Free software in Venezuela

• http://wiki.sapi.gob.ve
  the wiki of SAPI is all about Software Libre (opened in april 2005)

• http://distronacional.solve.net.ve/
  project for a venezolan distribucion (involving josé parrella :)

• http://tecnologialibre.org/
  3er Foro Mundial de Conocimiento Libre e Maracaibo (nov 2006) (Free knowledge)

• http://www.gnu.org/gugve/
• http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gugve/
  Grupo de Usuarios GNU de Venezuela

• http://asl.funmrd.gov.ve/
  Academia del Software Libre

• http://www.cnti.ve/cnti_docmgr/detalle_proyectos.html?categoria=147
  Academia de Software Libre, project of the CNTI

• http://www.cnsl.org.ve/
  2do Congreso Nacional de Software Libre

• http://www.debianvenezuela.org
  debian users group

• http://www.andinux.org
  Cooperativa AndinuX, promotores de soluciones libres

• http://www.fedora.org.ve/
  fedora user group

• http://www.mipagina.cantv.net/grulimo/
  Grulimo - Grupo de usuarios Linux de Monagas

• http://www.linuxtachira.org/
  TALUG - Grupo de Usuarios Linux de Táchira, Venezuela

• http://nux.ula.ve/
  Universitad do Los Andes

• http://www.avesol.org.ve
  Camara venezolana de Software Libre
  they have a big list of Free Software consultant on http://www.avesol.org.ve/directorio/consultores.php

• http://installfest.net/2005/
• http://installfest.net/2005/lugares/ve/caracas
  FLISOL, an install fest in all latino america

• http://www.iseit.com.ve
• http://www.iseit.com.ve/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=46
  (tikiwiki-made) El Instituto Superior de Estudios e Investigaciones Tecnológicas

• http://www.migrandovenezuela.org
  mediawiki about migration to free software

• irc://irc.freenode.net/#gusl
  Grupo de Usuarios de Software Libre
  http://www.tyka.org/gusl.html

• http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1535
• http://www.debianhelp.org/Article3450.html
  50% of Venezuela Government Software will be Open Source by 2007

• http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux/2004-October/012070.html
  free software in venezuela (oct 2004)

• http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-08-30-011-26-NW-LL-PB
• (aug 2002) Venezuela's Government Shifts to Open Source Software

• http://www.gnacademy.org/twiki/bin/view/SOS/VenezuelaOS
  Open Source Venezuela

• http://www.greens.org/s-r/38/38-11.html
  The Free Software Challenge in Latin America (fall 2005)

• http://www.walc2005.ula.ve/english/track7.html

• http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/free_issues/issue_08/latin_america/
  Free software and Latin America: The challenge is often political rather than technical (October, 2005)

• http://www.portaleducativo.edu.ve/
• Software Libre en la Administración Pública Nacional
  notice the tux on homepage :)

• http://efraim.marquez-arreaza.net/pdvsa_ait/
  photos of free software stand (sept 2005)

• http://www.mipunto.com/punto_noticias/noticia_tecnologia.jsp?tipo=TECNOLOGIA&archivo=041022175515.gs1mu4nj.txt
  installation of infocentres in caracas (cites Eduardo Samán and SAPI about Free Software)

• http://www.slbarinas.org.ve
  Cooperativa Tecnológica Somos Libres Barinas

• http://linux-gnu.com/
• http://www.softwarelibre.cl/drupal//?q=node/427
  GNU/LINUX VENEZUELA 1.0 LA NUEVA ESCUELA
  Esta Distribución ya en desarrollo estará ligada directamente a la cultura venezolana y de esta forma abordamos todos los temas y necesidades de nuestros usuarios así como a la Educación básica de la nación, donde nos planteamos como meta enseñar a nuestros pequeños jóvenes el uso y desarrollo del software LIBRE, para que de esta forma amplíen sus conocimiento y no limitarlos al uso de los software propietarios que los hace dependientes y les cierra las posibilidades de conocer otras herramientas de trabajos.

• http://www.musix.org.ar/
  Musix GNU+Linux es el resultado del trabajo colaborativo de toda una comunidad de usuarios y programadores. Es un Sistema Operativo 100% Libre destinado a músicos y usuarios en general, es una enorme colección de programas libres.

• http://www.unplug.org.ve/
  Seems to be a very activist LUG in venezuela wich main aim is to "spread Linux over Venezuela"
  Cabudare, Estado Lara Venezuela

• http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2005/12/venezuela_open_source.html
  Venezuela Open Source (6 dec 2005)

• http://www.linux.org.ve
  VELUG: Grupo de Usuarios Linux de Venezuela
  xmarmol@linux.org.ve Maracaibo, Edo. Zulia Venezuela

broken

• http://maracaibo.linux.org.ve (domain not found)
  Grupo de Usuarios Linux de Venezuela en Maracaibo
  emarquezarreaza@linuxmail.org Maracaibo, Edo. Zulia Venezuela

connectivity

• http://pcworld.jiwire.com/browse-hotspot-venezuela-ve.htm
  47 Wi-Fi locations in Venezuela (38 ilsted for caracas)

• http://www.urbalink.com/
  30 of the Caracas hotspots listed on jiwire web site are managed by this company. It seemed to be free during theirs two years test period, but it seems that this period is finishing. (I don't well understand spanish).

Political information

• gob.ve alexa statistics
  http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&range=2y&y=p&url=gob.ve

• http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/
  Venezuelan alternative news and opinions from grassroot groups, unions, street reporters, independent columnists and government sources.

• http://www.vheadline.com
  "We are committed to Venezuela's democratic development"

• http://www.chavezthefilm.com
  The revolution will not be televised (Film)

• http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=15&ItemID=9067
  very interesting article from a guy that spent one week in venesuela in oct 2005 and talked with officials about the new democracy system goals in Venezuela.
  "the decision-making core of the new Venezuelan polity." Chavez and this ministry hoped to have, they said, "3,000 local assemblies in place by the new year." Their goal was to have "enough in place, throughout the country, in 4 or 5 years, to account for 26 million Venezuelans."

• http://www.alternet.org/story/25801
• http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/20/1330218
  interview of Hugo Chavez (sept 2005), including audio streams

• http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/2133.cfm
  Venezuela Holds Municipal Elections. August 17, 2005

• http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051130/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/venezuela_elections
  about elections

• movies
  "Al rescate del cerebro de PDVSA"
  "Otro mundo es posible en Venezuela"
• "The revolution will not be televised"
  http://www.chavezthefilm.com
  http://www.petitiononline.com/vendoc/petition.html
  http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/docs.php?dno=1008

• http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/South_America/US_Coup_Venezuela.html
  The US and the Coup in Venezuela in 2002

in french

• http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/venezuela_francais_french/
  a collection of texts in french about Venezuelan context

• http://www.observatoire-medias.info/article.php3?id_article=498
• http://www.observatoire-medias.info/article.php3?id_article=156
• http://www.observatoire-medias.info/article.php3?id_article=145
  articles en francais sur les medias et le venezuela

• http://www.latinreporters.com/venezuela.html
  articles en francais sur la politique au venezuela

Democracy links

• http://counterpunch.org/baker08192004.html
  Why We Need "Free Software" Voting Machines