Gregory Wilpert

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Gregory Wilpert
Venezuela Analysis
SpouseCarol Delgado Arria
Websitegregwilpert.net
venezuelanalysis.com

Gregory Wilpert is a German activist and founder of

Venezuelanalysis.com, a website supportive of Hugo Chávez's Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela.[1] He has been described as "perhaps the most prominent Chavista".[2] He is currently an editor at the Institute for New Economic Thinking.[3]

Education

In 1988, Wilpert graduated from

UC-San Diego with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology. He later graduated with a doctorate in sociology from Brandeis University in 1994.[4]

Career

Venezuelanalysis.com

Further information:
Venezuelanalysis.com

In 2000, Wilpert moved to Caracas, Venezuela, with his Venezuelan wife, Carol Delgado.

Green Left Weekly described Venezuelanalysis as the "leading English language source of information on the [Bolivarian] revolution".[6]

In 2007, Wilpert's book Changing Venezuela by Taking Power: The History and Politics of the Chavez Government was published by Verso Books.[6]

In 2008, Wilpert and Delgado moved to New York, as Delgado began to serve as

Consul General of Venezuela in New York.[7]
Wilpert continued to work as the main editor of the website until 2009, though he still serves on its board of directors.[4]

Following the death of Hugo Chávez in March 2013, Wilpert and Eva Golinger appeared in a Democracy Now! segment, in which Wilpert praised Chávez's achievements in reducing poverty and increasing participatory democracy, criticised his response to crime.[8][non-primary source needed]

TeleSUR

In 2014, his wife moved to Quito, Ecuador to serve as the Venezuelan Ambassador to Ecuador.

TeleSUR, a state-run media company primarily funded by the Venezuelan government.[7]

The Real News Network

From February 2016 until March 2018, Wilpert worked as a producer for The Real News Network first in Quito, Ecuador and later in Baltimore, MD.[7][9]

Personal life

In 1997, Wilpert married Carol Delgado Arria, a government official who served various roles in Hugo Chávez's administration.[7][10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tackling Institutions One By One: An Interview With Gregory Wilpert". Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2021. Gregory Wilpert said that Martin Sanchez worked on the "technical side" of setting up Venezuelanalysis. Also available at Znet.
  2. Global Post. Archived from the original
    on 13 November 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  3. ^ "INET Staff". Institute for New Economic Thinking. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  4. ^
    Venezuelanalysis.com
    . Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  5. ^ Rohter, Larry (25 June 2010). "Oliver Stone's Latin America". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  6. ^ a b Butler, Simon (9 September 2008). "Venezuela: a revolution in motion". Green Left. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d "Ecuador Elections Appear Headed Towards Run-off". The Real News Network. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  8. Democracy Now
    . 11 March 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Gregory Wilpert". The Real News Network. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  10. ^ Wilpert, Gregory (1 July 2010). "New York Times to Oliver Stone". Zcommunications.org. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
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