Venezuelanalysis

Greg Wilpert founded the website in 2003 with Martin Sanchez, one of the founders of the pro-Chávez website Aporrea. Sanchez set up the technical side of the site and Wilpert worked on editing.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214162724/http://venezuelanalysis.com/about |archive-date= 14 February 2012|title=About venezuelanalysis.com |url= http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/about |publisher=venezuelanalysis.com |access-date= 13 May 2015}} The set up of Venezuelanalysis was also aided by the Venezuelan government.{{cite news|last1=Rohter|first1=Larry|title=Oliver Stone's Latin America|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/26/movies/26stone.html?_r=3|access-date=22 September 2015|work=The New York Times|date=25 June 2010|author1-link=Larry Rohter}} Venezuelanalysis describes itself as "an independent website produced by individuals who are dedicated to disseminating news and analysis about the current political situation in Venezuela." Its stated objective is "to provide a counter-narrative to mainstream media coverage of the Bolivarian Revolution, based on the perspective of leftist and grass-roots movements in Venezuela." Wilpert described this perspective as "clearly pro-Bolivarian Revolution, but also critical of some aspects from a leftist perspective".

In 2008, Wilpert moved to New York with his wife, who had been appointed as Venezuela's Consul General to the United States.{{cite web|title=Ecuador Elections Appear Headed Towards Run-off|url=http://therealnews.com/t2/story:18440:Ecuador-Elections-Appear-Headed-Towards-Run-off|website=The Real News Network|access-date=27 June 2017|language=en-gb|date=21 February 2017}} Wilpert continued to work as the main editor of the website until 2009, and is a member of its board of directors.{{cite web|title=About venezuelanalysis.com|url=https://venezuelanalysis.com/about|website=Venezuelanalysis.com|access-date=27 June 2017|language=en}} In 2009, Venezuela Analysis, Inc. was registered as a domestic not-for-profit corporation in New York State.{{Cite web|url = http://appext20.dos.ny.gov/corp_public/CORPSEARCH.ENTITY_INFORMATION?p_nameid=3865097&p_corpid=3856907&p_entity_name=venezuela%20analysis&p_name_type=A&p_search_type=BEGINS&p_srch_results_page=0|title = Entity Information: VENEZUELA ANALYSIS, INC|date = 16 September 2009|access-date = 22 May 2015|website = Corporation and Business Entity Database|publisher = NYS Department of State, Division of Corporations}}

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Venezuelanalysis 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."{{cite web |url=http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/about |title=About venezuelanalysis.com |publisher=venezuelanalysis.com |access-date= 26 April 2014}}

Gregory Wilpert and Martin Sánchez co-founded the Venezuelanalysis site in September 2003. Wilpert was the site's main editor for six years, until 2009, and is a member of the site's board of directors. The Global Post described Wilpert as "perhaps the most prominent Chavista."{{cite web|url=http://www.globalpost.com/passport/newsmaker-interview/091124/gregory-wilpert-chavez-defender|title=Gregory Wilpert: Chavez defender|author=Devereux, Charlie|date=2 December 2009|work=Global Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113160421/http://www.globalpost.com/passport/newsmaker-interview/091124/gregory-wilpert-chavez-defender|archive-date=13 November 2010|access-date=13 May 2015}} Wilpert's wife Carol Delgado was named Consul General of Venezuela in New York in 2008.{{cite web |url= http://www.zcommunications.org/new-york-times-to-oliver-stone-by-gregory-wilpert |title= New York Times to Oliver Stone |author= Wilpert, Gregory | date= 1 July 2010 |access-date= 9 May 2012 |publisher= Zcommunications.org}}

Venezuelanalysis wrote that "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 the world." The website has contributors from England, Australia, and the US with a mix of activist and academic credentials, including authors Nikolas Kozloff, who periodically contributes to the site,{{cite web|title=NIKOLAS KOZLOFF|url=http://us.macmillan.com/author/nikolaskozloff|website=Macmillan Publishers|access-date=20 September 2015}} and Eva Golinger.{{cite web |url= https://venezuelanalysis.com/about|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170710211248/https://venezuelanalysis.com/about | archive-date=10 July 2017|access-date= 28 January 2019|title= About Venezuelanalysis.com |publisher= Venezuelanalysis.com}} As of 2019 the site's staff consists of Gregory Wilpert, Jan Kühn, Rachael Boothroyd, Lucas Koerner, Jeanette Charles, Katrina Kozarek, Paul Dobson, Cira Pascual Marquina and Ricardo Vaz. According to Brian Nelson, author of The Silence and the Scorpion, Venezuelanalysis.com performs "damage control" for the Venezuelan government and "tried to discredit virtually every independent human rights study" while Hugo Chávez was in office as part of "an integral part of Venezuela’s propaganda complex".{{cite web|last1=Nelson|first1=Brian|title=Response to the Venezuelan Government's Attacks on The Silence and the Scorpion|url=http://www.brianandrewnelson.com/RebuttalWilpertReview.html#DamageControl|website=brianandrewnelson.com|access-date=6 October 2015}}{{self published source|date=June 2022}}

In 2007, Wilpert stated the site had received "some funding" from the Venezuelan government's Ministry of Culture, in addition to "grassroots donations."{{cite web |url=http://redpepper.blogs.com/venezuela/2007/03/hugo_chavezs_fu.html|title=Hugo Chavez's Future (An Interview with Greg Wilpert)|quote=Wilpert: We did receive some funding from the Ministry of Culture, but we also get some grassroots donations.}} At that time, Venezuelanalysis had "mutual support agreements" with Green Left Weekly, Alia2, TeleSUR and others.

In February 2014, Venezuelanalysis ' stated that its Web server services and bandwidth was donated by Aporrea.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226213412/http://venezuelanalysis.com/about |archive-date= 26 February 2014|title=About venezuelanalysis.com| url= http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/about |date=26 February 2014|access-date= 13 May 2015}} and in April 2014, the website said that it relied totally on reader donations and received no funding from any government.

In 2019, the site received, as part of a journalism award, a cash prize from the Association for Investment in Popular Action Committees, a pro-Bashar al-Assad group. Wilpert stated that Venezuelanalysis were not familiar with the organization behind the prize.{{Cite news |last=Davis |first=Charles |date=September 30, 2019 |title=Pro-Assad Lobby Group Rewards Bloggers On Both The Left And The Right |work=Bellingcat |url=https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2019/09/30/pro-assad-lobby-group-rewards-bloggers-on-both-the-left-and-the-right/ |access-date=October 26, 2023 |quote=Venezuela Analysis, a website founded by the husband of a Venezuelan diplomat, also dabbles in Syria-related conspiracy and received an award for its troubles. Greg Wilpert, the site’s founder, claimed he was not too familiar with the people and money behind the prize. “We were informed by the treasurer of [the] Serena Shim Award, Paul Larudee,” he said. “That’s all we know.” Wilpert elected to not disclose how sizeable a contribution his website received.}}

Venezuelanalysis is pro-Bolivarian Revolution.{{cite news|title= How Chavez captures hearts of U.S. citizens: oil discounts are just part of the Venezuelan leader's marketing |work= The Philadelphia Inquirer |date= 30 May 2006 |author=Maykuth, Andrew|quote= The Venezuelan Information Office, staffed by Americans and attached to the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, hosts delegations of sympathetic lawyers, doctors and elected officials. Private organizations like Global Exchange regularly assemble 'reality tours' to see how the Venezuelan government is distributing its oil wealth to the poor. 'These people go back to the United States, hold meetings at their churches, or write articles for their local papers,' said Gregory Wilpert, an American sociologist living in Caracas, where he operates a pro-Chavez Web site, Venezuelanalysis.com.|access-date = 8 May 2012|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-146387585.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611130132/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-146387585.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 June 2014}} {{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-136355394/united-nations-should-move.html|title=United Nations should move from U.S., says Venezuela's Chavez|last=Bachelet|first=Pablo |date= 16 September 2005|work=Miami Herald|access-date=7 February 2010}} In Al-Jazeera, Nikolas Kozloff described it as "a website sympathetic to the Chávez government."{{cite web | last=Kozloff | first=Nikolas | title=The authoritarian left goes awry: From the Arab Spring to Latin America - China | website=Al Jazeera | date=2012-02-29 | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2012/2/29/the-authoritarian-left-goes-awry-from-the-arab-spring-to-latin-america | access-date=2021-08-31}} Other sources say it is "left-leaning".{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41572-2005Mar16.html|title=Venezuela's 'Anti-Bush' Fears Assassination|last=Morley|first=Jefferson |date= 17 March 2005|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=7 February 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/07/MN34TPJ9T.DTL|title=Despite defeat at polls, Venezuela's Chavez holds all the cards|last=Markovits|first=Martin |author2=Sebastian Kennedy |date=7 December 2007|work=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=7 February 2010}}

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