Gregory Wilpert
Born (1965-06-05) June 5, 1965
NationalityGerman and USA
Alma materUniversity of California, San Diego
Brandeis University
OccupationSociologist • journalist
Years active2003–present
OrganizationVenezuela Analysis
SpouseCarol Delgado Arria
Websitegregwilpert.net
venezuelanalysis.com

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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tackling Institutions One By One: An Interview With Gregory Wilpert". Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2021. Gregory Wilpert said that Martin Sanchez worked on the "technical side" of setting up Venezuelanalysis. Also available at Znet.
  2. ↑ Devereux, Charlie (2 December 2009). "Gregory Wilpert: Chavez defender". Global Post. Archived from the original on 13 November 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "INET Staff". Institute for New Economic Thinking. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "About venezuelanalysis.com". Venezuelanalysis.com. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Rohter, Larry (25 June 2010). "Oliver Stone's Latin America". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  6. 1 2 Butler, Simon (9 September 2008). "Venezuela: a revolution in motion". Green Left. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Ecuador Elections Appear Headed Towards Run-off". The Real News Network. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Chávez transformó Venezuela, sobrevivió a un golpe apoyado por EEUU, pero deja incertidumbre 2/3". YouTube. Democracy Now. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Gregory Wilpert". The Real News Network. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  10. ↑ Wilpert, Gregory (1 July 2010). "New York Times to Oliver Stone". Zcommunications.org. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
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