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Friday, September 28, 2007

Pictures of the Transbarca Trolley 

I decided to give ow and the comments section a break with a new post, just adding info on the mass transit system for the fourth/fifth city in Venezuela.



More pictures and maps here

SCC

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# posted by Flanker : 10:36 AM

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Venezuela - Background Information




Key Posts



• Public Housing Venezuelan Style - an inside look at Venezuelan public housing


• Mercal in El Valle - a look inside the Mercal discount stores


• How does he do it - one reason why Chavez is so popular


• How does he do it - Part II - updated numbers on why Chavez is so popular


• One big reason why they hate Chavez - the tax man cometh


• Chavez fights poverty and succeeds - Analysis of Venezuelan poverty statistics


• Chavez fights poverty and succeeds Part II - Additional analysis of Venezuelan poverty statistics


• Chavez fights poverty and succeeds Part III - Additional analysis of Venezuelan poverty statistics



Outside links with background information



• PBS Frontline - Good introduction of events up through the 2002/2003 Strike by a Venezuelan Journalist


• Carter Center Venezuela Page - background and election observation reports



Venezuela - English



• Venezuela News & Commentary - good analysis and in depth articles


• BoRev.net - Unmasking distorted media coverage of Venezuela


• Venezuela Information Office - Excellent source of background information


• VHeadline - E-newspaper with extensive archives


• Documents on US involvement in April 11 coup


• Cowboy in Caracas - Essays by Charles Hardy


• Venezuela Solidarity Committee - UK - for those in Britian


• The Daily Journal



Venezuela - Spanish



• Soberania.org - Analysis Regarding Venezuelan Oil Industry


• Aporrea.org - Great grassroots site


• Lubrio Blog - good Venezuelan blog


• Everything Hydrocarbons


• Venezuela en Videos - Excellent background videos and documentaries


• I.N.E. - National Institute of Statistics



Venezuelan News Sources -All Spanish



• Radio Nacional de Venenezuela


• Panorama Digital - Newspaper from Maracaibo, Venezuela


• Ultimas Noticias - Best and most balanced newspaper in Venezuela - subscription required



Venezuela - Opposition Blogs



• Caracas Chronicles


• PMB Comments - Bi-lingual bog



Venezuela - Opposition News Sites



• El Universal - Newspaper (Spanish)


• Union Radio Web Site - Up to the minute news (Spanish)


• Analitica.com - Short opposition opinion pieces - good archives (Spanish)


• Noticiero Digital - Extremist Opposition opinion site (Spanish)


• Petroleum World - Focus on Ven Oil Industry (English)



Iraq War



• AntiWar.com


• The price paid for war - the numbers


• The price paid for war - the faces


• UnFairWitness


• Today in Iraq



Oil Blogs



• The Oil Drum - the peak oil crowd hangout


• Peak Oil Blog - just what the name implies



Yahoo Full Coverage



• Venezuela


• Iraq


• Oil and Gas



Sites I Read and Recommend



• American Leftist


• A Tiny Revolution


• Helzerman.com


• Latin American News Review


• Barquisimeto.com


• The Digital Revolution


• News of the Restless


• DailyKos


• The Heart of the Beast


• A View to the South


• Americans for Chavez - excellent links section


• Gringo in Venezuela - first hand news accounts and interesting photo section


• DenisDeKat's Symposium



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