Venezuela Crisis Resources

Venezuela is in the process of implementing what President Hugo Chavez calls "21st century socialism."

With the announcement yesterday of plans for nationalizing the telecom and electricity sectors and pulling the central bank's autonomy, he has started what appears to be the first in a new wave of radical economic policies aimed at creating a fully socialist economy. 

Latin Business Chronicle has compiled this guide to useful resources on the Venezuelan crisis.

We have divided the resources into categories Commentary & Analysis, News, Special Reports and Other Resources.

SPECIAL REPORTS

• Venezuela: Chavez Forever?
  Latin Business Chronicle, June 19, 2007
• Venezuela Outlook: Q&A
  Latin Business Chronicle, June 19, 2007
• Venezuela: What Should US Do?
  Latin Business Chronicle, June 19, 2007
• GDP Outlook 2008: Venezuela Worst, Panama Best
  Latin Business Chronicle, April 16, 2007
• Inflation: Venezuela Worst, Peru Best
  Latin Business Chronicle, April 16, 2007
• Chavez International: An Overview
  Latin Business Chronicle, April 2, 2007
• Venezuela-US Trade Boom
  Latin Business Chronicle, Feb. 20, 2007 
• Venezuela: High Real Estate Demand
  Latin Business Chronicle, Feb. 20, 2007 
• Venezuela: State Grows, But At Huge Cost
  Latin Business Chronicle, Feb. 12, 2007 
• Venezuela: Boom or Bust?
  Latin Business Chronicle, Jan. 29, 2007 
• Venezuela Outlook: More Chaveznomics
  Latin Business Chronicle, Dec.4, 2007 
• Inflation Forecast:  Venezuela Worse
  Latin Business Chronicle, Nov.7, 2006  
• Chaveznomics: Venezuela's Private Sector Under Siege
  Latin Business Chronicle, Sept. 12, 2005
• Venezuela Oil Impact on US
  Latin Business Chronicle, Aug. 17, 2005

COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS

• Beware Chavez' 21st Century Socialism
  Latin Business Chronicle, April 2, 2007
• Chavez vs Bush: The Real Story
  Latin Business Chronicle, March 19, 2007
• Venezuela 2017: Chavez Creates Mega-Company
  Latin Business Chronicle, March 19, 2007
• What's is the Problem with Chavez?
  Latin Business Chronicle, March 12, 2007
• Hugo Chavez: A Test for U.S. Policy (PDF)
  Inter-American Dialogue, March 8, 2007
• Hugo Chavez's March to Dictatorship
  NewsMax.com, March 8, 2007
• Venezuela: Ignoring Chavez's Plan
  Latin Business Chronicle, March 5, 2007
• Venezuela: Misunderstood Revolution
  Latin Business Chronicle, March 5, 2007
• Venezuela's Uncertain Future
  Latin Business Chronicle, Feb. 20, 2007
• Price Controls and Inflation
  Latin Business Chronicle, Feb. 12, 2007
• Venezuela: Wiped Out!
  VenEconomy editorial republished in Latin Business Chronicle, February 5, 2007.
• Venezuela: More Corruption & Inefficiency
  Latin Business Chronicle, Jan. 15, 2007
• Venezuela: Instability & Isolation
  Latin Business Chronicle, Jan. 15, 2007
• Venezuela: Laying Waste to Everything
  Latin Business Chronicle, Jan. 15, 2007
• 21st Century Socialism or Venezuela 1957?
  Latin Business Chronicle, Jan. 8, 2007
• Way Back Socialism Caracas Chronicles, Jan. 9, 2007
• Latin America's Nationalist Mistakes
  Latin Business Chronicle, Jan. 8, 2007
• Chavez accelerates Venezuela's socialist revolution
  Reuters, Jan. 8, 2007
• It's Official: Venezuela becomes a dictatorship
  Venezuela Today, Jan.8,2007
• XXI Century Socialism According to Hugo Chavez Vcrisis, Jan.8, 2007
• Corruption, Mismanagement and Abuse of Power in Hugo Chavez's Venezuela Gustavo Coronel, Cato Institute, November 27, 2006 (PDF)
• Ratliff: Chavez and the Fascist left in Latin America
  Latin Business Chronicle, Nov.19, 2006
• Purcell: Bad Representative Latin Business Chronicle, Nov.6, 2006
• Sabino: Venezuelan Expansionism
  Latin Business Chronicle, Aug. 14, 2006
• Palma:  Venezuela Problems Ahead
  Latin Business Chronicle, Aug. 9, 2006
• Chavez Unmasked Latin Business Chronicle, Aug. 9, 2006 

NEWS

• Venezuela May Control Food Distribution
  Washington Post (AP), February 11, 2007
  Cuba and Venezuela Most Repressed
  Latin Business Chronicle, January 22, 2007
• Chavez's Nationalization Plans Rocks Venezuela Markets
  Bloomberg, Jan.9, 2007
• Chavez Moves to Nationalize Two Industries
  The New York Times, Jan. 9, 2007
• Chavez Moves Venezuela toward socialism
  BusinessWeek, Jan. 9, 2007
• Venezuelan Bonds Decline on Chavez's Plans for Nationalization 
  Bloomberg, Jan. 9, 2007
• Chávez to nationalise telecoms, power  Financial Times, Jan. 8, 2007

MORE RESOURCES

• Venezuela Country Brief Latin Business Chronicle 
• Venezuela Page Latin Business Chronicle

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