| Gregory Wilpert | |
| Birth Date: | 5 June 1965 |
| Nationality: | German and USA |
| Alma Mater: | Brandeis University |
| Occupation: | Sociologist • journalist |
| Years Active: | 2003–present |
| Organization: | Venezuela Analysis |
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| Spouse: | Carol Delgado Arria |
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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]
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]
In 2000, Wilpert moved to Caracas, Venezuela, with his Venezuelan wife, Carol Delgado.[4] In 2003, Wilpert founded Venezuelanalysis with one of the founders of Aporrea, Martin Sanchez, who set up the "technical side" of the English-language site.[1] The set up of Venezuelanalysis was aided by Chávez's government.[5] In 2008, 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]
In 2014, his wife moved to Quito, Ecuador to serve as the Venezuelan Ambassador to Ecuador.[4] From March 2014 to September 2015, Wilpert then served as the director of English-language programming for TeleSUR, a state-run media company primarily funded by the Venezuelan government.[7]
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]
In 1997, Wilpert married Carol Delgado Arria, a government official who served various roles in Hugo Chávez's administration.[7] [10]