The legacy of Hugo Chavez: part 4
Mr Chavez placed a great emphasis on providing financial and medical aid to the rest of Latin America, bolstered by the profits produced by the Venezuela oil industry. In the first eight months of 2007 alone, Venezuela spent $8.8 billion in doing so, something which was simply unprecedented for a Latin American country in terms of scale. In 2007 when…
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The legacy of Hugo Chavez: part 3
The foundation stone of Mr Chavez’s presidency was the Bolivarian Revolution: his ambitious plan to turn Venezuela into a socialist state. His sincere dedication to improve the miserable condition of the poor people, traditionally ignored and marginalised by Latin American politicians, made him a hero among a large sector of the population. As a resu…
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The legacy of Hugo Chavez: part 2
Mr Chavez spent two years in prison before being granted a pardon. In 1997, he re-launched his party as the Movement of the Fifth Republic and made the transition from soldier to politician. In 1998, riding a wave of popular resentment at the traditional political elite, he caused a seismic tremor in Venezuelan politics to win the presidency. Since th…
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The legacy of Hugo Chavez: part 1
THE charismatic leader of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, died last Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. He was only 58. The former army paratrooper first came to prominence as a leader of a failed coup in February 1992, to overthrow the government of president Carlos Andres Perez amid growing anger at economic austerity measures. He and a group of fello…
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Environment in distress
For the last three decades scientists and world leaders have been trying to cope with the consequences of exponential growth in human numbers and the increasingly frantic demands for the resources that only nature can provide. They have been working to save threatened species from extinction and to give the natural process of our world the chance to …
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Women’s Bank
The goals of VISION 2021, joining the ranks of middle-income countries by the 50th anniversary of independence of Bangladesh, cannot be achieved without emancipation of women. The government has given priority to women empowerment in all the development programmes. One of such efforts is the introduction of the National Women Development Policy 2011. …
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The hidden danger of climate change
Climate change is just one of the destructive forces to blight south-western Bangladesh. Naturally occurring events (which are independent of climate change), and poor governance, are also weighing heavily on this troubled region. In order to effectively combat the destructive processes that combine to shape this corner of South Asia it is crucial th…
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