http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/venezuela Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:21:46 -0400 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:21:46 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1108/social-change-in-venezuela By Alex Serafimov - This study will show that, at a national level, there is a process of innovative democratic structures being set up. For example, 30,000 Communal Councils and over 60,000 workers’ cooperatives have been established and tentative steps towards workers’ self-management have been made. On a regional level, Venezuela has been central in implementing and hosting new international institutions. One example is the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA),1 a heterodox political, economic and social cooperative organisation innovatively including social movements in its decision... Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:00 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1108/social-change-in-venezuela http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/218/human-rights-and-radical-social-change-liberalism-marxism-and-progressive-populism-in-venezuela By Tillman Clark - “Human rights” is a concept so deeply intertwined into the modern discourse that it seems almost impossible to question it or refer to any standard beyond it. The problematic nature of this issue is not so much that people have different conceptions of “human rights”--”right” is pretty straightforward in theory, considering the “right to free speech,” the “right to freedom of association,” the “right to property,” or the “right to a minimal means of subsistence”--but instead the way in which they mask particular... Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:46 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/218/human-rights-and-radical-social-change-liberalism-marxism-and-progressive-populism-in-venezuela http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1297/a-tale-of-two-countries-lessons-from-the-latin-quest-for-the-balance-of-equity-progress-and-freedom By Francis J. Pedraza - In 1917 foreign oil companies came to Venezuela to start drilling in the shallow waters of Lake Maracaibo.1 By 1928 Venezuela had emerged as the world’s top oil exporter, and this touched off a wider economic boom.2 Visionaries saw an opportunity to turn a profit outside the oil sector by laying the foundations of a modern economy. Standard Oil heir Nelson Rockefeller, for example, founded the International Basic Economy Corporation (IBEC) to channel venture capital into Venezuelan fishing, agriculture, and supermarkets.3 Local businessmen were invited to become shareholders to “teach... Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1297/a-tale-of-two-countries-lessons-from-the-latin-quest-for-the-balance-of-equity-progress-and-freedom