professor of Philosophy at Bowie State University on May 29, 2013 | 1 CommentBackground on the Post Election Period After Hugo Chávez protégé, Nicolas Maduro, narrowly defeated opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski in the April 14 Venezuelan presidential election, Capriles refused to acknowledge Maduro’s win. This should come as no surprise, as there were credible reports that a plan to contest the outcome... -
Research: On Separatism in Latin America
By BY W. Alejandro Sanchez, Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, and Kimberly Bullard, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on May 21, 2013 | No CommentsIn mid January 2013, the inhabitants of Chile’s Easter Island carried out major protests, declaring that the central government in Santiago had largely forgotten them and had failed to contribute to the island’s growth and development. An article in the British daily The Guardian explained how some islanders had even... -
Propaganda Galore
By Dr. Ronn Pineo, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, and Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Towson University on May 14, 2013 | 1 Comment“In Hugo Chávez’s Venezuela there is no free press—just state controlled anti-American propaganda.” Republican Congressman Connie Mack, Florida “Under Chávez life for Venezuela’s poor only got worse … Public health is deplorable.” Republican former governor Bob Ehrlich, Maryland President Barack Obama behaves as if he does not understand Latin America and... -
Post-Election Conflict in Venezuela and the Hemispheric Response
By Larry Birns, Director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, and Frederick B. Mills, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on April 18, 2013 | 7 CommentsCOHA UPDATE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN VENEZUELA VENEZUELA’S NATIONAL ELECTORAL COUNCIL APPROVES 100 PERCENT AUDIT OF LAST SUNDAY’S VOTE On April 18, in response to a formal request by the Capriles campaign, Tibisay Lucena, President of the Venezuelan National Council (CNE), announced that the CNE will expand its audit... -
The Free Market Experiment in Latin America: Assessing Past Policies and the Search for a Pathway Forward (The second of three parts)
By Dr. Ronn Pineo, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, and Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Towson University on April 11, 2013 | 4 CommentsNote: Part I of this three part series set the background regarding neoliberalism in the region. It explored the shortcomings of the free market strategy with respect to economic growth and development, especially by offering comparisons to the previous economic programs of state-led growth. Part II considers the social costs...