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If you're interested in a more narrative take on Caracas' slums and how Chavez's policies contributed to their rise, the New Yorker carried a fantastic essay on the topic a few months back [1]

1: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/01/28/130128fa_fact_...

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Isn't that the piece of US propaganda mentioned explicitly in the article, part of the reason why the author had a hard time getting access?

Given that we're constantly influenced by US media, why not link to something most people haven't been exposed to, like http://venezuelanalysis.com ?

(Obviously movements take many years and evolve, but it'd be awesome if the Occupy movement were so abnormally fast that people took over entire financial buildings.)

http://caracaschronicles.com/ is another interesting venezuelan blog, which also has the advantage of NOT being the english language mouthpiece of the venezuelan state.

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