Jorge Martin

Is Venezuela on the Verge of a Social Explosion?

Marxist analyst Jorge Martin examines the causes, responses and solution to Venezuela’s current economic crisis.

Demonstrators push police's shields as they protest Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro near the attorney generals office in Caracas, Venezuela, July 18, 2018. The previous night, former presidential candidate and opposition leader Henrique Capriles called on the country's political forces to reorganize in order to cope with the South American country's hyperinflation, and lack of food and medicine. Fernando Llano | AP

The aggravation of the economic crisis is making life unbearable for working people in Venezuela. The destruction of the purchasing power of wages has been combined with the collapse of all basic infrastructure (water, electricity and public transport). Workers in different sectors have started to organize and protest, demanding higher wages; while

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Maduro Won Venezuela’s Election Despite US Meddling, Now What?

Thus far, Maduro and the Bolivarian leadership have been unable or unwilling to implement the necessary measures to deal with Venezuela’s economic crisis.

Supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gather outside the government-controlled National Electoral Council in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, May 2, 2018. Maduro was officially declared winner of the presidential election. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

Nicolas Maduro was re-elected for another term of office in the Venezuelan presidential election on Sunday 20 May. The majority of the reactionary opposition, with full support from Washington and Brussels, had called for a boycott, which led to a very low turnout in the middle-and-upper-class areas of the main cities. Their demand that the

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