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Postcard from Venezuela
December 16, 2008 ... (4-5 million estimated), with wall-to-wall traffic twelve hours a day, spewing pollution and noise. For $2, a ... -
I Can't Believe It's Not Human Rights Watch!
September 25, 2008 When we read in the American press that two officials from Human Rights Watch have been booted out of Venezuela, our first thought will not be, "what did they do". It won't be. We expect people who work for Human Rights Watch to, well, watch human rights. -
Human Rights Watch Report on Venezuela Under Fire
December 23, 2008 ... were deported from Venezuela on Sept. 18 just a few hours after presenting their report to the press. At the ... -
High Stakes in the Andes
March 8, 2008 ... responses came quickly and unequivocally: within 48 hours, both broke off all diplomatic ties with Colombia and ... -
New Coup D'Etat Rumblings in Venezuela
September 25, 2008 ... He also expelled US ambassador, Patrick Duddy. Gave him 72 hours to leave, and recalled his Washington envoy, Bernardo ... -
The Media Response to Venezuelan Elections
December 2, 2008 With some exceptions, responses from the dominant media have been pretty much as expected: one-sided, distorted, inaccurate, and not at all reflecting the will of Venezuelans and their impressive support for Chavez and Bolivarianism. -
Interview On Venezuelan Workplaces with Carlos Lanz
October 7, 2008 ... get less? Yes. What if work harder? We each work eight hours, I want to work harder, you want to work less hard... ... any other expensive hobbies. So you only want to work four hours, and I want to work eight, while the average is six. ... -
Hugo Chávez and the U.S. Media
November 20, 2008 ... States. In 2007, the Pew Research Center released its 47-Nation Pew Global Attitudes Survey, which found that 55% ... -
ALBA: A Hope for the Poor, A Challenge to Élites
August 8, 2008 ... fact that all Nicaraguans consuming less than 150 kilowatt hours a month get a subsidy. That subsidy is paid out by the ... to subsidize all Nicaraguans consuming 150 kilowatt-hours or a month. Since that money is budgeted in the ... -
Venezuela Six Years after the Coup
April 17, 2008 Six years after the coup against the democratically elected government of Hugo Chávez was defeated by the magnificent mobilization of the masses, the contradictions within the Venezuelan revolution are as sharp as ever. -
U.S. is Promoting Secession in Bolivia, Repeating Venezuela Effort
May 6, 2008 ... the dictator, taking the city of La Vela de Coro for a few hours. The military uprising, which called for ... -
El Salvador: Yet Another Feather in the Cap of Hugo Chavez?
May 13, 2008 Facing a possible debacle in March 2009, the Salvadoran right and Washington have gone into overdrive, trying to tarnish Funes by linking him to Hugo Chávez of Venezuela. The governing party ARENA in fact has accused Funes of being a “little Chávez.” -
Media Continues to Treat Unsubstantiated Allegations as Facts
May 14, 2008 Over the last month, the Colombian government's strategy has involved a media campaign with timed leaks of new documents to the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Miami Herald and other outlets, many of whom relied on the Colombian interpretation of their meaning, and with little acknowledgement of the deep controversy surrounding them. -
The War Machine or How To Manipulate Venezuelan Reality
May 19, 2008 ... produce evidence they had been seeking for six years. Just hours after the illegal invasion and massacre (during which 5 ... -
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.