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The https://venezuelanalysis.com
 analysis was from 2007. I
remember it well. It is exactly this  that I ask, again...then...what
happened? What happened to these much vaunted plans for "socialist
construction"? Did any of them take place? Was their an increase in
localized products, both feedstock and commodity production? This is not a
rhetorical question. It's more WTF happened??

David
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On 6/8/17 9:41 AM, Louis Proyect via Marxism wrote:


The Bolivarian Revolution: Building Industry in Venezuela

The rise of Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution was the end of 
democracy by pacts and coalitions in Venezuela. There would be no 
power-sharing agreements, and no powerful economic groups would have 
undue influence over the government. If it was the limitations of 
liberal democracy that had prevented previous governments from carrying 
out initiatives to build industry in Venezuela, it was the lack of those 
very same limitations that would allow the Bolivarian Revolution to 
engage in a flurry of industrial initiatives within the first few years 
of the revolution. Revolution meant just that; class conflict would be 
confronted, not avoided.




The author of this article hailing the industrial revolution in 
Venezuela now supports the ouster of Maduro:


https://medium.com/@cmcarlson_57618/who-is-to-blame-in-venezuela-f68631805a52
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(So what happened?)

The Bolivarian Revolution: Building Industry in Venezuela

The rise of Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution was the end of 
democracy by pacts and coalitions in Venezuela. There would be no 
power-sharing agreements, and no powerful economic groups would have 
undue influence over the government. If it was the limitations of 
liberal democracy that had prevented previous governments from carrying 
out initiatives to build industry in Venezuela, it was the lack of those 
very same limitations that would allow the Bolivarian Revolution to 
engage in a flurry of industrial initiatives within the first few years 
of the revolution. Revolution meant just that; class conflict would be 
confronted, not avoided.


In search of the technology needed to build new national industries, the 
Chavez government has not made the same errors of past governments. 
Instead of attempting to arrange for technology transfer from the 
dominant US and multinational corporations which are linked to powerful 
local groups and are uninterested in cooperating with Venezuela's 
industrialization, the Chavez government has built close relations to 
countries that are interested in cooperating, such as China, Russia, 
Iran, Argentina, Belarus, Brazil and others. And instead of worrying 
about the impact their policies would have on powerful economic groups 
in the country, the Chavez government has tended to focus more on the 
impact they could have on national development and the lives of the 
majority poor.


"We are going to be a power on this continent and in the world. In 
petroleum, in gas, in petrochemicals, in industry, there is no doubt 
about it," said Chavez recently as he announced the launch of a new 
petrochemicals industry in the country. The industry would include the 
construction of more than 50 factories across the country, with 
investment and technology from Brazil, Russia, and Iran, to produce 
plastic and chemical goods from Venezuela's abundant natural resources. 
Chavez said the industry would not only supply the domestic market but 
would also be for export to other countries in the region.[10]


From Argentina, the country plans to bring technology for more than 56 
industrial projects to produce consumer goods, foods, auto parts, 
furniture, home appliances, and more. And not only are cooperative 
projects among the countries in the region rapidly increasing, but they 
have the intention of building national industries through what one 
Argentinean minister recently called a "new method of cooperation."[11]


"That is the idea, authentic cooperation in industrial technology 
transfer, more than commercial agreements," he said. "Cooperation among 
the southern countries is the true path to national development."


In an effort to construct industry in a socialist model, Venezuela 
recently announced the construction of more than 200 "socialist" 
factories over the next two years. With cooperation and technology from 
Belarus, Vietnam, Italy, and Brazil, the factories will produce 
electronics, motorcycles, housing and building materials, health care 
products, and more. The factories will be managed and operated by the 
communities where they are located and spread out around the country to 
bring development to poorer regions.[12]


With Russia and Belarus, Venezuela plans to construct joint companies to 
manufacture bicycles, heavy machinery, construction tools, and plastics. 
Belarus has agreed to supply Venezuela with seismic technology needed by 
the oil industry, a new aerial defense system, and needed aid in the 
distribution of natural gas to Venezuelan cities. They have also agreed 
to work with Venezuela in the areas of science and technology, 
agriculture, petrochemicals, energy, and military cooperation.[13]


Russia has provided Venezuela with military equipment to update its 
army, including a factory to manufacture Russian rifles, given that the 
US has refused further arms sales to Venezuela. But Moscow has also 
considered the creation of a bilateral development fund to finance joint 
projects in the oil sector, petrochemicals, food industry, 
transportation and construction.


From Iran, Venezuela is acquiring the needed technology to produce cars 
and tractors. Through an agreement for the transfer of technology, Iran 
and Venezuela have set up joint factories to produce 25,000 cars 
annually and 20 tractors daily, and with an increasing percentage of 
parts produced nationally. By 2011, Venezuela expects to have a line of 
cars that is one hundred percent nationally produced.[14] Tractor 
production is moving in the same direction and now, in a