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Venezuelan President’s Amnesty for Coup Participants is Praised and Criticised
January 3, 2008 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez granted amnesty on Monday to a number of opposition leaders connected to the shortlived military coup against his government in April 2002 and a two month oil industry shutdown which caused an estimated $10 billion dollars damage to the economy and ended in January 2003. -
Corporate Media Bashes Venezuelan Government's Law Decrees
August 15, 2008 Chavez critics don't explain Venezuelan law or how Supreme Court rulings interpret it. Nor do they report how the Enabling Law works, that the nation's Constitution authorizes it, that four other presidents used it, among many other things. How can they? It would expose their false accusations and discredit their entire argument. -
Smoke and Mirrors: An Analysis of Human Rights Watch’s Report on Venezuela
October 17, 2008 ... his speeches and other government events live, often for hours on end, at peak viewing hours." (p.70) [21] Unlike the "court-packing law," HRW calls ...