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Prime Minister Gonsalves says Chavez’s death has left ‘a void’
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves Wednesday joined his Caribbean Community (CARICOM) colleagues in acknowledging that the death of Venezuela’s president Hugo Chavez has left a void and many of his tasks unfinished. “Those of us who have been toiling with him and the Bolivarian movement in the vineyard of our people’s movement, materially, socially and…
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Adios, Chavez
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Like others in this hemisphere and around the world, people in Trinidad and Tobago were naturally drawn to the larger-than-life figure of drama and colour projected by the late president Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. His geopolitical influence and ambitions thrust way beyond the boundaries of the republic he dominated for 14 years, reaching even intimately…
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Bharath: Chavez death will not impact trade with T&T
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's death on Tuesday is unlikely to have any impact on trade between that country and Trinidad and Tobago, Trade Minister Vasant Bharath said yesterday. In a telephone interview with the Express, Bharath said he met with new Venezuelan Ambassador Coromoto Godoy Calderon last week to discuss the possibility of a T&T…
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Chávez’s death brings hope, uncertainty to oil patch
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Venezuela's oil production is poised to reverse a dramatic decline that has seen exports fall by nearly half during Hugo Chávez's time as president. Following Chávez's death Tuesday, Venezuela, which is a member of OPEC and sits on the world's second-largest oil reserves, faces near-term political uncertainty that could bring further turmoil to its oil industry. And…
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Will Chávez’s Latin American legacy continue?
Hugo Chávez was a perpetual thorn in the side of the United States, sounding a constant drumbeat of anti-U.S. rhetoric and urging his Latin American compatriots to forge an independent, Washington-less path. And he drove home his points by force of personality and generosity with Venezuela’s oil wealth. He formed and was the driving force behind regional alliances, was an…
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Chavez legacy: a polarised society
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – From the time in 1992 when, as a lieutenant colonel paratrooper in the Venezuelan army, he attempted a coup on the Carlos Andres Peres government, to being constitutionally elected just seven years later, Hugo Chavez as a political figure could not be ignored. His fervent supporters, amongst those who were socially dispossessed and historically discriminated…
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Latin America After Chávez
HISTORY will affirm, justifiably, the role Hugo Chávez played in the integration of Latin America, and the significance of his 14-year presidency to the poor people of Venezuela, where he died on Tuesday after a long struggle with cancer. However, before history is allowed to dictate our interpretation of the past, we must first have a clear understanding of Mr.…
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EDITORIAL – Life after Chávez
KINGSTON, Jamaica – AS WRENCHING as it may still have been for his mass of supporters around the world, few could claim that Tuesday's death of Hugo Chávez, the charismatic and controversial president of Venezuela, had been entirely unexpected. There was a sense that statements in recent days by his deputy, Nicolas Maduro, about the deteriorated state of Chávez's health…
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UWI panel on Chavez today
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Interim President of Venezuela Nicholas Maduro may likely win the upcoming election following the death of Hugo Chavez and his approach may be the same as Chavez’s, says Dr Mark Kirton of UWI’s Institute of International Relations. He spoke yesterday ahead of today’s panel discussion on Chavez by the institute. The midday discussion also features…
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