Employees of Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA hold posters, in front, that reads "Promotions based on merit, not Politics" during a rally in the parking lot of the company building in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 8, 2002. PDVSA's top managers began a four-hour work stoppage to protest appointments by President Hugo Chavez they say are politicizing the company. (AP Photo/Fernando LLano)
Venezuela a risk? Blame media, says Chavez --[Excerpt] Chavez, a tough-talking ex-paratrooper, has brushed aside calls to resign, ridiculed opposition moves against him and accused the media and political foes of waging a campaign of ``media terrorism'' against his self-proclaimed ``revolution''.
In comments Sunday, the Venezuelan leader slammed what he called ``perverse, immoral, lying and ill-intentioned'' coverage of Venezuela by national and international media. [End Excerpt]