Social Movements Demand 'Maximum Sentence' for Indigenous...
Movements gathered in Caracas on Monday to demand a 30 year sentence for Sabino Romero's murderer. They also denounced a lack of media coverage of the case, as well as the increasing presence of...
View ArticleSabino Romero's Widow Testifies Amidst Threats
Caracas, February 2nd 2015 (Venezuelanalysis) Dozens of activists gathered outside the Ministry of Justice in the capital today in solidarity with Lucia Martinez de Romero, the widow of assassinated...
View ArticleVenezuela’s Maduro Vows Equal Gender Representation for Parliament on...
A series of other measures put forward by Venezuela’s National Women’s Congress were also approved by the president, who called for a debate on legalising same-sex marriage and abortion.
View ArticleMaduro Signs Decree to Re-Open Controversial Coal Mines for Chinese Development
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro passed a presidential decree outlining a deal with the Chinese state-owned company Sinohydro, granting them the authority to mine and develop 24,192 hectares (nearly...
View ArticleFour Arrested after Yanomami Activist Beaten to Death by Venezuelan Police
Four policemen have been arrested for the murder of a 27 year-old Yanomami health activist on Saturday.
View ArticleRemains of Afro-Venezuelan Independence Hero Transferred to National Heroes...
The symbolic remains of Afro-Venezuelan independence hero, Pedro Camejo, better known as Negro Primero, were transferred to the country’s “Hall of Heroes” Mausoleum on Wednesday during an official...
View ArticleVenezuelan Social Movements Rally Against State Coal Mining Decree
Activists from diverse social movements gathered outside Venezuela's Ministry of Energy and Mining in Caracas this morning to demand the repeal of a controversial presidential decree authorizing coal...
View ArticleMurderer of Sabino Romero Given Maximum Sentence in Historic Ruling
Venezuelan social movements celebrated victory on Friday following a long awaited court ruling sentencing to 30 years the man accused of murdering Yukpa indigenous leader Sabino Romero.
View ArticleSocial Movement Victory: Venezuela’s Maduro Derails Plan for New Carbon Mines
After months of grassroots organizing, a “correction” of the presidential Decree 1,606 was published in last week’s Official Gazette revoking plans for new coal mines and a carbon-electric plant in...
View ArticleMaduro Touches Down in NYC Following Trip to Caribbean Islands
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived in New York Friday morning on the back of a brief visit to Dominica and Saint Kitts and Nevis. The head of state will participate in the 70th Session of the...
View ArticleMonument of Caribe Warrior Unveiled on Indigenous Resistance Day in Venezuela
The statue of Guaicaipuro was unveiled in the early hours this Monday morning in Plaza Venezuela in Caracas, where an effigy of Italian colonial invader, Christopher Columbus, was previously toppled by...
View ArticleFirst Black Woman Independence Fighter is Honoured in Venezuela’s National...
Revered independence combatant Juana Ramirez’s symbolic remains were transferred over to the Pantheon of Heroes this past Friday in an official state ceremony. The revolutionary commander, born into...
View ArticleVenezuelan Parliament Passes “National Production Law” in First Discussion
Venezuela’s leftist government opposes the law, saying that it will privatise state-owned corporations.
View ArticleCaracas “Afro Chávez” Forum Inaugurates Afro-Venezuelan Month
Afro-Venezuelan revolutionaries came together on Tuesday for a forum to commemorate the Black political legacy of Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution.
View ArticleVenezuelans Commemorate International Africa Week
The South American nation honored its African ancestry with a variety of political and cultural events last week.
View ArticleVenezuelan Social Movements Converge on Supreme Court, Demand Injunction...
Grassroots activists and ex-government officials submitted a lawsuit demanding that the high court halt a contentious mega-mining project on constitutional grounds.
View ArticleVenezuela’s Maduro Creates New Ministry for the Development of Ecological Mining
The new institution will be in charge of designing the state’s mining policy, as well as ensuring respect for the environment and human rights.
View ArticleVenezuelan Supreme Court Admits Lawsuit against Mega-Mining Project
Venezuela’s Supreme Court announced that it would hear a lawsuit filed by former high ranking cabinet members against a government plan to open 12 percent of the South American nation’s territory to...
View ArticleIndigenous Yukpa Leader Assassinated in Venezuela
Cristóbal Romero was shot several times by armed assailants on Saturday night.
View ArticleGuarimba Victims Denounce OAS Secretary General
The Committee of Victims of the Guarimba and the Ongoing Coup in Venezuela made public their official letter denouncing OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro.
View ArticleDakota Pipeline Linked to 'Crushing Venezuela': Winona LaDuke
The Native American activist said the economic war against Venezuela was a factor behind U.S. fracking and the Dakota pipeline.
View ArticleUNESCO Recognises Venezuela’s El Callao
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) officially recognised Thursday the Venezuela festival of El Callao on its List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of...
View ArticleDanny Glover Expresses Solidarity with Venezuela on Behalf of African...
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez met with US actor and activist Danny Glover as well as scholar James Early after an international summit this week where they expressed their solidarity with...
View ArticleVenezuela’s ANC Approves Mining Arc Tax Law
ANC Vice-President Aristobulo Isturiz praised the law as an “exercise of sovereignty” aimed at freeing the county from its century-long dependence on oil extraction.
View ArticleVenezuela to Offer African American Course at US University
The “Africa and its Diaspora in Hispanic America” course will be run at the Southern University at New Orleans.
View ArticleIndigenous Leaders Call for Justice After Landlord Violence Shakes Communities
The violence, which led to the kidnapping of Yukpa school teacher Mary Fernandez, comes amid land conflicts between cattle ranchers and indigenous communities.
View ArticleVenezuela Repels ‘Terrorist’ Attack on Military Bases, 1 Soldier Dead
The assailants stormed several military installations before being engaged by the Venezuelan army.
View ArticleVenezuela Mourns Longtime Chavista Leader Aristóbulo Istúriz
“The professor,” as he was known, held several high-ranking posts in the last 20 years and was a key figure in the Bolivarian Revolution.
View ArticleVenezuela: Yukpa People Call for Justice for Detainees Amidst Protests
Indigenous communities from western Venezuela were injured during a crackdown while trying to reach Caracas to sell handicrafts.
View ArticleVenezuela: Army Dismantles Illegal Mining Camps in the Amazon, Gov’t Promises...
Venezuelan Indigenous communities have denounced the alleged involvement of the armed forces in illegal mining.
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