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Analysis: Media Watch

A Few Facts about Recent Venezuelan Laws and the Case of Judge Afiuni

Some of my friends in the States have had some concerns about recent events in Venezuela. From here in Venezuela, however, it seems there may be some misinformation, something common, of course, to media portrayals.

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If Venezuela were Measured by the Majority

What real democracy looks like: A communal council in Merida votes for its electoral commission in July 2010 (Tamara Pearson).

When Newsweek ranked Venezuela last out of 100 countries for “economic dynamism” it had a certain kind of economy and benchmarks in mind. Venezuela is constantly attacked and demonised by U.S based “studies”, “experts”, and “reports”, but what if its economy and political life were to be measured according to the benchmarks of the Venezuelan majority?

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Audio: Venezuelanalysis.com Discusses New Venezuelan Laws

VA produces original daily news written by well-informed writers with substantial experience living in Venezuela and working wit

Michael Fox interviews Venezuelanalysis staff writer James Suggett about the recent laws passed by Venezuela's National Assembly, including President Hugo Chavez's new law decree power. (14 mins, 50 secs)

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Opposition Media Compares Chavez to Hitler, Again

The cover of newspaper Tal Cual

As it happens every so often, the Venezuelan right wing media and their international counterparts are once again raising a hue and cry over alleged threats to freedom of the media and freedom of expression in Venezuela.

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Television in Venezuela: Who Dominates the Media?

Data on audience share for television in Venezuela contradicts the widely believed and widely reported claim that the Chávez government dominates the television media.  In reality, the opposite is true: Private channels overwhelmingly dominate the television media audience.

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“What’s Not Published in Venezuela Is What Media Owners Don’t Want Published”

Eleazar Diaz Rangel in New York (Photo from Embassy of Venezuela in Washington, D.C.)

New York – Eleazar Diaz Rangel, the editor-in-chief of Ultimas Noticias, Venezuela’s highest-circulating newspaper, stressed at a seminar on Venezuela’s democracy taking place this weekend in New York that “what’s not published in Venezuela is what media owners don’t want published.”

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Venezuelan Comics Find Their Space on the Web

Pedro Leon Zapata´s "Drivers of Venezuela" piece is a gigantic ceramic comic mural that decorates the perimeter of th

The comic in Venezuela is one of the genres that is generally underrated and ironically, treasured within the country's culture. The artists who associate themselves with the expression of the comic and its way of illustrating ideas quickly and amusingly work more on the net than among publishers.

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Wikileaks in Venezuela: Espionage, Propaganda, and Disinformation

The first batch of recently released secret and confidencial US State Department documents obtained by Wikileaks include over a dozen dispatches from the US Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, evidencing espionage against the Chavez administration, use of opposition media and politicians as informants and insulting remarks about the country.

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Venezuela a "Banana Republic"? Venezuelan Ambassador Responds to Kristof

The Venezuelan ambassador in Washington responds to an article by New York Times writer  Nicholas D. Kristof that labelled Venezuela a "banana republic".

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Venezuela: Media Lies Seek to Undermine Vote

As if straight out of a Cold War era movie, US corporate media outlets such as the Miami Herald ran headlines on September 18 claiming scientists from Albuquerque “tried to sell classified nuclear data to Venezuela”.

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Chavez Wants a Break from U.S. Meddling. Can You Blame Him?

Most people know that Iran, Russia and Venezuela all have vast oil reserves. And, they also know that Hugo Chavez, Vladimir Putin and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are on Washington's “enemies list.” So, why is it so hard for them to connect the dots? Can't they see that the media only demonizes the leaders that stand in the way of the corporate agenda?

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US Media Intensifies Campaign Against Chavez

As election time approaches in Venezuela, international media increase negative coverage of the South American nation. CNN applauds terrorism against Venezuela, while Fox News accuses the Chavez government of terrorism

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Media Manipulation: Generalized Violence in Latin America and Venezuela

The media discover periodically that the most vulnerable point in Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela is not having known how to confront the endemic violence of a chaotic society. They hit hard in this way, especially now during the electoral campaign.

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The Venezuelan Economy: Media Sources Get It Wrong, Again

The bulk of the media often gets pulled along for the ride when the United States government has a serious political and public relations campaign around foreign policy. But almost nowhere is it so monolithic as with Venezuela.

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Polls, Damned Polls and the Truth about Venezuela

When I read The Huffington Post (HP) repost of a report that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s popularity is “hitting a seven year low,” and that he’s coming in at only 36% popularity, I’m reminded why HP is called a “liberal” website.

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