The Rise and Fall of Barrio Adentro

The Rise and Fall of Barrio Adentro

With Hugo Chávez's celebrated health care project progressively in ruins, the pandemic underlines the need to rebuild.
Will Popular Power Survive?

Will Popular Power Survive?

Popular power was a cornerstone of the Bolivarian Revolution. Facing co-optation, crisis, and decline, its future remains in question.
The Venezuelan Opposition's Elusive Quest for Power

The Venezuelan Opposition’s Elusive Quest for Power

Persistent internal conflicts have prevented Chavismo's detractors from organizing a serious political proposal to successfully contest power. Can the opposition democratize?
Displaced and Insecure: Understanding the Exodus and Its Effects

Displaced and Insecure: Understanding the Exodus and Its Effects

From brain drain to mental health issues, the mass migration of millions of Venezuelans has far-reaching impacts at home and abroad.
Chavismo in the World

Chavismo in the World

The Bolivarian Revolution shook up the geopolitical map. Rebuilding Venezuela's fractured relations in the hemisphere remains its chief foreign policy challenge.
Gaining Ground in the Struggle Against Extractivism

Gaining Ground in the Struggle Against Extractivism

From oil to mining, resource exploitation is the central battlefield for Venezuela's land and environmental movements.
Chavismo, Student Movements, and the Future of the Left

Chavismo, Student Movements, and the Future of the Left

Partisan polarization wiped out autonomous stances within Venezuela's universities for more than 15 years. Rebuilding a pluralist Left from the grassroots is key to reclaiming combative struggles.
Breaking Through for LGBTQI Rights

Breaking Through for LGBTQI Rights

Movements fighting homophobia and transphobia in Venezuela offer an example of organizing that successfully joins forces across ideological and partisan lines.
"I Left Venezuela to Defend the Constitution": An Interview with Luisa Ortega Díaz

“I Left Venezuela to Defend the Constitution”: An Interview with Luisa Ortega Díaz

The former Attorney General discusses how her country has changed since Chávez and what is required to restore democracy.
Who Controls Latin America's Media?

Who Controls Latin America’s Media?

In an evolving media ecosystem, concentrated ownership persists as conglomerates scramble to adapt to the digital age.
Broadcasting from Bolivia, Aymara Voices Will Not Be Silenced

Broadcasting from Bolivia, Aymara Voices Will Not Be Silenced

In El Alto, Radio San Gabriel demonstrates the decolonizing potential of Indigenous-language media.
United in Struggle

United in Struggle

As racial capitalism rages, movements for Indigenous sovereignty and abolition offer visions of freedom on stolen land.