Municipal elections are underway in Venezuela to renew 335 mayoral seats and 2,471 local council posts.

Venezuelanalysis' Andreína Chávez files this report from the Libertador municipality in Caracas.

#MunicipalElections #Venezuela #LocalPolitics

With today's electoral process winding down, VA's Cira Pascual Marquina files this report from the combative, working-class barrio 23 de Enero in western Caracas. Participation, as always in this Chavista bastion, has been positive throughout the day.

#Venezuela #PopularPower #LocalElections

📰 NEWS | Venezuela: Pro-Gov’t Alliance Sweeps Mayoral Contest, Opposition Retains Strongholds

The pro-government Great Patriotic Pole (GPP) secured 280 out of 304 mayoralties, gaining 68 seats compared to 2021, per CNE’s preliminary results.

Opposition parties retained East Caracas municipalities like Chacao, Baruta, and El Hatillo, but lost more than half of their previously held territories. Voter turnout stood at 29%.


📎 Read the full report here: https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuela-pro-govt-alliance-sweeps-mayoral-contest-opposition-retains-strongholds/

#MunicipalElections2025

🗓️ MILESTONE | On July 28, we remember the birth of Hugo Chávez, born in 1954 in Sabaneta, Venezuela.

A revolutionary leader who reshaped the nation’s political landscape, Chávez remains a defining figure in Latin American history and a lasting influence on global struggles for socialism, sovereignty, and social justice.

👉 Find out about his legacy in this infographic: https://venezuelanalysis.com/infographics/15574/

#HugoChavez #Socialism #Venezuela #LatinAmerica

🎙️ Episode 39 of the VA Podcast is out now!

This episode examines the role of Venezuelan communes in socialist construction and anti-imperialist struggle, with guests Chris Gilbert and Cira Pascual Marquina.

Both were guest editors of Monthly Review's latest issue, "Communes in Socialist Construction". The conversation covers the meaning of communes, Marx’s theory of the commune, and the political relevance of the slogan “Commune or Nothing!”

🎧 Watch here: https://youtu.be/u0RyfxgQgfc

#Communes #PopularPower #VAPodcast #AntiImperialism #Venezuela

📑🖊 OPINION | Trump’s Latin American Policies Go South

John Perry and Roger Harris take stock of the Trump administration's Latin America policies and the challenges for leftist governments in the region.

Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua face sanctions, trade barriers, and deportation rollbacks. Despite this, these nations are forging alliances with China, resisting economic pressure, and winning small victories, like Venezuela’s release of 252 citizens from a Salvadoran prison. Meanwhile, Trump’s actions in Brazil and Panama have triggered protests and backlash.

👉🏽 Read the full opinion piece here: https://venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/trumps-latin-american-policies-go-south/

#DonaldTrump #Sanctions #Migration

📰 NEWS | Venezuela Condemns Decades of Occupation and US Complicity, Demands Justice for Palestine at UN

At the UN High-Level Conference on the Question of Palestine, Venezuela reaffirmed its support for Palestinian statehood and denounced decades of Israeli occupation and US complicity. Representing the Group of Friends in Defense of the UN Charter, Venezuelan diplomat Joaquín Pérez called for Palestine’s full UN membership, an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, an end to US vetoes shielding Israel, and a halt to arms transfers.

Caracas also urged accountability for war crimes and proposed a reconstruction plan coordinated with Palestinian authorities. The conference, held in New York, was boycotted by both the US and Israel.

🔗 Read the full report here: https://shorturl.at/aEjnG

#Palestine #UnitedNations

📝 INTERVIEW | Women’s Emancipation through Economic Transformation: A Conversation with Sandra Angeleri

Historian Sandra Angeleri speaks about the legacy of Nora Castañeda, a feminist economist who led one of the Bolivarian Revolution’s most innovative institutions, in her newly published book.

From her early political formation in the barrios of Caracas to her leadership of Banmujer (the Women’s Development Bank), Castañeda pushed for structural change, fighting to include unpaid domestic work in Venezuela’s Constitution and helping to build institutional models that challenged both patriarchy and capitalism.

Her work laid the foundation for economic autonomy among working-class women. 'Banmujer wasn’t just about lending money, it was about collective empowerment,' Angeleri notes.

👉 Follow the link to read the interview: https://shorturl.at/ubpwR

#Banks #Feminism #WomensDevelopmentBank

🎥 VIDEO | Are there US military bases in Guyana?

Venezuela warns of an expanding US military footprint next door, backed by ExxonMobil and disguised as 'security cooperation.'

Here’s what’s at stake.

#Essequibo #Venezuela #Guyana #GuyanaVenezuelaRelations #US

📷 INTERVIEW | Hamudi Abdallah lives in La Vega, a barrio on the hillsides of Caracas, Venezuela. His family was forcibly expelled from Saris, a Palestinian town now in occupied Palestine, by Israeli settler colonialists, and arrived in Venezuela in 1970.

In this interview by Raimi Ravelo, we learn about the Abdallah family's life in this bustling, working-class barrio and the unwavering solidarity between Venezuelans and Palestinians.

Read the interview: https://venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/venezuelan-indeed-but-with-a-palestinian-heart/

#Palestine #Venezuela #Gaza #PalestinianPeople

📰 NEWS | Venezuela: Chevron to Resume Crude Exports Under New Arrangement With PDVSA

The US oil giant will restart shipments from its joint ventures in Venezuela this month under a renewed sanctions waiver, Chevron CEO Mike Wirth confirmed. The company had been limited to maintenance work since May.

Despite US officials claiming Venezuela won’t profit, authorities in Caracas insist joint ventures are still required to pay taxes and royalties. The new arrangement reportedly allows Chevron and PDVSA to sell their respective shares of crude separately.

🔗 Read the full report here: https://shorturl.at/D9x7A

#Chevron #PDVSA #Sanctions

📝 INTERVIEW | Seeds, GMOs and Sovereignty: A Conversation with Esquisa Omaña

Venezuelan researcher and activist Esquisa Omaña takes stock of the country's Seed Law and the struggle for food sovereignty.

Approved in 2015, the Seed Law bans the sowing of GMOs and uniquely recognizes two knowledge systems: certified seeds and those developed by campesino, Indigenous, and Afro-descendant communities.

But a decade later, Omaña warns that the law remains largely unimplemented. The biosecurity commission never took off, and the GMO detection lab remains unopened. As GMO imports continue and local varieties face contamination risks, the law’s vision, to protect agro-biodiversity and campesino knowledge, hangs in the balance.

🔗 Read the full interview here: https://shorturl.at/eGGWP

#FoodSovereignty #GMO #SeedLaw

📰 NEWS | Venezuela: 252 CECOT Migrants Cleared of ‘Tren de Aragua’ Gang Association

An investigation by Venezuelan authorities found that none of the 252 migrants deported to El Salvador’s CECOT prison had any ties to the Tren de Aragua gang. The migrants, sent under a Trump-era policy using the Alien Enemies Act, were held for months without legal access.

One of them, Neiyerver León Rengel, has filed a formal complaint against the US government for wrongful deportation and mistreatment, seeking $1.3 million in damages.

🔗 Read the full report here: https://shorturl.at/2pTdg

#Venezuelanmigrants #HumanRights #DonaldTrump #ElSalvador #TrendeAragua

🎙🔊 PODCAST | The latest Venezuelanalysis episode discusses the role of communes in socialist construction and anti-imperialist struggles.

Communes foster communal exchange over commodities and address racial and patriarchal oppression. Their impact, however, depends on integration into a broader anti-imperialist strategy in the global fight against imperialism, states guest Chris Gilbert.

👉 Watch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0RyfxgQgfc&t=2s

#Communes #Socialism

📰 NEWS | US Denies Reports of Venezuelan Migrant Death at ‘Inhumane’ Alligator Alcatraz Facility

The Department of Homeland Security denied claims that Luis Rivas Velásquez died at the Florida-based ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ migrant detention facility. Rivas’ partner alleges he was denied care despite serious symptoms. His lawyers report he suffered a medical emergency and disappeared for 48 hours amid a hunger strike and poor conditions.

The site, run by Florida’s emergency authorities in partnership with ICE, has drawn scrutiny for overcrowded cages, contaminated food, and lack of medical attention. Rights groups and the family are demanding transparency and proof of life.

🖇️ Full report here: https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/us-denies-reports-of-venezuelan-migrant-death-at-inhumane-alligator-alcatraz-facility/

#humanrights #migration #venezuelanmigrants

📝 INTERVIEW | Afro-Venezuelan Memory, Struggle and Liberation: A Conversation with Fita González

Afro-Venezuelan activist Fita González, talks about maroon resistance has deep roots in Venezuela, and it resonates with the country’s current communal project.

González highlights that 36 self-identified cumbes—autonomous Afro-descendant territories—now operate across 13 states. These communities are reclaiming maroon traditions through grassroots education, communal self-governance, and intersectional organizing. A proposed constitutional reform could formally recognize their collective rights.

🔗 Read the full interview here: https://venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/afro-venezuelan-memory-struggle-and-liberation-a-conversation-with-fita-gonzalez/

📰 NEWS | Venezuela Decries $50M ‘Narcoterrorism’ Bounty on Maduro as ‘Ridiculous Smokescreen’

The Venezuelan government has blasted the US' decision to raise a "narcoterrorism" bounty against President Nicolás Maduro to $50 million.

Caracas labeled the move a "ridiculous smokescreen" as part of baseless accusations to further regime-change narratives.

Read the report: https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuela-decries-50m-narcoterrorism-bounty-on-maduro-as-ridiculous-smokescreen/

#NicolasMaduro #NarcoTerrorism #Venezuela #TrumpAdministration

📰 NEWS | Venezuelan and International Organizations, Intellectuals Demand Release of Activist Martha Lía Grajales

Human rights lawyer and activist Martha Lía Grajales was detained Friday in Caracas after a protest. Witnesses report she was taken in an unmarked vehicle at a police checkpoint. Her location remains unknown. On Monday, around 100 people gathered in La Vega to demand her release.

An online petition calling for her liberation and respect for due process has gathered over 800 signatures, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, writers Miguel Mazzeo and Michael Lowy, and feminist Alba Carosio. Authorities have not commented on her arrest.

On Monday afternoon, the Attorney General’s Office announced that Grajales was charged with incitement of hatred, conspiracy with a foreign government and criminal association. It did not provide further details on the charges.

🔗 Read the full report here 👉 https://shorturl.at/hXDpE

#HumanRights #MarthaLíaGrajales #Surgentes

📰 NEWS | Venezuela Condemns ‘Vile Murder’ of Al Jazeera Journalists, Rejects Israel’s Gaza Occupation Plan

Venezuela condemned the killing of five Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza by an Israeli airstrike, calling it a 'war crime' and urging decisive international action.

Caracas also rejected Israel’s plan to occupy Gaza, calling for Palestine to be recognized as a full UN member with East Jerusalem as its capital, restoration of the 1967 borders, and the safe return of all Palestinians.

🔗 Read the full report here: https://shorturl.at/dHwfC

#Gaza #Palestine

📝 INTERVIEW | Esquisa Omaña: ‘Agroecology Is the Alternative to the Climate and Civilization Collapse’

In the latest VA interview, Venezuelan biologist and ecologist Esquisa Omaña, a researcher at the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC) and doctoral candidate in Agrarian Social Studies at the University of Córdoba (Argentina), discusses agroecology as a grassroots alternative to agribusiness. She is also active in the GMO-Free Venezuela Campaign and the Pueblo a Pueblo Plan.

'Agroecology or nothing,' states Omaña, stressing that only community-based farming rooted in Indigenous and Afro-descendant traditions can confront the climate and civilization collapse. She points to rotational conuco agriculture and initiatives like Pueblo a Pueblo, which supplies 100 tons of food monthly to schools, as proof that local models can feed people while challenging corporate control of food systems.

🔗 Read the full interview here: https://shorturl.at/zWvmQ

#Agroecology #ClimateChange #PuebloaPueblo

📰 NEWS | Venezuelans Reject US Military Threats, ‘Narcoterrorism’ Allegations in Anti-Imperialist March

Thousands joined the 'Great Anti-Imperialist March' in Caracas and other cities to reject US threats and the $50M bounty on President Maduro. The Trump administration accuses Maduro of ties to criminal groups, but has provided no court-tested evidence.

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said her government has 'no proof' of such links, while Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro condemned possible US military action in Latin America.

🔗 Read the full report here: https://shorturl.at/IlELJ

#AntiImperialism #Chavismo #NicolasMaduro