Gregory Wilpert

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][non-primary source needed]}

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]