The workers of Sanitarios Maracay, a company in Aragua, Venezuela, which has been occupied and run under workers' control for more than 5 months, have been subject to brutal repression today, Tuesday, April 24 as they were travelling by bus to Caracas in order to participate in a national march in defence of workers' control and the process of expropriations launched by president Chavez in 2005.

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Venezuela President Hugo Chávez took another step on Thursday in the formation of the Unified Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). The President presided over the swearing in of thousands of new "promoters" of the party at an event in Caracas.

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Almost 30 people attended the HoV seminar at the Helsinki Social Forum in Finland on Sunday the 22nd. The discussion revolved around how to respond to the picture of Venezuela given in the mainstream media, the crises of Venezuelan capitalism and the sabotage of the economy by the capitalists.

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A very successful event was organised in Stockholm by HOV, together with the Young Left and the Social Democratic Club for Youth in the Unions, to celebrate the defeat of the coup in 2002.

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With the recent departure of Financial Times correspondent Andrew Webb-Vidal from his post in Caracas, now is as good a time as ever to review Webb-Vidal’s partisan and sometimes erroneous coverage, in hopes that the Financial Times will turn over a new leaf in its future reporting of the country.

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On the night of the fifth anniversary of President Chávez's return to power, Hands Off Venezuela gathered supporters in central London to celebrate the defeat of the April 13th coup d'etat, with music, video and live performance.

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For the fifth anniversary of the defeat of the April 11-13 coup attempt, the most complete account of what happened and an examination of the most pressing questions around the events of those days.

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Britain's journalists pledged support yesterday for the Bolivarian Revolution with a near-unanimous vote to "build solidarity with the new progressive media in Venezuela, such as Vive, Telesur, Avila, Aporrea, VenezuelAnalysis and Diario Vea."

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