‘The revolution will not be televised’ – the Bolivarian Revolution on camera The criminal offensive by US imperialism against Venezuela on 3 January has put the country back in the international spotlight. The outrage sparked by this military aggression has been accompanied by a discussion on the left about the Bolivarian Revolution that developed after Hugo Chávez’s victory in the 1998 presidential election.
Venezuela: it's not just oil, the US is also taking gold and minerals On 4 March, US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum visited Venezuela. The reason for the visit? Burgum, in addition to being Secretary of the Interior, heads the brand-new National Energy Dominance Council, a council created by Trump with the aim of ensuring “that the United States is the dominant country in energy matters.”
Venezuela approves counter-reform of hydrocarbons law The sequence of events triggered by the imperialist aggression against Venezuela led to the Venezuelan National Assembly’s approval, on 29 January, of a partial reform of the country’s Chávez-era hydrocarbons law. Immediately afterwards, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which is responsible for sanctions, published General License 46, partially lifting sanctions on Venezuelan oil, albeit with very strict restrictions.
