Tag Archives: Chavez

Machado and Republicans: a bit of history

Posted on January 9, 2026 by borderslynn

2005 President George W. Bush welcomes María Corina Machado, the founder and executive director of Súmate, an “independent democratic civil society group” (directly funded by the U.S government) in Venezuela, to the Oval Office Tuesday Years Exxon was extracting oil … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 2002, 2005, Chavez, ExxonMobil, George H Bush, Machado, nationalising oil industry, Súmate, US intervention, venezuela | Leave a comment

Incarceration and gang culture

Posted on May 7, 2025 by borderslynn

In 1992 Venezuela was the richest country in the Western Hemisphere., due to its massive oil reserves, drilled by American oil companies. Below, an extract from the BBC obituary of Chavez, 5 March 2013 Father’ Fidel With his fiery revolutionary … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Chavez

Machado and Republicans: a bit of history

Incarceration and gang culture

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