The artillery of ideas
ENGLISH EDITION
Pg. 6 | Social Justice
Pg. 8 | Opinion
FRIDAY | March 12, 2010 | No. 2 | Bs. 1 | CARACAS
Social Justice
A feminist,
socialist revolution
Politics
Social Justice
Socialist Supermarkets
expand in Venezuela
President Chavez inaugurated
another Bicentennial Supermarket
this week, offering a range
of products at fair and just prices
Noam Chomsky
on militarization
The acclaimed US scholar
analyzes US military
bases in Latin America
Resistance and
Revolution in Honduras
President Manuel Zelaya,
ousted in a coup d’etat last
June, visited Venezuela
this week to strengthen
ties between the resistance
movement in his country
and the Bolivarian Revolution.
Named the new Chief
Coordinator of the Political
Council of Petrocaribe,
Zelaya found inspiration
and solidarity in the land
of Bolivar.
Permanent agression
Washington’s dangerous
rhetoric against Venezuela
and increasing military
presence in the region gives
rise to speculations about
potential armed conflict
in the near future.
Politics
War on drugs?
Hillary Clinton’s recent Latin
American tour awoke old
suspicians about Washington’s
true role in the proliferation
of narcotics operations
in the region.
A tribute
to Rosa Luxemburg
Venezuela finds significance
today in the words and
struggles of one of history’s
greatest women.
A sunken town reappears
due to drought
President Chavez honored the women of Venezuela
and proclaimed himself a “revolutionary feminist”
International Women’s Day was celebrated this past Monday, March 8. As part of the symbolic, historical
commemoration of women’s rights, labor and contributions to justice and equality, Venezuelan women launched
a Bicentennial Women’s Front to advance the construction of socialism in the South American nation.
Venezuela maintained
its
immense social investment
despite the world economic
crisis, affirmed a report from
the Central Bank of Venezue-
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