Gabriel Hetland

Gabriel Hetland is assistant professor of Latin American, Caribbean, and US Latino Studies at University at Albany, SUNY. His writings on Venezuelan politics, participatory democracy, capitalism, labor, and social movements have appeared in Qualitative Sociology, Work, Employment and Society, Latin American Perspectives, Jacobin, The Nation, NACLA, and elsewhere.

Latin AmericaJuly 24, 2019

What the UN Report Gets Right—and Wrong—About the Crisis in Venezuela

The document paints a devastating portrait of the country’s economic situation—but overlooks the US role in the suffering.

Gabriel Hetland
Foreign PolicyMarch 13, 2019

Venezuela’s Deadly Blackout Highlights the Need for a Negotiated Resolution of the Crisis

Maduro is corrupt and increasingly repressive, but US sanctions and violence by the US-supported opposition have contributed to Venezuelans’ suffering.

Gabriel Hetland
Civil UnrestAugust 9, 2017

Venezuela May Be on the Brink of Civil War

The international left should do everything in its power to prevent it; we must support a negotiated solution.

Gabriel Hetland
Foreign PolicyAugust 17, 2016

Why Is Venezuela in Crisis?

Much of it is due to government blundering. But opposition protests, often violent, and destabilization from Washington have wreaked havoc as well.

Gabriel Hetland
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Latin AmericaJune 22, 2016

How Severe Is Venezuela’s Crisis?

It’s deep but not cataclysmic, and mainstream US media have consistently exaggerated the extent of it.

Gabriel Hetland
Political IdeologiesDecember 10, 2015

The End of Chavismo? Why Venezuela’s Ruling Party Lost Big, and What Comes Next

Even Chavistas are fed up with the economic crisis and want change. But unlike the right, grassroots leaders are calling for more popular control and collective decision-making.

Gabriel Hetland
PoliticsMarch 8, 2013

What Next for Venezuela, After Chávez?

He may have been a dominant, charismatic leader, but Chavismo is an internally diverse, deeply rooted movement that will not disappear anytime soon.

Gabriel Hetland
March 15, 2012

A New Way to Occupy City Hall: Participatory Budgeting

Through participatory budgeting, can Occupy bring the movement for direct democracy into the heart of government power?

Gabriel Hetland and Abigail N. Martin
ActivismJanuary 11, 2012

Grassroots Democracy in Venezuela

One town’s participatory budget has attracted activists and officials from around the world.

Gabriel Hetland

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Gabriel Hetland

Latin AmericaJuly 24, 2019

The document paints a devastating portrait of the country’s economic situation—but overlooks the US role in the suffering.

Foreign PolicyMarch 13, 2019

Maduro is corrupt and increasingly repressive, but US sanctions and violence by the US-supported opposition have contributed to Venezuelans’ suffering.

Civil UnrestAugust 9, 2017

The international left should do everything in its power to prevent it; we must support a negotiated solution.

Foreign PolicyAugust 17, 2016

Much of it is due to government blundering. But opposition protests, often violent, and destabilization from Washington have wreaked havoc as well.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

Latin AmericaJune 22, 2016

It’s deep but not cataclysmic, and mainstream US media have consistently exaggerated the extent of it.

Political IdeologiesDecember 10, 2015

Even Chavistas are fed up with the economic crisis and want change. But unlike the right, grassroots leaders are calling for more popular control and collective decision-making.

PoliticsMarch 8, 2013

He may have been a dominant, charismatic leader, but Chavismo is an internally diverse, deeply rooted movement that will not disappear anytime soon.

March 15, 2012

Through participatory budgeting, can Occupy bring the movement for direct democracy into the heart of government power?

ActivismJanuary 11, 2012

One town’s participatory budget has attracted activists and officials from around the world.