Venezuelan RCTV may air from Mexico

This would be great news! From BBC NEWS | Americas |  The head of an opposition-aligned TV station in Venezuela banned by President Chavez has said he may air programmes from Mexico. Marcel Granier, the head of Radio Caracas TV (RCTV) – taken off the air on 27 May – said he would broadcast to […]

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Rice comes to Spain and the Government changes it views on RCTV

  Estados Unidos y España solicitaron el viernes al presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez, que reabriera una cadena de televisión cuya licencia ha cancelado y le acusaron de reprimir la libertad de expresión. EEUU y España instan a Venezuela a que permita emitir a RCTV | Reuters.es USA and Spain asked on Friday to the Venezuelan President Hugo […]

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Venezuela: students protest because of RCTV closing

Here is the video. It’s in Spanish but you can get an overview of what has been going on. UPDATE: Italian blogger Paolo di Lautreamont has more videos for you to see. Chávez closes RCTV: CNN – Reuters (Venezuela TV station says troops seized equipment) – Workers of RCTV station cry while singing the national […]

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Iberoamerican populism

This article is from March but it is really important to read If any doubts remained about President Hugo Chvez’s plans for Venezuela’s destiny, they have been erased by his decree to “rescue” unproductive lands and assign them to “groups of the population” and “organized communities” from rural areas. Private property is history, so Chávez […]

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Catholic nun vs. Chávez

Catholic nun against Venezuelan police when the latter where shooting tear gas at demonstrators. Found here. She really deserves it. Because this is what Chávez’s policemen made to a student with a pistol. CAUTION! VERY DISAGREEABLE IMAGES. BUT THEY SHOULD BE SEEN. h/t le Guerre Civile. Etiquetas de del.icio.us: Venezuela, Chávez, dictators, RCTV shutdown, RCTV, Catholicism Etiquetas […]

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Journalist from Libertad Digital menaced and insulted for asking about Cuba to Leonardo Boff

leonardo Boff, theologian known for his support to the “Theology of liberation” was giving a conference in Madrid. Asked about Venezuela, Boff critisized Chávez about the RCTV’s closing. But when was asked about Cuba, all of the questions were made and answered in favor of Cuban regime. Then this happened: “Can you explain me why did you select […]

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See how Chavez’s supporters shoot the protestors

This video is from the night when RCTV was closed. The guys with the red cups are Chávez’s supporters who have rifles with which they shoot the protestors: I think no comments are needed. Etiquetas de Technorati: Chávez, Venezuela, RCTV Etiquetas de del.icio.us: Chávez, Venezuela, RCTV

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VENEZUELAN STUDENT ALERT: PLEASE REPOST THIS IN YOUR BLOGS (UPDATED)

Scroll down for updates. My friend Kate has sent me this conversation with one of her friends who is in Caracas: Subject: conversation with my friend who is at UCAB in Caracas — if anyone can help get this to int’l media, please let me know! 2:50 PM . .: Kate theres a lot of police […]

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PSOE considers as "administrative" the decision to close Radio Caracas Televisión

European Parliament passed a resolution on May 24th in which they considered as an “alarming precedent” the decision by Chávez to shut Radio Caracas Televisión, because of their critics to Chávez. But the Venezuelan President, as Castro, has a very good defensor in Europe: PSOE (Spanish Socialists). The Spanish Socialists voted against the resolution and their secretary for […]

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Bolivia: Evo Morales imitates Chávez

Evo Morales has said that his main enemies are the media who are opposing the process of change the country needs, except “my friend journalists who most of them belong to the MAS [Movement to Socialism, Morales’ party]”. He also has told the intelectuals their mission is to create a popular conscience about the “importance of the […]

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Venezuela: Fighting for the freedom of expression

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Venezuelans rally for TV station: Tens of thousands of Venezuelans have rallied in the streets of Caracas to protest against President Hugo Chavez’s plans to close a private TV station. The head of the RCTV station addressed the marchers, urging them to defend freedom and “free independent media”. […]

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Chávez, freedom of expression and oil fields

Two weeks ago, Venezuelan blog Devil’s Excrement reported about the Venezuelan police had stopped the showing of a film, La Fiesta del Chivo, on April 9th: –And there is so much freedom of speech in Venezuela that the police and the Bolivarian Circles stop the showing of the movie “La Fiesta del Chivo” on April […]

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London is going to get foreign aid

From Chavez (FT): President Hugo Chávez’s “21st century socialism” reached the UK yesterday when Venezuela signed an agreement to subsidise the fuel bill for London’s buses by up to $32m (£16m) a year to fund cheap travel for the capital’s poor. Ken Livingstone, the city’s mayor, said the 20 per cent discount would fund half-price […]

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