Latin America

On Rabble Radio, I speak with David Kattenburg of Green Planet Monitor about my recent fact-finding mission to Caracas. As I explain to David, Canada’s corporate media have greatly [...]

During my recent trip to Venezuela, I sought out and spoke to both supporters and critics of President Nicolas Maduro. On February 14, 2019, the Real News published a report of my interviews of [...]

During my recent trip to Caracas, Venezuela, I spoke with Atenea Jimenez, the speaker of a Network of Communes. Atenea argued that collective, grassroots decision-making is the key to solving [...]

As Lima Group members Columbia and Brazil foment unrest on Venezuela’s borders, their right-wing regimes routinely violate human rights in their own countries. For The Real News Network, I met in [...]

For The Real News Network, I recently spoke in Caracas, Venezuela with Venezuela’s former Minister of Communes and Culture, Reinaldo Iturriza. Mr. Iturriza argues that U.S. sanctions [...]

During my recent trip to Caracas, Venezuela, I visited the working class district of Valle. There, I discussed Venezuela’s crisis with Gustavo Robledo, an ambulance driver who has spent his [...]

Last week, as hundreds of Venezuelans lined up in Bolivar Square in Caracas to sign a petition denouncing U.S. imperialism, I spoke to ordinary citizens about the crisis in Venezuela and U.S.-led [...]

On February 1, 2019, I arrived in Caracas, Venezuela. I had never been to this country before. I wanted to see and hear for myself what was happening in the streets during this tumultuous and [...]