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måndag 5 maj 2008
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Venezuela, ALBA, UNASUR; COLOMBIA, Latin Amerika, Ibero Amerika, Ecuador, Chavez, Paramilitärer, FARC, Uribe, Imperialism, USA hegemoni, Terrorismen, statsterrorismen, Alternativa Bolivariana, Bolivar, Frihet åt Amerika, Socialism 20 århundrade, USA, Agencia Bolivariana, Simon Bolivar Studie Center, Dagens Chavez, Venezuela, ALBA, UNASUR; COLOMBIA, Latin Amerika, Ibero Amerika, Ecuador, Chavez, Paramilitärer, FARC, Uribe, Imperialism, USA hegemoni, Terrorismen, statsterrorismen, Alternativa Bolivariana, Bolivar, Frihet åt Amerika, Socialism 20 århundrade, USA,Venezuela, ALBA, UNASUR; COLOMBIA, Latin Amerika, Ibero Amerika, Ecuador, Chavez, Paramilitärer, FARC, Uribe, Imperialism, USA hegemoni, Terrorismen, statsterrorismen, Alternativa Bolivariana, Bolivar, Frihet åt Amerika, Socialism 20 århundrade, USA,Bush, preventivt krig, Imperiet, Imperio, Empire. Media gerrilla, Latino america, iberoamerica, Chevez, golpe del 11A, 13 A, Imperialismo, neoliberalismo, Grupo Bolivariano, revolución Bolivariana, Bolivar.
onsdag 12 mars 2008
Venezuela Strengthens Community Media in “Battle of Ideas”
Venezuela's Communication and Information Minister, Andrés Izarra donated sixty-nine sets of audio-visual equipment to community television stations from around the country on Wednesday, with the objective of promoting a National System of Popular and Alternative Communication, to combat the "savage" opposition media campaign and increase the "communicational capacity" of Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution.
Speaking to over 400 community media representatives in the Cuartel San Carlos Historical Museum, Izarra stressed the importance of using community media to struggle for the truth, "to generate consciousness that allows for the creation of a new culture," as well as dealing with the day to day issues faced by the communities and promote values of solidarity.
Jhonny Pancho, a representative of Catia TV, one of Venezuela's oldest community television stations, whose slogan is "Don't just watch TV, make it!" said that the equipment would strengthen community production and consumption of communication. "The function of community media is to encourage the idea in our barrios, that the true protagonist of the new television is the people," Pancho stressed.
Pancho considered that the donation of equipment and the formation of an alternative media network "is to counterattack what the private media has done, the capitalist media, that wants to destroy our country."
Efrén Aguirre, an independent community TV producer who also welcomed the move by the government said, "The communication question reflects different interests. The private media obeys the interests of the capitalist class and our media reflects the interests of the community."
However, Gabriel Gil, President of Catia TV clarified that community media remains independent of the government. Catia TV doesn't hesitate to criticize public functionaries or incidents of bureaucracy Gil said.
"The editorial line of Catia TV responds to the necessities of the population with respect to the essential struggle against bureaucracy."
Collectives produce more than seventy percent of the programming of Catia TV, he added.
President Hugo Chavez, who spoke to the forum via telephone, also stressed the central role of alternative media in Venezuela's revolutionary process and reflected on an editorial published by a Venezuelan daily, titled "Politics is communication," that argued, among other things, communication constitutes 80 percent of success in politics.
For this reason, Chavez said, it's not strange that big capitalist interests devote their principal efforts to dominating the means of communication. "We can't allow this battle of ideas to weaken our process and our truth. It is necessary to strengthen this new communication strategy," he added.
He also called on the community media to use their programs to fight for the truth,
"We are battling for the dignity of the people and for the future of our youth. Go for the truth, criticize the government, criticize Chavez, criticize the ministers, criticize the enemy, attack hard and organized!" he said to loud applause.
A government decision not to renew the public broadcast license of private television station RCTV (which still transmits via cable and satellite), due to its consistent violations of Venezuela's Law on Responsibility in Television and Radio and active participation in the April 2002 military coup against Chavez, sparked an opposition outcry in May last year that there is "no freedom of expression" in Venezuela.
However, despite these claims, the vast majority of radio, television and print media remains in the private hands and are openly hostile to the government.
Gil argued that the Venezuelan people truly learnt the value of community TV during the military coup when the opposition forcefully shutdown media outlets such as Catia TV and state-owned Channel 8, while RCTV and other private TV channels broadcast false information.
Many government supporters argue that all the TV stations that actively participated in the military coup should be shut down and handed over to the people.
In recent weeks grass roots community groups have lodged a complaint with the Supreme Court calling for opposition private TV station, Globovision, to be investigated for violating media laws, saying it blatantly lies and manipulates information.
Even government opponents have slammed Globovision; a February 12 post on opposition blog site, Caracas Chronicles, criticized Globovision for its "frequently amateurish and breathlessly partisan reporting, at its role in keeping oppo supporters cooped up in a claustrophobic little bubble of know-nothing anti-Chávez fundamentalism."
"It's straightforward: Globo sucks," the post continued.
In recent weeks Chavez has argued that the means of communications should not be in the hands of capitalists who are "traitors to the people," and should instead be run by the people themselves.
In May and June community media collectives will hold a series of national conferences to discuss ways to further strengthen and develop the National System of Popular and Alternative Communication.
Speaking to over 400 community media representatives in the Cuartel San Carlos Historical Museum, Izarra stressed the importance of using community media to struggle for the truth, "to generate consciousness that allows for the creation of a new culture," as well as dealing with the day to day issues faced by the communities and promote values of solidarity.
Jhonny Pancho, a representative of Catia TV, one of Venezuela's oldest community television stations, whose slogan is "Don't just watch TV, make it!" said that the equipment would strengthen community production and consumption of communication. "The function of community media is to encourage the idea in our barrios, that the true protagonist of the new television is the people," Pancho stressed.
Pancho considered that the donation of equipment and the formation of an alternative media network "is to counterattack what the private media has done, the capitalist media, that wants to destroy our country."
Efrén Aguirre, an independent community TV producer who also welcomed the move by the government said, "The communication question reflects different interests. The private media obeys the interests of the capitalist class and our media reflects the interests of the community."
However, Gabriel Gil, President of Catia TV clarified that community media remains independent of the government. Catia TV doesn't hesitate to criticize public functionaries or incidents of bureaucracy Gil said.
"The editorial line of Catia TV responds to the necessities of the population with respect to the essential struggle against bureaucracy."
Collectives produce more than seventy percent of the programming of Catia TV, he added.
President Hugo Chavez, who spoke to the forum via telephone, also stressed the central role of alternative media in Venezuela's revolutionary process and reflected on an editorial published by a Venezuelan daily, titled "Politics is communication," that argued, among other things, communication constitutes 80 percent of success in politics.
For this reason, Chavez said, it's not strange that big capitalist interests devote their principal efforts to dominating the means of communication. "We can't allow this battle of ideas to weaken our process and our truth. It is necessary to strengthen this new communication strategy," he added.
He also called on the community media to use their programs to fight for the truth,
"We are battling for the dignity of the people and for the future of our youth. Go for the truth, criticize the government, criticize Chavez, criticize the ministers, criticize the enemy, attack hard and organized!" he said to loud applause.
A government decision not to renew the public broadcast license of private television station RCTV (which still transmits via cable and satellite), due to its consistent violations of Venezuela's Law on Responsibility in Television and Radio and active participation in the April 2002 military coup against Chavez, sparked an opposition outcry in May last year that there is "no freedom of expression" in Venezuela.
However, despite these claims, the vast majority of radio, television and print media remains in the private hands and are openly hostile to the government.
Gil argued that the Venezuelan people truly learnt the value of community TV during the military coup when the opposition forcefully shutdown media outlets such as Catia TV and state-owned Channel 8, while RCTV and other private TV channels broadcast false information.
Many government supporters argue that all the TV stations that actively participated in the military coup should be shut down and handed over to the people.
In recent weeks grass roots community groups have lodged a complaint with the Supreme Court calling for opposition private TV station, Globovision, to be investigated for violating media laws, saying it blatantly lies and manipulates information.
Even government opponents have slammed Globovision; a February 12 post on opposition blog site, Caracas Chronicles, criticized Globovision for its "frequently amateurish and breathlessly partisan reporting, at its role in keeping oppo supporters cooped up in a claustrophobic little bubble of know-nothing anti-Chávez fundamentalism."
"It's straightforward: Globo sucks," the post continued.
In recent weeks Chavez has argued that the means of communications should not be in the hands of capitalists who are "traitors to the people," and should instead be run by the people themselves.
In May and June community media collectives will hold a series of national conferences to discuss ways to further strengthen and develop the National System of Popular and Alternative Communication.
onsdag 5 mars 2008
Venezuela: "The Colombian Government has lied blatantly"
Caracas, March 4, 2008 (venezuelanalysis.com) - A diplomatic stand-off between Colombia and its neighbors Ecuador and Venezuela, triggered by Colombia's military attack on the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Ecuadorian territory, (which resulted in the deaths of 16 guerrillas, among them Raúl Reyes, the FARC second in command), intensified Tuesday as Venezuela closed its border with Colombia in response to Colombia's accusations that the Venezuelan government had funded the FARC.
Colombian National Police director Oscar Naranjo, claimed yesterday that documents allegedly found in three computers seized during Colombia's raid, show that the Venezuelan government has provided $300 million to the FARC and that the guerrilla group has acquired 50 kilograms of uranium. The Colombian government also claims that documents show links between Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa and the FARC.
Both Ecuador and Venezuela dismissed the claims as "absolute lies" and have sent thousands of troops to their borders with Colombia and expelled Bogotá's ambassadors out of their countries. Venezuelan Agriculture Minister Elías Jaua, announced today that Venezuela has also taken measures to close its border with Colombia.
In an extraordinary session of the Organization of American States (OAS), today Venezuelan representative Jorge Valero said, "The Colombian government has lied blatantly. All of the accusations the Colombian government has made against Venezuela and Ecuador are false, totally false."
"They are trying to confuse international opinion in order to evade their own responsibility," he added.
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, whose government receives $600 million a year in military aid from the U.S. insisted today he was going to take Chavez to the International Criminal Court for "sponsoring and financing genocide" by allegedly providing money to the guerrillas.
Retired Venezuelan General, Alberto Müller Rojas described Colombia's "evidence" as an "exercise in falsification" and pointed out that "the only foreign government that finances the conflict in Colombia is the United States."
Others have also questioned the validity of the documents; "The handling of that evidence has been pretty disastrous," Gerson Arias, an analyst with the Ideas Para la Paz think tank in Bogotá, was quoted as saying in the Christian Science Monitor.
However, U.S. President George Bush in a statement today said that he "fully supports" Colombia, and accused Venezuela of "provocation." He did not mention Ecuador.
Bush also called on the U.S congress to ratify a free trade agreement with Colombia, which U.S Democrats have been stalling citing Colombia's terrible human rights record.
"By acting at this critical moment we can show the Colombian people and millions across the region that they can count on America to keep its word and that freedom is the surest path to prosperity and peace," he said.
Bush reiterated, "America will continue to stand with Colombia as it confronts violence and terror and fights drug traffickers."
Venezuelan Vice President Ramón Carrizalez Rengifo, said the claims that Venezuela is funding the FARC and that the guerrilla group is planning to make a radioactive bomb are part of a crude campaign to smear Venezuelan President Chavez and an attempt to link the Venezuelan government with weapons of mass destruction. The United States government used this pretext to invade and occupy Iraq and control its oil he pointed out.
Chavez has also accused the Washington, together with Colombia of planning to invade Venezuela, which is the fourth largest supplier of oil to the U.S. and is believed to possess some of the largest untapped oil reserves in the world.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicholas Maduro expressed concern on Sunday that the Colombian military actions in Ecuador could be a prelude to a similar incident on Venezuelan soil saying he had received intelligence to that effect.
"We condemn the intention to translate the disastrous experience of Iraq to the Latin American continent. We cannot allow the warmongers of Colombia to extend the armed conflict in their country and transfer it to the entire continent, " Valero told the OAS meeting.
President Correa also warned of a potential war, "This is not a bilateral problem, it's a regional problem," he told Mexican television. "Should this set a precedent, Latin America will become another Middle East."
Latin American governments have overwhelmingly condemned Colombia's military actions. Argentine President Cristina Fernández, said "the flagrant violation of international law is inadmissible. What has occurred requires an immediate explanation by Colombia that satisfies the Ecuadorian government."
Ecuador asked the OAS to "condemn the territorial and sovereignty violation by one state against another" and asked for an OAS commission to look into Saturday's raid.
Correa has embarked on a five-nation tour to shore up support for the resolution in the OAS condemning Colombia's actions and has also called for an emergency meeting of Latin American foreign ministers by March 11 to resolve the crisis.
Colombian National Police director Oscar Naranjo, claimed yesterday that documents allegedly found in three computers seized during Colombia's raid, show that the Venezuelan government has provided $300 million to the FARC and that the guerrilla group has acquired 50 kilograms of uranium. The Colombian government also claims that documents show links between Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa and the FARC.
Both Ecuador and Venezuela dismissed the claims as "absolute lies" and have sent thousands of troops to their borders with Colombia and expelled Bogotá's ambassadors out of their countries. Venezuelan Agriculture Minister Elías Jaua, announced today that Venezuela has also taken measures to close its border with Colombia.
In an extraordinary session of the Organization of American States (OAS), today Venezuelan representative Jorge Valero said, "The Colombian government has lied blatantly. All of the accusations the Colombian government has made against Venezuela and Ecuador are false, totally false."
"They are trying to confuse international opinion in order to evade their own responsibility," he added.
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, whose government receives $600 million a year in military aid from the U.S. insisted today he was going to take Chavez to the International Criminal Court for "sponsoring and financing genocide" by allegedly providing money to the guerrillas.
Retired Venezuelan General, Alberto Müller Rojas described Colombia's "evidence" as an "exercise in falsification" and pointed out that "the only foreign government that finances the conflict in Colombia is the United States."
Others have also questioned the validity of the documents; "The handling of that evidence has been pretty disastrous," Gerson Arias, an analyst with the Ideas Para la Paz think tank in Bogotá, was quoted as saying in the Christian Science Monitor.
However, U.S. President George Bush in a statement today said that he "fully supports" Colombia, and accused Venezuela of "provocation." He did not mention Ecuador.
Bush also called on the U.S congress to ratify a free trade agreement with Colombia, which U.S Democrats have been stalling citing Colombia's terrible human rights record.
"By acting at this critical moment we can show the Colombian people and millions across the region that they can count on America to keep its word and that freedom is the surest path to prosperity and peace," he said.
Bush reiterated, "America will continue to stand with Colombia as it confronts violence and terror and fights drug traffickers."
Venezuelan Vice President Ramón Carrizalez Rengifo, said the claims that Venezuela is funding the FARC and that the guerrilla group is planning to make a radioactive bomb are part of a crude campaign to smear Venezuelan President Chavez and an attempt to link the Venezuelan government with weapons of mass destruction. The United States government used this pretext to invade and occupy Iraq and control its oil he pointed out.
Chavez has also accused the Washington, together with Colombia of planning to invade Venezuela, which is the fourth largest supplier of oil to the U.S. and is believed to possess some of the largest untapped oil reserves in the world.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicholas Maduro expressed concern on Sunday that the Colombian military actions in Ecuador could be a prelude to a similar incident on Venezuelan soil saying he had received intelligence to that effect.
"We condemn the intention to translate the disastrous experience of Iraq to the Latin American continent. We cannot allow the warmongers of Colombia to extend the armed conflict in their country and transfer it to the entire continent, " Valero told the OAS meeting.
President Correa also warned of a potential war, "This is not a bilateral problem, it's a regional problem," he told Mexican television. "Should this set a precedent, Latin America will become another Middle East."
Latin American governments have overwhelmingly condemned Colombia's military actions. Argentine President Cristina Fernández, said "the flagrant violation of international law is inadmissible. What has occurred requires an immediate explanation by Colombia that satisfies the Ecuadorian government."
Ecuador asked the OAS to "condemn the territorial and sovereignty violation by one state against another" and asked for an OAS commission to look into Saturday's raid.
Correa has embarked on a five-nation tour to shore up support for the resolution in the OAS condemning Colombia's actions and has also called for an emergency meeting of Latin American foreign ministers by March 11 to resolve the crisis.
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