Stories about Venezuela from August, 2005
Venezuelan: Measuring Poverty In the USA
Tomas Sancio of Baruta, Venezuela, criticizes Chavez's accusation of widespread poverty in the United States.
Venezuela: Pat Robertson and Jesse Jackson
Daniel of Venezuela News and Views compares Pat Robertson and Jesse Jackson after the latter visits his country.
Venezuela: Media Objectivity
Daniel is concerned about the loss of Radio Nacional de Venezuela's objectivity while Aleksander Boyd says the same of the international press.
Venezuela: More Reactions to Robertson
Publius Pundit has more on the Internet's reaction to the Pat Robertson controversy with a special focus on Venezuelan bloggers.
Venezuela: Run away from Robertson
Bloggins by boz gives a complete run down of everything related to Pat Robertson and Hugo Chavez.
Venezuela: Pat Robertson's Explanation
Blog from Bolivia comments on Pat Robertson's back peddling away from his comment that Hugo Chavez should be assasinated.
Venezuela: Pat Robertson and Chavez
Satisfying his fans, Daniel touches on Rev. Pat Robertson's proposal that somebody assasinate Hugo Chavez.
Venezuela: Ballot Machine Software
Aleksander Boyd does some investigative blogging into the vote software company Smartmatic and concludes, it is “worrying indeed that a company with connections to the Hugo Chavez regime has been selected to run elections in a county of Chicago.”
Venezuela: World Youth Fest
Chase me ladies, I'm in the cavalry, written by a traveling Brit, has a sarcastic if not offensive couple posts on the World Youth Fest in Caracas with plenty of photos of attendees. For more serious coverage, check out Venezuelan News and Views and The Devil's Excrement.
Venezuela: More Thoughts on Last Weekend's Election
Both Venezuela News and Views and The Devil's Excrement continue their analysis of last weekend's municipal elections and the role of the National Electoral Council (CNE).
Venezuela: Open Letter to Military Officers
VCRISIS has translated an open letter by Gustavo Coronel to officers of the Venezuelan army who recently graduated from a course on leadership sponsored by Cuban president, Fidel Castro.
Venezuela: Express Kidnapping
Tomas Sancio of Venezuelan Politics writes a refreshingly apolitical post about the Venezuelan film, “Secuestro Express” (Express Kidnapping), which has been getting its fair share of Hollywood's attention.
Venezuela: Municipal Election Results and Analysis
Venezuela News and Views, Venezuelan Politics, The Devil's Excrement, and Publius Pundit all offer analysis of this past weekend's municipal elections, which yielded extremely low turnouts throughout the country.
Venezuela: Political Apathy
Bloggings by Boz has a brief roundup on politics in Venezuela.
Venezuela: Telesur
The Devil's Excrement does not yet seem convinced of the quality of Telesur's programming.
Venezuela: Municipal Election Predictions
Daniel of Venezuela News and Views makes his predictions for this Sunday's municipal elections.
Venezuela: American Ambassador and Baseball
Tomas Sancio of Venezuelan Politics covers the reaction and controversy which followed after U.S. Ambassador William Brownfield distributed free baseball equipment to poor youth in the capitol city, Caracas.
Venezuela: New Protests in Caracas
Daniel of Venezuela News and Views has a very hyperlinked post about the latest protests in Venezuela's capitol.
