Gregory Wilpert
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June 5, 1965 Berlin, Germany |
| Organization | Venezuelanalysis.com |
| Spouse(s) | Carol Delgado Arria |
| Website | gregwilpert |
Gregory Wilpert is an activist and founder of Venezuelanalysis.com, a website supportive of Hugo Chávez's Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela. He has been described as "perhaps the most prominent Chavista". He is currently a producer for The Real News Network in Quito, Ecuador.
In 1988, Wilbert 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.
In 2000, Wilpert moved to Caracas, Venezuela with his recently-married wife who was Venezuelan. Following the 2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt, he founded Venezuelanalysis.com in 2003 beside Martin Sanchez, one of the founders of Aporrea.org, a pro-Chavez website, who set up the "technical side" of the English-language site. The set up of Venezuelanalysis.com was also aided by the Chávez's government.
In 2008, Wilpert and his wife Carol Delgado moved to New York as Delgado began to serve as Consul General of Venezuela in New York. Wilpert continued to work as the main editor of the website until 2009, though he still serves on its board of directors.
In 2014, his wife moved to Quito, Ecuador to serve as the Venezuelan Ambassador to Ecuador. 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.
Since February 2016, Wilpert has worked as a producer for The Real News Network in Quito, Ecuador.
In 1997, Wilpert married Carol Delgado Arria, a Bolivarian official who served various roles in Hugo Chávez's government.
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