2/12/07

What’s really happening in Venezuela? by Lee Sustar
By dandelionsalad
FOR THE US mainstream media, Venezuela’s vote on constitutional
reforms December 2 is simply the latest power grab in authoritarian
President Hugo Chávez’s bid to crush dissent, make himself president
for life and impose a …
dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2007/12/02/what%
E2%80%99s-really-happening-in-venezuela-by-lee-sustar/

Venezuela: Not What You Think
By Robin Hahnel
In the case of Hugo Chavez and the Venezuelan Bolivarian Revolution, the mainstream media and politicians in the United States have elevated their game of demonizing all who oppose US foreign policy and business interests to a higher level of absurdity than usual.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18816.htm
  
Chavez’s Speech
“Go ahead, make my day.”
By Joaquin Bustelo
Chavez has ordered the military to protect the oilfields and other installations and warned that if there is any sabotage, any US-inspired disturbances Sunday night, oil shipments to the U.S. will be cut off immediately. – He warned international broadcasters —and CNN by name, and repeatedly— that this or any other sort of shenanigans will be met with the expulsion of their staff from the country.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18814.htm
 
Reflections on Venezuela: A People Under Fire
By Fidel Castro
Venezuela, whose people are heirs to Bolivar’s ideas which transcend his era, is today facing a world tyranny a thousand times more powerful than that of Spain’s colonial strength added to that of the recently born United States which, through Monroe, proclaimed their right to the natural wealth of the continent and to the sweat of its people.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18815.htm

VENEZUELA: Think Chavez is losing support? Have a look.
By hcvanalysis
www.aporrea.org/. redwaveven.jpg.
hcvanalysis.wordpress.com/2007/12/01/ven
ezuela-think-chavez-is-losing-support-have-a-look/

1/12/07

Venezuela awash in Chavez trinkets ahead of referendum
International Herald Tribune – France
AP CARACAS, Venezuela: As President Hugo Chavez extols the evils of
capitalism and vows to transform Venezuela into a socialist state, street
vendors are …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/01
/america/LA-GEN-Venezuela-Chavez-Trinkets.php

Chavez warns Venezuela does not need Spanish companies
International Herald Tribune – France
AP CARACAS, Venezuela: President Hugo Chavez said Saturday that Venezuela
does not need Spanish companies, warning that if Spain’s right-wing party
wins …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/01/
business/LA-FIN-Venezuela-Spain.php

Pro-Constitutional Reform Closes Campaign with Massive Rally in …
Venezuelanalysis.com – Caracas,Venezuela
Amidst fears that Venezuela could descend into violence if the vote is
close, including warnings of a potential civil war from Cuban leader, Fidel
Castro, …
www.venezuelanalysis.com/news/2942

UN rights experts concerned over proposed Venezuela constitutional …
JURIST – USA
Chavez advocated his position by saying the measures would return political
power to the people of Venezuela and also used the event as a warning
against …
jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/12/
un-rights-experts-concerned-over.php

As politics in Venezuela get dicey, oil may rise again
By Douglas McIntyre
The odds that the CIA or some other organization is actually trying to mess with the elections in Venezuela are fairly small. But, given the history of the American intelligence community, they cannot be ruled out altogether. …
www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/01/as-po
litics-in-venezuela-get-dicey-oil-may-rise-again/

VENEZUELA: RUMMY-DARTH VADER TURNS HIS LASER ON CHAVEZ
By hcvanalysis
As the poster Darth Vader-boy for war-mongering and torture, the US is no longer in the mode of “selling” the US public on the need for aggressive measures against Venezuela. Otherwise, it would have picked someone more socially-skilled …
hcvanalysis.wordpress.com/2007/12/01/venezuela
-rummy-darth-vader-turns-his-laser-on-chavez/

Venezuela: Spin Deployed
By RickB
Ok first the CIA memo-. CIA memo specifically refers to these propaganda initiatives as “psychological operations” (PSYOPS), that include contracting polling companies to create fraudulent polls that show the NO vote with an advantage …
tenpercent.wordpress.com/2007/12/01/venezuela-spin-deployed/

1/12/07

Eye on Venezuela
By Michelle Malkin
Every so often, the truth about leftist ideology penetrates the pages of the New York Times. […] Read the rest
michellemalkin.com/2007/12/01/eye-on-venezuela/

Venezuela: beyond the corporate Thing
ZNet – Woods Hole,MA,USA
“The solidarity programme the Bolvarian Republic of Venezuela is carrying
out in different parts of the Americas, known as Mission Miracle has also
been …
www.zmag.org/content/showarticle
.cfm?SectionID=45&ItemID=14418

CIA Operation “Pliers” Uncovered in Venezuela
By Tio
The news anchor had been narrarating a story about the situation
between Colombia and Venezuela and then switched to a story about an
unsolved homicide but – oops – someone forgot to change the screen
image and President Chavez was left …
balafria.wordpress.com/2007/12/01/cia-
operation-pliers-uncovered-in-venezuela/

RADIO VENEZUELA EN VIVO – SAT. LIVE BROADCAST SCHEDULE
By hcvanalysis
Venezuela En Vivo is a live web-streaming internet radio based in
Caracas, Venezuela, and broadcast in English, French and Portuguese by
a group of Venezuelan and international journalists, academics and
activists living and working in …
hcvanalysis.wordpress.com/2007/12/01/radio
-venezuela-en-vivo-sat-live-broadcast-schedule/

Claudia Paola Fernandez – Miss World Venezuela 2007-Miss World …
Claudia is current Miss World Venezuela 2007. Claudia was born in
Venezuela, moved to Argentina with her mother, then moved back to
Caracas. Read More about her and see her lovely pictures at her BabesDB profile.
digg.com/celebrity/Claudia_Paola_Fernandez_
Miss_World_Venezuela_2007_Miss_World_Semifinalist

PRESENT AT THE CREATION The Smart Way to Beat Tyrants Like Chávez
Washington Post – United States
By Donald Rumsfeld Today the people of Venezuela face a constitutional
referendum, which, if passed, could obliterate the few remaining vestiges
of …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2007/11/30/AR2007113001800.html

Chavez threatens to cut U.S. oil supply over [CIA role in] vote 30 Nov 2007 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened on Friday to halt the OPEC nation’s oil sales to the United States, seeking to fire up his leftist supporters for a weekend referendum on expanding his powers. He portrays the vote as a plebiscite on his rule governance. “Whoever votes ‘Yes’ is voting for Chavez, and whoever votes ‘No’ is voting for George W. Bush, president [sic] of the United States,” he said. Chavez has for long accused Washington of backing a failed coup against his rule in 2002. [See: CIA Venezuela Destabilization Memo Surfaces www.venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/2911 —’OPERATION PLIERS’ 28 Nov 2007.]
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071201/w
l_nm/venezuela_referendum_dc_1

Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti – Global Voices Online and its Tired …
By hcvanalysis
HAITI: If you search Haiti on GVO, you get one post after another from “Haiti Innovation” talking about the environment, solar panels and HIV-AIDS, etc. These are very important and noble things for this group of former Peace Corps …
hcvanalysis.wordpress.com/2007/12/01/venezuela-cuba
-and-haiti-global-voices-online-and-its-tired-biased-coverage/

Q&A: Venezuela’s referendum
BBC News – UK
Doesn’t Venezuela already have a new constitution? Yes. President Chavez,
who came to power in 1998, introduced a new “Bolivarian” constitution in
1999. …
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7119371.stm

Venezuela Chavez threatens to cut ties with Spain
Reuters – USA
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened on Friday
to cut diplomatic ties with Spain if the former colonial power’s king does
not …
www.reuters.com/article/newsMaps/idUSN3033713820071130

World Briefing | The Americas Venezuela: chávez Ready to Rule …
New York Times – United States
By SIMON ROMERO Wrapping up his campaign for changes to the Constitution
before tens of thousands of supporters in Caracas, President Hugo Chávez
delivered …
www.nytimes.com/2007/12/01/world/a
mericas/01briefs-chavez.html?ref=world

Brazil foreign minister lobbies for Venezuela’s entry into Mercosur
International Herald Tribune – France
AP SAO PAULO, Brazil: Brazil’s foreign minister lobbied legislators to
approve Venezuela’s entry into a South American trade bloc, despite a
recent war of …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/01/b
usiness/LA-FIN-Brazil-Venezuela-Mercosur.php

Venezuela’s currency likely loser from referendum
Reuters – USA
By Walker Simon – Analysis NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street is betting that
Venezuela’s currency will likely be the loser if Sunday’s constitutional
…
www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSN3056341520071130

Colombia: To Send Gas To Venezuela Via New Pipe Despite Clash
CNNMoney.com – USA
MEDELLIN, Colombia -(Dow Jones)- Colombia will comply with the sale of
natural gas to Venezuela in spite of a recent diplomatic clash between the
presidents …
money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200
711301629DOWJONESDJONLINE000908_FORTUNE5.htm

Dudamel Debuts in New York With a Bang
The Associated Press –
He made his Carnegie Hall debut two weeks ago, conducting the Simon Bolivar
Youth Orchestra, an ensemble he has led since he was 18 as part of
Venezuela’s …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5is6bQn
DTYficVGDszP-lQ9NFEf9AD8T89JH80

VENEZUELA: Examining the 2002 coup to prevent the next one
By hcvanalysis
Anyone who knows a lick about Venezuela knows that the private media played a treasonous role in the US-sponsored coup of 2002. In addition to altering camera angles to make it look like government supporters were firing on unarmed …
hcvanalysis.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/venezuelachavezcoupfidel/

US Companies Behind Anti-Reform Propaganda in Venezuela
On top of this, the Venezuelan government recently passed new rules on the growing automobile industry in Venezuela, which may have US automobile giants, GM, Chrysler, and Ford nervous about their the foreseeable future in Venezuela.
digg.com/world_news/U_S_Companies_Behin
d_Anti_Reform_Propaganda_in_Venezuela_2

Response to BBC article on Venezuela news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi …
By joshjig
The first thing that is indeed laughable is the fact that the recent attacks on Chavez has been about the alleged censorship or lack of freedoms in Venezuela. Then they have just contradicted themselves showing a protest against Chavez. …
joshjig.wordpress.com/2007/12/01/response-to-bbc-
article-on-venezuela-httpnewsbbccouk2hiamericas7120133stm/

CIA Operation “Pliers” Uncovered in Venezuela
By FPF-fwd. lawyer Eva Golinger
The internal memorandum, dated November 20, 2007, references the “Advances of the Final Stage of Operation Pliers”, and confirms that the operation is coordinated by the team of Human Intelligence (HUMINT) in Venezuela. …
portland.indymedia.org/en/2007/11/369278.shtml

Venezuela: Mass Rally Supports Reform
… have been decorated in red, the color of followers of President Hugo Chavez, at the closure of the campaign in favor of the approval of a constitutional reform. Venezuela Referendum Ready to Roll; Venezuela for New Geometry of Power.
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B685FD042
-9D50-45DC-A3B6-50B165C2DBE8%7D&language=EN

Venezuela’s referendum: What’s at stake?: Video:
The constitutional referendum and the media’s “anti-Hugo Chavez” slant
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