Opposition

The [Venezuelan] president asked a CNN correspondent and anchor of that channel to clarify that he never said that he “would bring tanks into the street” if the opposition won. He also requested that Glenda Omana straighten out that the government did not order any “information prohibition” in Venezuela.

The International Repulican Institute (IRI) was the main grantee in Venezuela before and after the 2002 coup attempt and its connections to Republican Party presidential nominee John McCain are worrisome, especially given McCain’s claims regarding his “hands-on” position as Chairman of the Board of the organization.

An exchange on the merits and demerits of the Albert Einstein Institution (AEI) and its director Gene Sharp. The occasion of the exchange is, among other things, a series of articles that appeared in Venezuelanalysis.com over the years, criticizing the AEI for its involvement in Venezuela.

Pledged to fight corruption worldwide, the NGO is in danger of revealing its own political agenda in a recent report on Venezuela.

The Washington-based Cato Institute preaches limited government and free market religion with plenty of high-octane corporate funding for backing. It better have it for the award it presented on May 15 to a 23 year old fifth year Venezuelan law student Yon Goicoechea for serving the interests of capital back home and leading anti-Chavista protests.

The Inter- American Press Association (IAPA) holds it's biyearly meeting in Caracas this week - the first to be held in Venezuela in many years. But that doesn't mean that the organization hasn't been deeply involved in Venezuela.

The anti-Chavez political discourse which has had some resonance in Venezuela and overseas, especially among liberals, politicians, progressive activists and social democratic academics, has been articulated by Venezuelan academics linked to NGO’s, financed by overseas foundations and posing as ‘center-left’.

According to eyewitness reports from Hands Off Venezuela members, violence broke out yesterday in Caracas when opposition students arrived back from a peaceful demonstration against the proposed constitutional reforms.

Two opposition bloggers provide some fascinating insight into the psyche and failures of the movement opposed to the Chavez government. Toro argues that the opposition bought its own propaganda and thus failed to see reality as it actually is, while Katy says the opposition must learn from its mistakes, which when it does, will be all the stronger.

The president of Venezuela's RCTV, Eladio Larez, is no stranger to the CIA. His contact with the agency goes back nearly twenty years when he helped the CIA funnel money through Venezuela to the Nicaraguan opposition as they worked to topple the Sandinista government.