What Chavez said (YouTube video)

[rabs]

(For those who understand Spanish, highly recommended.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f0kCyUZhHI

This is a video of Chavez's remarks about the opposition website that falsely announced the assassinations of a government minister and a TV journalist, and Chavez's later remarks regarding the Internet (the reference to Germany's Merkel is included, in addition to other very serious false reports on that website).

The video gives the big fat lie to the (ill-intentioned, or merely incompetent?) report by the AP.

Credit for alerting us to this YouTube video goes to Bacchus39 in the thread "Venezuelan Web site rejects Chavez's allegations".

Here's hoping that Bacchus39 and Zorro will watch the video, mend their errant viewpoints and repent. :-)

[Bacchus39]

1. uyyy listening to that pig was painful, and he said what Merckel said was "muy cierto"

never heard Merkel say that but Chavez apparently agrees. read the comments on the video too.

sounds like Chavez is reading posts by users as indicated by the webstory I posted yesterday. just like DU deletes comments and users who make them on occasion. sounds like Chavez wants to shut down the web site for the comments by some users, would be like shutting down DU for comments posted by the users.

what a pendejo!!


thanks Rabs!!!

[protocol rv]

3. I don't think it matters to the communists

Just like Bush, they don't do nuances. I suspect our ability to post on the internet from Venezuela will be short lived. it's headed in the same direction as other hard-core communists dictatorships such as Cuba and North Korea.

[Bacchus39]

4. sorry man, you got a great country with a crappy president

I can empathize with that after 8 years of Bush.

this is so underhanded blaming internet sites for messages posted by forum users.

[Bacchus39]

2. here is the AP article for comparison

and whether Merkel ever said such a thing or not, Chavez is wrong!!!! yahoo has message boards now too so you can read the comments and maybe join in the discussion

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100314/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_venezuela_internet#mwpphu-container

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Venezuela's Chavez: Internet should be regulated


By JORGE RUEDA, Associated Press Writer Jorge Rueda, Associated Press Writer – Sun Mar 14, 12:08 am ET
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for regulation of the Internet on Saturday while demanding authorities crack down on a critical news Web site that he accused of spreading false information.

In a televised speech, Chavez said: "The Internet can't be something free where anything can be done and said. No, every country has to impose its rules and regulations," Chavez said.

He singled out the Venezuelan news site Noticiero Digital, saying it had posted false information that some of his close allies had been killed.

Chavez called for Venezuela's attorney general to take action immediately against the Web site. "This is a crime," he said of the site's reports.

There was no immediate reaction from the Web site, which is a popular outlet for critical news and commentary in Venezuela.

Chavez has regularly clashed with critical broadcasters and newspapers. One anti-Chavez channel, Radio Caracas Television, was forced to move to cable in 2007 after the president refused to renew its license. In January, cable and satellite TV providers also stopped transmitting that channel under government orders after it defied regulations requiring it to televise some of Chavez's speeches.

Referring to satellite TV channels, Chavez said, "It can't be that they transmit whatever they want poisoning the minds of many people — regulation, regulation, the laws!"

The last anti-Chavez channel on the open airwaves, Globovision, faces multiple investigations by government regulators for alleged violations of broadcast regulations.

Chavez called for authorities to take action against Globovision, saying one recent panelist on the channel "has the nerve to say that Chavez, the president of this country, supports drug trafficking and also has the nerve to say there is evidence that here in Venezuela ... a bunch of courses have been given to terrorists from ETA and the FARC."

"That's very serious. That can't be permitted," Chavez said. "I can't put anyone in jail. There are the branches of government that should act, and the people themselves have to act."

The interview that Chavez mentioned came during tensions between Spain and Venezuela after a Spanish judge said he has evidence of Venezuelan government links to the Basque separatist group ETA and the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC — both of which are classified as terrorist organizations by the European Union and the United States.

Chavez's government testily denied having links to the two groups, and the two countries have since tried to ease tensions with a joint statement pledging to work together against ETA.

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[DutchLiberal]

5. After 73891632 of these instances, it cannot be mere 'incompetence' from AP...

It must be bad intentions.

[protocol rv]

6. I'm confused

I don't know what you're referring to by saying "it must be bad intentions". Could you clarify?

[DutchLiberal]

7. The structural and continuing lying about president Chavez...