Venezuelanalysis.com
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| Available in | English |
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| Created by | Gregory Wilpert |
| Website | www |
| Alexa rank |
 728,270 (Global, September 2015) |
| Commercial | No |
| Launched | September 2003 |
| Current status | Active |
| IP address | 193.96.188.208 |
Venezuelanalysis.com is a left-leaning, pro-Bolivarian Revolution news website. Its founder Gregory Wilpert said in 2007 that the site had received funding from the Venezuelan government along with grassroots donations, and had mutual support agreements with other groups, such as Green Left Weekly. According to the website (2014), it relies entirely on reader donations.
Greg Wilpert founded the website in 2003 with Martin Sanchez, one of the founders of Aporrea.org, a pro-Chavez website, who set up the "technical side" of the site. The set up of Venezuelanalysis.com was also aided by the Venezuelan government.
In 2008 after Wilpert's wife was named Consul General of Venezuela in New York by the Chávez government, the two moved to New York City. Wilpert continued to work as the main editor of the website until 2009, though he still serves on its board of directors. That year,, Venezuela Analysis, Inc. was registered as a domestic not-for-profit corporation in New York State.
Venezuelanalysis.com says it is a "project of Venezuela Analysis, Inc., which is registered as a non-profit organization in New York State and of the Fundación para la Justicia Económica Global, which is registered in Caracas, Venezuela".
Gregory Wilpert, founder and editor, describes the website as providing, "a left social movement perspective on the Bolivarian Revolution in the English language. It's a fairly rare perspective, in that it is clearly pro-Bolivarian Revolution, but also critical of some aspects from a leftist perspective." The Global Post described Wilpert as "perhaps the most prominent Chavista." Wilpert's wife Carol Delgado was named Consul General of Venezuela in New York in 2008.
According to Venezuelanalysis.com, "as of early 2008 its writers are all working on the site from their homes in various places in Venezuela, with volunteers contributing from around world." The website also lists contributors from England, Australia, and the US with a mix of activist and academic credentials, including authors Eva Golinger and Nikolas Kozloff, who periodically contribute to the site.
In 2007, Wilpert stated the site had received "some funding" from the Venezuelan government's Ministry of Culture, in addition to accepting "grassroots donations". He also indicated that Venezuelanalysis.com had "mutual support agreements" with the groups Green Left Weekly, Alia2, and "briefly" with TeleSUR, along with other organizations. Venezuelanalysis.com has also used the Center for Economic and Policy Research as their only source of economic indicators for their website since 2007. Since at least 2010, the majority of Venezuelanalysis' "Fact Sheets" information is disseminated directly from the Venezuelan government's Venezuela Information Office.
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