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Was the constitutional reform a threat to democracy? A reply to Mr. R.Douglas MacDonald.
LetterDecember 12, 2007 ... and the media claim that Chavez wishes to introduce a dictatorship, to be a President elected for life and so on. ... stampeded to the polls with the shrill propaganda about dictatorship. What discouraged the poor people from voting ... December. The reformed constitution was not a recipe for dictatorship but contained many points in the interest of the ... -
Forum on Venezuela
December 17, 2007 ... outlets, commentators worried about Chávez's emerging "dictatorship" and cheered the referendum's defeat as a ... -
Venezuela Accuses U.S. of Double Standard over Constitutional Reform Referendum
December 4, 2007 The United States government cheered the outcome of Venezuelan's constitutional reform referendum of December 2, which prompted Venezuela's Ambassador to the U.S. to accuse the Bush administration of a "double standard"because of its criticsms of the referendum shortly before the vote. -
Down But Not Out in Caracas
December 5, 2007 ... the western media would have accused Chávez of imposing a dictatorship. I visited over half a dozen polling stations ... -
Venezuela and Belarus Strengthen Strategic Alliance
December 9, 2007 ... calls Lukashenko "Europe's last dictator." "The media dictatorship calls him the last dictator of Europe, and me ... -
Why The Constitutional Reform In Venezuela Went Down And Where To Next!
December 10, 2007 ... media portrayed the opposition as peaceful "anti-dictatorship" protesters. This campaign of fear combined with ... -
Making Sense of Venezuela’s Constitutional Reform
December 1, 2007 ... of this article, claiming that it lays the groundwork for dictatorship because it supposedly means that the authorities ... is not a "sweeping power" that will turn Venezuela into a dictatorship. Rather, this is something that ought to be ... Gunson has made this claim in: "Venezuela: Towards Elected Dictatorship" ( ... -
Fear of Chavez is Fear of Democracy
December 5, 2007 ... Post , said that by voting, Venezuela was “receding into dictatorship.” Oh, my! Given that Chavez’ referendum was ... -
Venezuela: Reality versus reporting
December 17, 2007 ... French National Assembly? When will the NY Times claim "dictatorship" in Italy, where the parliament and ... -
Ritual Gloating Postmortems - The Corporate Media v. Hugo Chavez
December 10, 2007 ... if the referendum passed "We would have woken up in a dictatorship....a possible victory....undermined business ... -
Concession Speech of President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela
December 8, 2007 ... democratic conviction. We are in a democracy. There is no dictatorship here, the international reporters and observers ...