Venezuela, today

The situation in Venezuela today is still of protest. The protests are been held mainly by University students from all over the country. But, other sectors of the society are also joined them with the protest.

The civil unrest started by the personal decision of Hugo Chavez of shutting down the biggest and oldest Venezuela TV channel, Radio Caracas Television (RCTV). It went off the air on May 28 at 12 pm.

But, today, the civil unrest still continues and it has gone beyond the closing of RCTV. The political maneuver went wrong. My husband told me yesteday, "Geez, you guys (Venezuelan) can take anything but not to be taken TV, don´t ya?" Maybe. Specially, this TV channel was very well liked and seen by most Venezuelans. Their comedic radio show, Radio Rochela, has been an staple of the Venezuelan family since 1953 I believe. And honestly, the ones who get more affected with this decision are the most poors, those who Chavez says that he want to protect, I would say that they are the ones that he want to indoctrinate, to slave them to his wishes, just like Castro has done shamefully to the people of Cuba. Those most poors are the ones who cannot afford cable and have to resign themselves to watch a propaganda channel, full of indoctrinating cartoons, of hatred propaganda against fellow Venezuelans, I don´t know... I don´t have plans to watch their bullshit anytime soon, I am fortunate I can choose, but other fellow countryman cannot. Apparently, this seems to be the last straw of the abuse of power of Hugo Chavez that Venezuelans have decided to take. Venezuelans love to sit and watch soap operas at night. And Mr. Chavez took their only free entertainment, their little indulgence. Just because. Like their lives are not miserable enough.

He think because oppression has worked in Cuba for a ruthless murderer like Fidel Castro, will it work in Venezuela for another cuckoo? It has for 8 years though, but for how long will this monster live?

I don´t think these protests won´t be over even if his Majesty, Hugo I, King of Venezuela, only ruler, will decide to put the channel again on the air.

And that´s in fact the REAL PROBLEM with Venezuela today. No, it´s not capitalism, it´s not the imperialism, it´s not the business owners, it´s not Marcel Granier, it´s not the CIA conspiring, it´s not GW Bush, it´s not the Unions, the politicians, it´s not even street crime, corruption, poverty, NO. The REAL disease in Venezuela has a first name and a lastname, and it´s Hugo Chavez. The one who decided to push the envelope and take over the rule of law of the country. In other words, to clean his ass with the constitution, the one he helped to redone. Him, and the guys who decided that this was a good idea too, I include in this group Fidel Castro and a whole bunch of international supporters of Chavez, Danny Glover, Medea Benjamin, Eve Gollinger, etc...

Before, we have a hell lotta problems in the country, and then, it came Hugo to put the cherry on the top.

So, this is what is about with this protest, Venezuelans are tired of not having our rule of law. We, Venezuelans are tired of our rights to be stripped away little by little, we are tired of not finding a FREE justice system but only Chavistas judges who doesn´t even have the nessesary academic instructions to be a judge, and who rule only according to Chavez´s wishes. We, Venezuelan are tired of a Chavista-only electoral council, we are tired of a Chavez´s Asamblea Nacional, who only act according to Hugo´s wishes, since we didn´t voted for them. They obey only to the voice of the master who put them in Congress. We are fucking tired of not been able to get a passport, a federal job, if we are not chavistas. We Venezuelans are also tired of the hatred that Chavez has seed into Venezuelan soil.

Chavez came to power to eliminate corruption in the country. That´s why an overwhealming majority of Venezuelans voted for him in 1999. And then, he won. And then he saw, he liked what he saw, and like many cheap Latin America dictators, decided he can get away stealing the whole country to himself.

Now, 2007, Venezuela not only have more corruption that ever, but now the corruption is also gone to a political and nepotism level never seen before in Venezuela.

Will Hugo get away with it until today?

Wishful thinking from me. We will see...

Civil unrest continues uninterrupted in Venezuela.

Just like, years ago (1996), micomandante called for civil unrest, Venezuela is doing it today, but this time against him. The civil unrest continues uninterrupted since yesterday due to the abuse of power of Hugo Chavez and his group of thugs pulling off the plug of Radio Caracas Televisión, among other things.

Listen to live news in Spanish from these different alternative media web pages:

Caracas Radio TV

Radio Nexx

Update news, also in Spanish:

Venezolanos en línea

Megaresistencia

Venezuela Digital

Noticiero Digital

Live news from Caracas

2:30 am. Protest for the closing of Radio Caracas Televisión have been reported through many different points in the city of Caracas. The protest in EL Cigarral in la Boyera is been attacked by Metropolitan police. The neighbors of Avenida Romulo Gallego blocked the street and burnt tires, the police didn't mess with them. The opposite is happening in Montalban, in which the police is trying to dissolve a manifestation with plastic bullets. People are trowing objects from their apartments to the police. Other manifestations, in other cities like Puerto La Cruz are been reported all over Venezuela.



This is what you are hearing all along right now in Puerto La Cruz. The same situation in other cities have been reported as well.



Nicolas Maduro, the foreign minister who doesn't know what is the capital of Brazil, spoke to CNN en español, saying that the sound of the "cacerolas" (people pounding their pots and pans) are in celebration for the closing of the channel. Nothing further from the truth, as any communist leader, he is liying very ugly. I never have seen a celebration with people hanging the flag upside down, which is clearly a signal of protest.

The minister also have a problem that a resolution passed by the European Parliament was issued by 43 out of 756 deputies... but that's not totally true, it was a comission of 65, from which 43 voted in favor to pass the resolution, that is then accepted by the WHOLE parlieament... read.

"Freedom of speech is the central issue in a resolution which condems the decision by the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, not to renew the broadcasting licence of one of the country's leading television and radio stations, Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV). The current licence expires on 27 May 2007.

MEPs were divided over some aspects of this issue, with rival resolutions coming from the EPP-ED, ALDE and UEN groups on the one hand, and the PES, Greens/EFA and GUE/NGL on the other. The former was adopted by 43 votes to 22 with 0 abstentions."

Could it be that Nicolas Maduro ALSO doesn't know how the European Parliament works?????? :0

Sigh...

10:30 pm. Chavistas thugs have infiltrated peaceful opposition march through all major cities in Venezuela in support of Radio Caracas Televisión and have started violent confrontation with police and national guard. The radio is calling to ALL CIVILIANS to withdraw and block their neighborhood streets.

The call is also for all civilians not to engage into any type of violent confrontation.

The radio is also calling for the military to fulfill their duty that they have swear with the country and not with the dictator who has kidnapped the country and all the democratic powers.

I will keep informing...