As much flak as Muslims get in the media, I think we should all be thankful that we're not Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.
The poor man gets absolutely no love. He recently won a referendum ending presidential term limits by getting 54% of the vote and he's presented as an autocrat who has no respect for the constitution.
Counterpunch has a nice article on the recent referendum showing how the Washington Post worded the democratically held referendum in this manner:
“President Hugo Chávez persuaded Venezuelans today to end term limits through a referendum that allows him to rule far into the 21st century to complete his socialist transformation of this oil-rich country.”
Odd how I never read anywhere that Obama "persuaded" the American public to grant him the presidency. Interesting choice of words by WaPo.
Do read the Counterpunch piece as it presents statistics on how 10 years of Chavez have drastically improved the lives of Venezuelans.
Just don’t call it genocide
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It's so true, Naeem--the media hates the man. Why?
My BIL is from Venezuela and his family hates Chavez. He didn't get that from OUR media. He got it from living there. *shrug*
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@Amy, the media is merely propogating the US administration's viewpoint on Chavez. He's not willing to play by their game and so is being villanized.
@Susanne, based on my various readings of the situation over there, Chavez actually prides himself in leading a nation where the media is extremely critical of him and his movement. The media is controlled by the super-capitalists who have major truck with his socialization/nationalization movements.
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