British Media Remain Silent Over the Expelling of Telesur and VTV Journalists from Honduras

July 17th 2009, by Press Office - Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the United Kingdom

Unlike Venezuela and other countries, a majority of the British public ignores the recent events that occurred last week when six Venezuelan journalists from Telesur and VTV (Venezuelan Television) were expelled from Honduras by the de facto President Roberto Micheletti. Since the coup took place on 28th June 2009 there has been a great level of misinformation in Great Britain about what has been happening in Honduras, and the fact that six Venezuelan journalists were expelled from Honduras was not worth reporting by British newspapers.

For instance, Rory Carroll, The Guardian Latin American correspondent, has written in the past seven days about the death of a hippopotamus belonging to deceased drug-trafficker Pablo Escobar in Colombia and the visit of the Royal Ballet of Great Britain to Cuba. Yet, Carroll has not published anything about the expelled Venezuelan journalists in Honduras. Other British newspapers, such as: The Times and The Financial Times have chosen to ignore this subject, despite having correspondents in the region.

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The Economist Increases its Smear Campaign Against Venezuela by Making up a Venezuelan Military Intervention in Bolivia

July 17th 2009, by Press Office - Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the United Kingdom

As part of its smear campaign against Venezuela, the British magazine The Economist published an article about the political situation in Bolivia titled “The Permanent Campaign” (July 18 – 24 2009, page 51), which states that “Venezuelan troops helped quell a rebellion centered on the airport at Santa Cruz in the east in 2007”.

It is well known, however, that Venezuelan soldiers have never participated in any type of operation against Bolivian civilians. This false accusation made up by The Economist has also been repeated by the fascist opposition of Santa Cruz.

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Chavez: US Government Giving Oxygen to Honduran Coup

[Speaking during his weekly television show, Hello President, on Sunday, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called on United States President, Barack Obama to withdraw all support for the coup government in Honduras that deposed the democratically elected president Manuel Zelaya on June 28.]

Chavez: US Government Giving Oxygen to Honduran Coup

July 13th 2009, by Kiraz Janicke - Venezuelanalysis.com

Caracas, July 13 2009, (Venezuelanalysis.com) - Speaking during his weekly television show, Hello President, on Sunday, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called on United States President, Barack Obama to withdraw all support for the coup government in Honduras that deposed the democratically elected president Manuel Zelaya on June 28.

Although the Obama and secretary of state, Hilary Clinton have made comments condemning the ouster of Zelaya, the US government has thus far refused to legally recognize the coup as a "coup", maintained diplomatic ties with the illegitimate coup government in Honduras, and continued to send millions of dollars in aid.

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Microsoft Versus Venezuela

[The Venezuelan government and a grassroots technology movement here are both promoting the use and creation of open source (free) software, so it's no surprise that software tyrant, Microsoft, is lambasting Chavez.]

Microsoft Versus Venezuela

July 15th 2009, by Tamara Pearson – Venezuelanalysis.com

Yesterday, Microsoft MSN (Spain) featured a montage photo of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and the ex president of Cuba, Fidel Castro, wearing king's crowns, accompanied by the colourful title, "When power corrupts: Striving to be kings." The Venezuelan government and a grassroots technology movement here are both promoting the use and creation of open source (free) software, so it's no surprise that software tyrant, Microsoft, is lambasting Chavez.

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Honduran Coup Tries to Halt Advance of Latin American Left

[The coup against Manuel Zelaya of Honduras represents a last ditch effort by Honduras’ entrenched economic and political interests to stave off the advance of the new left governments that have taken hold in Latin America over the past decade.]

Honduran Coup Tries to Halt Advance of Latin American Left

July 3rd 2009, By Roger Burbach - New American Media

The coup against Manuel Zelaya of Honduras represents a last ditch effort by Honduras’ entrenched economic and political interests to stave off the advance of the new left governments that have taken hold in Latin America over the past decade. As Zelaya proclaimed after being forcibly dumped in Costa Rica: “This is a vicious plot planned by elites. The elites only want to keep the country isolated and in extreme poverty.”

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Venezuela & Iran: Whither the revolutions?

[June was a busy month for two of Washington's real ‘Axis of Evil'. Venezuela's Chavez completed his nationalisation of oil and Iran's Ahmedinejad stemmed a Western-backed colour revolution, leaving both bad boys in place.]

Venezuela & Iran: Whither the revolutions?

July 5th 2009, by Eric Walberg - Axisoflogic.com

What drives US foreign policy? Is it primarily the domestic economy, as it logically should be, or, as many argue, the powerful Israel lobby, or as other argue, the need to secure energy sources? Of course, the answer is all three, in varying degrees depending on the geopoltical importance of the country in question. And woe to any country that threatens any of the above.

Russia is perhaps a special case, as US politics was dependent for so long on the anti-communist Cold War that ideologues found it impossible to dispense with this useful bugaboo even after the collapse of Communism. But it was not only Sovietologists like Condoleezza Rice that perversely prospered from this obsession, but the US domestic economy itself, which was transformed into what is best described as the military-industrial complex (MIC). It would take very little to placate today's Russia -- pull in NATO's horns and stop pandering to the Russophobes in Eastern Europe -- but that would hurt the MIC and would hamper the US plans for empire and oil. So it remains an enemy of choice, though not part of the Axis of Evil.

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Chavez: U.S. and Venezuelan Right Wing Support Coup in Honduras, a Challenge to Obama

[Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez accused the "extreme right wing" of the United States and Venezuela of being involved in last Sunday's military coup in Honduras, perhaps behind U.S. President Barack Obama's back.]

Chavez: U.S. and Venezuelan Right Wing Support Coup in Honduras, a Challenge to Obama

July 3rd 2009, by James Suggett

Mérida, July 3rd 2009 (Venezuelanalysis.com) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez accused the "extreme right wing" of the United States and Venezuela of being involved in last Sunday's military coup in Honduras, perhaps behind U.S. President Barack Obama's back.

"It could be that Obama did not know. But I am sure the ambassador of the United States in Honduras [Hugo Llorens], who is the same as [former U.S. President George W.] Bush's, knew about the coup," Chavez said on a special edition of his weekly talk show, "Hello, President."

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