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US Administration Considering Targeted Sanctions against Members of Venezuelan GovernmentCEPR / March 04, 2014
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NPR Tells US That Pew Expert Paul Taylor Wants to Promote Generational ConflictDean Baker / March 04, 2014
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Paul Ryan’s Poverty Report Shows Extent of His Disconnect with the Working Class and Real-World Economic IssuesShawn Fremstad / March 04, 2014
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Venezuela’s Struggle, Widely Misrepresented, Remains a Classic Conflict Between Right and LeftMark Weisbrot / March 04, 2014
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What is Happening in Venezuela?On February 12th, (Venezuelan Youth Day and the commemoration of the independence battle of La Victoria) some university students and traditional conservative opposition groups took to the streets in Venezuela. In Caracas students and others attacked a government building, burned cars and damaged the entrance to a metro station. The demonstrations extended for several days, as it quickly became obvious that the principal purpose of the protests was to destabilize the government and seek the ouster of the democratically elected president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro.
Maduro faced a hotly contested presidential election shortly after the death of Hugo Chávez, in which he narrowly defeated Henrique Capriles. To gain support, Capriles promised to continue social programs initiated by the late president becoming what some called a “Chávez lite” candidate. The hard line elements of the opposition, including Capriles refused to accept the results of the elections and street violence generated by conservative forces left close to a dozen people dead.
Last December, Venezuela held municipal elections that the opposition purposely turned into a referendum on the Maduro presidency. Despite the opposition’s winning of several important areas in Caracas and the city of Maracaibo the government sponsored coalition (Polo Patriotico) won over 70% of the country’s municipalities. The election results revealed that the opposition had not won over the majority despite the country’s serious economic problems and the loss of the charismatic Hugo Chávez as leader of the left.
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That $60 Billion Increase in the Earned Income Tax Credit Is Equal to 0.14 Percent of SpendingDean Baker / March 04, 2014
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Por qué la estrategia de "cambio de régimen" tiene pocas posibilidades de Éxito en VenezuelaMark Weisbrot / March 03, 2014
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Arthur Brooks Is Upset that Some Folks Don't Like the Government Redistributing Income UpwardDean Baker / March 03, 2014
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Ten Years After the Coup in Haiti, Democracy Is Still Under SiegeDan Beeton / March 01, 2014
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Roger Cohen Defecates On Argentina, Gets Many Things WrongMark Weisbrot / February 28, 2014
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Wall Street Journal Trashes Argentina Based on WSJ’s Economic ErrorMark Weisbrot / February 28, 2014
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Lula Backs Maduro and the Region Debates UNASUR vs. OASCEPR and / February 28, 2014
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Ruth Marcus KNOWS That We Can Never Raise Taxes to Pay for Social SecurityDean Baker / February 28, 2014
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The Congressional Budget Office Doesn't Believe Robots Will Take Our JobsDean Baker / February 28, 2014
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New York Times Corrects False Statement on VenezuelaMark Weisbrot / February 27, 2014