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Venezuela's regime: Shooting the messenger
Burton Terrace, via VCrisis ^ | Jan. 8, 2004 | J. Scott Barnard

Posted on 01/07/2005 9:17:29 PM PST by Kitten Festival

By Scott | Burtonterrace.blogspot.com 07.01.05 | Venezuelan opposition bloggers, independently financed and edited, are coming under attack in the Venezuelan government run media. Specifically targeted are "Aleksander Boyd in London, Gustavo Coronel in Washington D.C., Daniel Duquenal in Yaracuy, Miguel Octavio in Caracas and A. M. Mora y Leon in the United States of America." The author of a recent article in the government run media service threatens to report these bloggers in what I can only describe as a threat to use the goverment's new suppresive media law to intimidate and stifle legitimate opposition dialogue.

This is an opportune moment for VHeadline and I, myself, to make a call to Minister on Communication & Information, Andres Izarra and the Vice Minister of Communications Strategy, Yuri Pimentel to address this international campaign of opposition attacks on the internet. These people are well-financed and unconditionally committed to the overthrow of the Chavez government by fair means or foul. For A.M. & Aleksander there's not much the revolution can do to touch them. But for Daniel and Miguel, on the ground in Yaracuy and Caracas, there is a real danger that the government may overreach. Stay tuned to this and the linked Venz blogs above for developments.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: abuse; bloggers; chavez; chavistamedia; dictator; hugochavez; regime; shills; threats; thugs; venezuela
A new law just went into effect making it a crime to 'insult' Chavez. That's why the chavista media is busy threatening bloggers and tattling to authorities on them in a bid to intimidate them. Don't let them get away with it. Chavistas should be behind bars.
1 posted on 01/07/2005 9:17:30 PM PST by Kitten Festival
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To: Kitten Festival; Cincinatus' Wife; Luis Gonzalez; MeekOneGOP; Happy2BMe; Grampa Dave; potlatch; ...


2 posted on 01/07/2005 9:39:29 PM PST by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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To: PhilDragoo

LOL!


3 posted on 01/07/2005 9:52:11 PM PST by Kitten Festival (The Thug of Caracas has got to go.)
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To: PhilDragoo; Kitten Festival
I guess this would be prohibited:

Hugo Chavez - Venezuela

4 posted on 01/08/2005 1:45:17 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: PhilDragoo
bump!

5 posted on 01/08/2005 3:26:13 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

A great thread. We should have one of all ugly chavez pictures, too, especially ones of him kissing castro.


6 posted on 01/08/2005 9:42:28 AM PST by Kitten Festival (The Thug of Caracas has got to go.)
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To: Kitten Festival
"A great thread. We should have one of all ugly chavez pictures, too, especially ones of him kissing castro. "

Which part of Castro's anatomy was he kissing? I have good guess that I won't mention here.

7 posted on 01/08/2005 11:18:04 AM PST by Read2Know
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To: Read2Know

Oh man, let's not think about that!


8 posted on 01/08/2005 1:17:29 PM PST by Kitten Festival (The Thug of Caracas has got to go.)
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To: Kitten Festival

Seems to me like he's ramped up and moving ahead rapidly with a lot of bad stuff (silencing of opposition, expropriation, etc.). I guess he feels pretty secure now, nestling under the sheltering wing of Jimmy Carter and his whole leftist claque.


9 posted on 01/08/2005 1:19:58 PM PST by livius
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