Venezuela: Without Liberals, There Is No Liberalism

It is unclear to me what exact definition of "liberalism" they are using, but it sure isn't the current American one. One of the clearest examples in the text:

"Teaching at the university level is highly influenced by Marxist thinking and, in the case of economics, Keynesianism. Liberal alternatives are marginal, at best relegated to elective courses. Private and public universities seemingly differ in their approaches, but both ignore liberalism. Private universities are Keynesian, while government universities are mainly socialist."

Marxism, Keynesianism, and socialism would be liberal/progressive positions in the US.

Given the odds of the submitter of a story to HN being an American-style liberal... are you sure this says what you think it says, jeffreyrogers? This sounds like classical liberalism, which is now definitely conservative by US terminology, although it may have other spins on the ideas too.