Και μια έγκυος νεκρή στη Βενεζουέλα

Και τι ειναι 36 νεκροί μπροστά στην προοπτική της κατάκτησης του κομμουνιστικού παραδείσου?

«Απο εκει και περα, η ταση της κυβερνησης να χαρακτηριζει συλλυβδην την αντιπολιτευση ως φασιστες ριχνει λαδι στη φωτια και εμποδιζει οποιες συναινετικές».Για να δούμε μερικά πράγματα, γιατί η παραπληροφόρηση πέφτει σύννεφο εις τες σύγχρονες φιλελεύθερες δημοκρατίες (όχι καλέ, δεν υπάρχει μιντιακή χειραγώγηση στη Δύση, αυτό το προνόμιο το έχουν μόνο οι λατινοαμερικανικές "δικτατορίες" και οι μπανανίες).10 Μαρτίου:Venezuela’s Maduro Renews Dialogue Offer as Violence Drags On Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro reiterated his call asking the Venezuelan opposition to join in peace talks. Over the weekend another government supporter was killed in barricade-related violence.“I want to invite the MUD [opposition Democratic Unity Table coalition] to join the peace conference…the whole country has entered the peace conference with the exception of some sectors of the opposition,” he said yesterday.Addressing supporters at a march of commune activists in Caracas, the Venezuelan president also called on opposition student groups to dialogue with the government. “They [opposition students] haven’t responded although I’ve invited them five times [to talks],” Maduro explained.He continued, “Let’s listen to each other talk, say all you have to say. I’ll also say my truths and I’ll say them with kindness”.However key opposition figures rejected the calls for dialogue and advocated further protests and street action.Leopoldo Lopez, who is currently in custody for presumed incitement to violence, tweeted to followers from jail yesterday, “We ratify our objective: Nicolas Maduro’s exit as quickly as possible in the framework of the constitution. He’s a disaster, an assassin, and illegitimate”.In another tweet Lopez said, “The exit will only happen with an organised people in the street making the dictatorship retreat”.Meanwhile opposition leader Henrique Capriles wrote in his Sunday column that the opposition should pursue “more street activity” but “without violence”.“We want to strengthen social protests and for there to be more street activity…we must all go out and fight with strength to demand that the government discards its failed model,” he argued.For the past month Venezuela has experienced a movement of opposition discontent, after hard-line opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez called his supporters onto the street to seek the “exit” of the Maduro government.While some protests are peaceful and make demands over high crime rates and economic problems, a radical wing of the opposition has engaged in a violent strategy of riots and street barricades to attempt to force the government’s resignation.20 Φεβρουαρίου:Venezuelan Government Reiterates Calls For Dialogue With OppositionVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has again called for dialogue, as part of a national peace plan.Maduro urged for more talks with student groups, stating he is open to “constructive dialogue to define key issues” during an address to the country last night.“I'm making a new proposal. Come here, let's talk...we want peace,” the president stated.Earlier this week the government issued a call for student groups to meet with Vice President Jorge Arreaza in the capital, Caracas. The talks were intended to be part of a “plan of living together and peace”.“We have to be builders of peace,” he stated.Maduro also called for a meeting of state governors next Monday. A previous call went largely unnoticed by the opposition. Yesterday the president urged opposition governors including Miranda's Henrique Capriles to “not continue shunning their work, to talk about what is needed in the states, to talk about peace”.Για να δούμε τώρα με στοιχεία τις «ημιδικτατορικές πρακτικές» της κυβέρνησης του Μαδούρο «οπως ο σταδιακος ελεγχος και κλεισιμο των ΜΜΕ της αντιπολιτευσης και οι οχι και τοσο αψογα οργανωμενες εκλογες».Violence in Venezuela: The Myths Versus Facts[..]-Does the Venezuela government control all the media?No. More than 70% of the media in Venezuela is privately owned, with 25% being in community hands and only about 5% being controlled by the state. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19368807Moreover, 40% of households have cable TV — giving access to Fox and CNN en Espanol.Almost all private media have shown bias towards the opposition. A study of the three main private TV stations conducted by the Carter Centre during the 2013 presidential elections, found they dedicated 79% of their election coverage to opposition candidate Capriles.https://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/venezuela-070313.htmlThese same media outlets have ran constant coverage of the recent protests and statements made by opposition leaders.http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/the-americas-blog/does-venezuelan-te...There have been many cases of media outlets deliberately misreporting what is occurring in Venezuela. One example is the continued misrepresentation of media ownership in Venezuela. http://www.fair.org/blog/2014/02/27/nyt-corrects-venezuela-tv-falsehood/The more brazen example is the continued claim by media outlets in Venezuela and internationally (such as El Universal and the New York Times , to give two examples) that a young man was killed as a result of police actions in Tachira.http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/140228/fallecidos-durante...http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/25/world/americas/in-venezuela-middle-cla...This is despite video evidence showing that he had fallen off a building. No correction has been issued by any of these outlets.http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/10410-But is the Maduro government is a dictatorship? How is it possible to bring him down if not via street protests?Maduro is democratically elected. The political movement he represents has won 17 out of 18 national elections since Chavez was first elected in 1998.Despite some opposition claims, Venezuela’s electoral system has been described by former US president Jimmy Carter, whose Cater Center observes elections in many countries, as “the best in the world”. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBwQ40TtCFASince October 2012 alone, Venezuelans have gone to the polls four times. Each time the election results have been verified by numerous international election observer teams.Opposition forces claimed fraud after Maduro narrowly won elections last April, but no actual evidence of fraud was ever presented. A recount demonstrated the results were accurate. Moreover, opposition candidates made no complaints when the same voting system was used in the December municipal council elections.What elections have repeatedly shown is that the “Chavista” movement remains the largest political force in the country.It is precisely because the right-wing opposition has failed to win elections that they have turned towards violence, just as they did in 2002 with the failed coup against Chavez.Protests to bring down an illegitimate government is one thing. Violent protests aimed at imposing a government against the will of the majority are another.Όλο το άρθρο εδώ:http://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/10447