Caracas is looking to reactivate the largest refinery in the country.

Ernesto León takes stock of a growing suppression of criticism coming from the left.

UN Human Rights expert Alena Douhan called for sanctions to be lifted and revised.

For the Pioneros Movement, building houses is just one part of radical social transformation

Ilhan Omar, Jesus "Chuy" García and Elizabeth Warren urged to Biden administration to review its sanctions policy amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.

A US Government and Accountability Office report found that sanctions have pushed the Venezuelan economy into crisis.

Alborada's Rodrigo Acuña tackles the biased media coverage of recent Venezuelan legislative elections.

In her latest column, Jessica Dos Santos reflects on every day hardships in Venezuela and how to deal with them.

On the same day, local oil managers Alfredo Chirinos and Aryenis Torrealba were sentenced to five years, provoking anger from their grassroots support campaign.

VA columnist Ociel Lopez evaluates the lasting impact of Trump’s legacy for the Venezuelan opposition.

State Department Spokesperson Ned Price indicated that the Biden White House will not change tack in its predecessor’s Venezuela foreign policy.

A powerful Chavista organization struggles for a new city centered on people and not capital.

Chris Gilbert argues that the breaking down of the Bolivarian movement's organic structures has led to the masses being demobilized and the government's subsequent rightward turn.

The Venezuelan government accused far right leaders Leopoldo Lopez and Juan Guaido of “constant” coup attempts.

Analyst Omar Galindez looks at the opposition’s relationship with Washington.

Havana and Caracas strengthened bilateral relations following a visit from Cuba's vice-prime minister.

A Jesuit priest highlights the connections between communal socialism and liberation theology.

A removal of the ban on swap deals could boost Venezuela’s oil production and ease fuel shortages.

VA writer and editor Ricardo Vaz looks at how the corporate media handles 'fraud' claims hurled against US or Venezuelan elections.

Caracas and Georgetown have an ongoing territorial dispute over the Essequibo region.

Italian journalist Geraldina Colotti asks de Zayas about corporate media manipulation of Venezuela’s human rights situation.

Spokespeople from one of Venezuela’s flagship communes discuss the building of a communal city and the path towards Chávez’s communal state.

The new administration will look to use sanctions against Venezuela “more effectively.”

Oil expert Einstein Millan takes a look at the hot topic of Exxon Mobil’s oil exploration in the disputed strip between Venezuela and Guyana.

Oil subsidiary CITGO has been the subject of several legal battles.

VA columnist Jessica Dos Santos goes from Danish TV show "Borgen" to the National Assembly in her latest column.

107 doctors and 14,000 oxygen tanks have been sent on a humanitarian convoy to Manaus, Brazil.

Pedro Nunes takes stock of a history of violence against the left in Venezuela.

The Maduro government is pursuing increased private investment in the oil sector.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro presented his annual address to the new National Assembly