Gregory Wilpert Explained

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]

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

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]

TeleSUR

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]

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Tackling Institutions One By One: An Interview With Gregory Wilpert . https://web.archive.org/web/20171210071947/http://nocache.therealnews.com/t2/component/content/article/161-more-blog-posts-from-gregory-wilpert/1684-tackling-institutions-one-by-one-an-interview-with-gregory-wilpert. Gregory Wilpert said that Martin Sanchez worked on the "technical side" of setting up Venezuelanalysis.. 10 December 2017. 8 September 2021. Also available at Znet.
  2. Web site: Gregory Wilpert: Chavez defender . https://web.archive.org/web/20101113160421/http://www.globalpost.com/passport/newsmaker-interview/091124/gregory-wilpert-chavez-defender . 13 November 2010 . Devereux, Charlie . 2 December 2009 . . 13 May 2015.
  3. Web site: INET Staff. Institute for New Economic Thinking. 5 December 2022. en-gb. 5 December 2022.
  4. Web site: About venezuelanalysis.com. Venezuelanalysis.com. 27 June 2017. en.
  5. News: Rohter . Larry . Larry Rohter . Oliver Stone's Latin America. 22 September 2015. . 25 June 2010.
  6. Web site: Butler . Simon . Venezuela: a revolution in motion . Green Left . 27 August 2021 . en . 9 September 2008.
  7. Web site: Ecuador Elections Appear Headed Towards Run-off. The Real News Network. 27 June 2017. en-gb. 21 February 2017. 27 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170627082832/http://therealnews.com/t2/story:18440:Ecuador-Elections-Appear-Headed-Towards-Run-off. dead.
  8. Web site: Chávez transformó Venezuela, sobrevivió a un golpe apoyado por EEUU, pero deja incertidumbre 2/3. YouTube. Democracy Now. 27 June 2017. 11 March 2013.
  9. Web site: Gregory Wilpert. The Real News Network. 27 June 2017. en-gb. 20 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170720002545/http://therealnews.com/t2/component/content/category/161-more-blog-posts-from-gregory-wilpert. dead.
  10. Web site: New York Times to Oliver Stone . Wilpert, Gregory . 1 July 2010 . 9 May 2012 . Zcommunications.org.