On December 7th R. Douglas MacDonald wrote an interesting letter on the constitutional referendum in which he mentions Alan Woods’ article on the same. He raises the question “that the revised constitution could have permitted Chavez to be elected president for life” and this may have been an important factor. Alan Woods replies to this, reiterating the fact that the Chavez electorate are dissatisfied with the slow pace of the revolution and discontented with the results.
The Salvadorean newspaper Diario CoLatino has dedicated its weekly supplement
Perspectivas to balance-sheet of the defeat of the constitutional
reform in Venezuela, publishing in two pages the article by Alan Woods. Diario CoLatino has a circulation of around 35,000 copies and is the most
widely read newspaper amongst left wing activists in the country, in
the FMLN, the trade union and the student and peoples' movement. A few
weeks ago, Diario CoLatino also published the analysis of the Argentinean
elections by the comrades of the Corriente Socialista El Militante,
showing the impact of and interest for Marxist ideas in the country.
On Friday, December 7th, Al Jazeera's programme The Listening Post
analysed the world's media biased coverage of the constitutional reform
referendum. Amongst those interviewed was Alan Woods, founder of Hands
Off Venezuela.