19 years ago, on February 27th 1989, a spontaneous uprising on the streets of Venezuela as a direct result of IMF polices was violently repressed. In what became known as the Caracazo, thousands were murdered by the government of Carlos Andrés Pérez. To commemorate this crucial event in the history of the Bolivarian Revolution, here we re-publish the following article, originally available on CounterPunch this time last year.

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez continued to focus on the nation's agricultural production detailing the government policies that are resulting in higher national food production, during his Sunday TV and radio program Aló Presidente.

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The maximum compensation Exxon should receive for its nationalized stake in the Orinoco River belt project is $1.2 billion, which is a tenth of Exxon's claim to $12 billion of PDVSA's assets, which were temporarily frozen, said Venezuelan Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Rafael Ramírez, on Thursday.

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In the face of the empire's counterrevolutionary campaign United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) manifests its support for the Bolivarian government and Commandante Chavez.

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