Venezuela Analysis

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History

Greg Wilpert founded the website in 2003 with Martin Sanchez, one of the founders of Aporrea.org, a pro-Chávez website, who set up the "technical side" of the site. The set up of Venezuelanalysis.com was also aided by the Venezuelan government. ''Venezuelanalysis'' describes itself as "an independent website produced by individuals who are dedicated to disseminating news and analysis about the current political situation in Venezuela." Its stated objective is "to provide a counter-narrative to mainstream media coverage of the Bolivarian Revolution, based on the perspective of leftist and grassroots movements in Venezuela." Wilpert described this perspective as "clearly pro-Bolivarian Revolution, but also critical of some aspects from a leftist perspective."

In 2008, after Wilpert's wife was named Consul General of Venezuela in New York by the Hugo Chávez government, the couple moved to New York City. Wilpert continued to work as the main editor of the website until 2009, and is a member of its board of directors. In 2009, Venezuela Analysis, Inc. was registered as a domestic not-for-profit corporation in New York State.

Organization

Venezuelanalysis.com says it is a "project of Venezuela Analysis, Inc., which is registered as a non-profit organization in New York State and of the ''Fundación para la Justicia Económica Global'', which is registered in Caracas, Venezuela."

Personnel

Gregory Wilpert and Martin Sánchez co-founded the Venezuelanalysis site in September 2003. Wilpert was the site's main editor for six years, until 2009, and is a member of the site's board of directors. The Global Post described Wilpert as "perhaps the most prominent Chavista." Wilpert's wife Carol Delgado was named Consul General of Venezuela in New York in 2008.

According to Venezuelanalysis, "as of early 2008 its writers are all working on the site from their homes in various places in Venezuela, with volunteers contributing from around the world." The website has contributors from England, Australia, and the US with a mix of activist and academic credentials, including authors Nikolas Kozloff, who periodically contributes to the site, and Eva Golinger. As of 2019 the site's staff consists of Gregory Wilpert, Jan Kühn, Rachael Boothroyd, Lucas Koerner, Jeanette Charles, Katrina Kozarek, Paul Dobson, Cira Pascual Marquina and Ricardo Vaz.

Funding and support

In 2007, Wilpert stated the site had received "some funding" from the Venezuelan government's Ministry of Culture, in addition to "grassroots donations." At that time, Venezuelanalysis had "mutual support agreements" with ''Green Left Weekly'', Alia2, TeleSUR and others.

Up to February 2014, Venezuelanalysis' 'about' page stated that its "Web server services and bandwidth is donated by Aporrea.org, a larger site maintained by grassroots groups in Venezuela" and as of April 2014, the website said that Venezuelanalysis "depend 100% on reader donations and receive no funding from any governments."

Reception

Venezuelanalysis.com is "pro-Bolivarian Revolution." In Al-Jazeera, its contributor Nikolas Kozloff called it "a website sympathetic to the Chavez government." Other sources say it is "left-leaning." In a May 2004 wire concerning the Venezuelan government's use of Bolivarian propaganda, the United States government placed Venezuelanalysis.com on a list of websites that the Venezuelan government allegedly used to "spread its war on the oligarchy, neoliberalism, the United States government, and the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas." According to Brian Nelson, author of ''The Silence and the Scorpion'', Venezuelanalysis.com performs "damage control" for the Venezuelan government and "tried to discredit virtually every independent human rights study" while Hugo Chávez was in office as part of "an integral part of Venezuela’s propaganda complex," according to Venezuelan government sources.

References

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External links

Venezuelanalysis.com

Bolivarian Revolution
Venezuelan political websites
Propaganda in Venezuela
Hugo Chávez