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The truth about Venezuela
BEN CHACKO recommends a handy pamphlet that demonstrates how US opposition to Maduro has systematically distorted our perception of the country and the continuity of its revolution
Mural: "Chavez: I swear my vote goes to Maduro" [Wilfredor/CC]

Maduro: A decade Continuing Chavez’s Socialist Anti-imperialist Struggle
Francisco Dominguez, GFTU, £2

THIS pamphlet published by the General Federation of Trade Unions is a handy overview of Venezuela’s last decade.

When Hugo Chavez, the dynamic founder of the Bolivarian Revolution, died in 2013, ruling-class circles in the United States believed Venezuela’s socialist experiment would quickly unravel. 

Venezuela Solidarity Campaign secretary Francisco Dominguez shows how wrong they were.

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