When President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela called on the FARC, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, to end their armed struggle and declared the ‘guerrilla war is history’, he was following a path taken by many revolutionary leaders in the past. (Keep reading…)

Source: http://www.radio36.com.uy/ and http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=68644&titular=james-petras-desencantado- <a href="http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2008/06/12/1877/#more-1877" class="more-link">(Keep reading...)</a>

http://www.links.org.au/node/317 March 21,2008

Venezuela has entered a decisive phase of its revolutionary process, which has advanced rapidly, and without pause, since 1999. The failed attempt to reform the constitution in the December 2, 2007, referendum opened up a conjuncture of sharp contradictions in the short and medium term and modified the institutional framework in which this period will develop; but it does not modify the content of the confrontation underway. The forces of the revolution will be unleashed, along with those of the counterrevolution. (Keep reading…)

14 March 2008 http://www.greenleft.org.au/2008/744/38505

Addressing the founding congress of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) on March 2, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez proclaimed the new party to be “a party for the social battle, for the defense of the homeland”. (Keep reading…)

Special to Canadian Dimension March 16, 2008

    President Uribe’s troop and missile assault, violating Ecuadorian sovereignty came very close to precipitating a regional war with Ecuador and Venezuela.  During an interview I had with President Chavez, at the time of this bellicose act, he confirmed to me the gravity of Uribe’s doctrine of ‘preventive war’ and ‘extra-territorial intervention’, calling the Colombian regime the ‘Israel of Latin America’.  Earlier, during his Sunday radio program ‘Alo Presidente’, in which I was an invited guest, he followed up with an announcement that he was sending ground, air and sea forces to the Venezuelan frontier with Colombia. <a href="http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2008/03/16/1707/#more-1707" class="more-link">(Keep reading...)</a>

Special to Canadian Dimension
November 2007

In contrast to North America and Europe, in Latin America political regimes, social movements and ideologies are in constant flux.  Within a period of a few years, the political pendulum can swing from a seemingly radical leftist wave, to center-left and even rightwing ascendancy .  Likewise major social movements emerge, expand from local or regional power bases to significant actors on the national political scene, play a major role in dispatching right-wing regimes, support and even enter governmental coalitions and then decline, especially if they fail to achieve any of the minimum demands of their supporters.  <a href="http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2008/03/12/1670/#more-1670" class="more-link">(Keep reading...)</a>

IPS
10 March 2008

(IPS) - Hugs and handshakes between the presidents of Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Venezuela put an end to a week-long political and diplomatic crisis that threatened to escalate into a regional conflict. (Keep reading…)

A Socialist Project e-bulletin …. No. 86 …. March 4, 2008 ______________________________________________________ (Keep reading…)

March 04, 2008
Source: Rebelíon

Investigations by the Ecuadorian authorities have shone light on what really happened during the dawn of March 1, when the Colombian armed forces killed between 20 and 22 guerrillas in Ecuadorian territory. Raúl Reyes, number two in the FARC (Spanish acronym of the Colombian guerrilla group, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) command structure was killed in the ambush. (Keep reading…)

February 24th 2008 Venezuela Analysis http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/3193

In recent weeks, external and internal pressure against Venezuela’s Bolivarian revolution, has intensified dramatically. (Keep reading…)