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Jonah Gindin

Canadian journalist.

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Standoff between Venezuela and Colombia Continues over “Granda Affair”

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 19 January 2005

An emerging crisis between the Venezuelan and Colombian governments has continued to sour, as both sides traded accusations over the capture of Colombian guerilla representative Rodrgio Granda in Venezuelan territory. Attempts at damage control by both Venezuelan and Colombian foreign (...)

Unity in Unété? Venezuelan Rival Labor Leaders Meet

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 17 December 2004

Trade union leaders affiliated to the recently created National Union of Venezuelan Workers (UNT-pronounced Un-é-té) met in Caracas on Wednesday to discuss upcoming general elections, expected to be held in early 2005. Leaders representing various political currents from unions across the (...)

Interview with James Petras

The Limits of Social Spending, the Need for Structural Change in Venezuela

by Claudia Jardim , Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 5 December 2004

In a recent article published on www.counterpunch.org, retired Professor of Sociology at Binghamton University, New York, James Petras attacked what he described as the common habit of both right and left in “substituting myths about the Chávez government rather than confronting realities.” (...)

Popular Memory on the Offensive at Venezuelan Intellectual Conference

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 3 December 2004

Intellectuals and artists participating in the ‘In Defense of Humanity’ conference separated into workshops today to begin debating ideas and strategies to unite third world efforts to combat neoliberalism. Last night Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez inaugurated the conference in a speech (...)

Humanity Attacks! Chávez Returns from World Tour to Inaugurate Conference with Artists and Intellectuals

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 2 December 2004

Intellectuals, social activists, and artists arrived in Venezuela today to participate in a conference dramatically entitled “In Defense of Humanity.” Participants and members of Venezuelan community organizations gathered in the Teresa Careño theatre, once the exclusive home of the social (...)

Fighting Oil with Oil in Venezuela: King Condi vs Rodrizilla

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 26 November 2004

In what White House press secretary Richard Boucher dubbed a “continuing process of personnel changes,” US Secretary of State Colin L. Powell resigned last week, along with Attorney General John Ashcroft and other members of George W. Bush’s cabinet. Powell will be replaced by National (...)

Venezuelan Politicians, Ministers Define the Revolution within the Revolution

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 16 November 2004

Andres Izarra
Mayors and governors elect joined ministers, the upper echelon of the Venezuelan military and President Chávez this weekend in a meeting designed to articulate a new stage in the “Bolívarian revolution.” The meeting, entitled “Bolívarian Revolution: New Stage, New (...)

Venezuela and other Latin American Countries Push Integration at Rio Summit

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 9 November 2004

One hundred and seventy four years after independence leader Simón Bolívar’s dream of Latin American integration came crashing down, it has suddenly resurfaced finding its way into Rio Group discussions taking place this week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Heads of state from 18 Latin American (...)

Chavez Supporters Win Two-Thirds of all 335 Venezuelan Municipalities

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 4 November 2004

According to the most recent preliminary results for Sunday’s regional elections, mayoral candidates allied with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez lead in 270 of 335 municipalities. This represents over 80% of the country’s cities and towns, more than doubling their showing in the 2000 (...)

Chavistas Dominate Venezuelan Regional Elections

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 4 November 2004

Preliminary results released at 12:30 am, Monday November 1, by Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE), have given gubernatorial and mayoral candidates allied to President Hugo Chávez Frías an overwhelming victory. According to the CNE, the Chavistas lead in 20 of 22 states, however, in (...)

Refounding Venezuelan Labor, Part I

Refounding Venezuelan Labor: One Union at a Time

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 3 November 2004

Venezuelan workers are currently in the midst of a period of rapid changes, affecting the working environment from union to community, from factory to the state. At root for the workers involved are issues of control: over their unions, and over their factories. In part I of this series we (...)

Electoral Council Majority and Opposition Fight over Venezuela’s Electoral Registry

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 22 October 2004

In a press conference yesterday Francisco Carrasquero, President of Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE), accused co-member of the CNE Sobella Mejías of subordinating her public charge to political interests. Mejías “has acted more like a political actor than an arbiter,” said (...)

Oppositional Caracas Mayor Withdraws from Mayor’s Race

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 19 October 2004

Alfredo Peña
Last Friday, the mayor of Greater Caracas, Alfredo Peña, declared he would not run for reelection in the upcoming October 31 regional vote. Peña was elected mayor in 2000 on a Chavista platform, only to switch allegiances shortly after taking office. Peña’s stepping aside (...)

A Brief Recent History of Venezuela’s Labor Movement

Re-Organizing Venezuelan Labor

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 19 October 2004

When Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez was elected in 1998, inaugurating a process of radical political and social changes, it looked as though labor might be left behind. The main labor central, the Confederation of Venezuelan Workers (CTV) was one of his most avid critics, and Chávez in turn (...)

ILO Visits Venezuela to Investigate Freedom of Association

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 18 October 2004

A direct contact mission from the International Labor Organization (ILO) arrived in Venezuela earlier this week to investigate complaints presented before that organization by the National Confederation of Venezuelan Workers (CTV) and the country’s largest chamber of commerce federation, (...)

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