Stories about Venezuela from September, 2005
Venzuela: Starting to Dialogue
Responding to recent violations to freedom of speech in government-run media, Venezuelan bloggers have launched a collective weblog, En Diálogo [ES] (In Dialogue). The blog intends to bring people together...
Venezuela: Virtual Workshop on Beginning a Literary Blog
Jorge Letralia, editor of Letralia, Tierra de Letras will be offering a virtual workshop in Spanish on setting up a literary blog. [via Veneblogs]
Venezuela: Government Handling of Floods
As Americans prepare for hurricane Rita, Venezuela News and Views takes a critical stance against how the Chavez government has handled flooding in Caracas.
Latin America: Approval Ratings and Campaign Polls
Bloggings by Boz has a comprehensive compilation of presidential approval ratings and campaign polls from around the Americas.
Venezuela: The Censored Dossier
In Friday, Dossier was suspended. A full coverage can be found at El espacio de Lubrio. An ambiguous official statement from the Ministry of Communication and Information and VTV board of directors asks Martínez to appear before the National Attorney Office to present any charge against public administrators that he may have. The statement also warns about the obligation to obey dispositions on responsible journalism included in the Radio and Television Social Accountability Law.
Venezuela, Colombia: Chavez and Uribe in the U.S.
Venezuelan-American, Alexdra Beech has written her impressions of both Hugo Chavez and Alvaro Uribe's recent visits to the United States.
Venezuela: Chavez's Speech to the UN
Iria Puyosa has an excellent roundup on both weblog and mainstream media reactions to Chavez's speech at the UN – where he called for UN headquarters to be moved from...
Venezuela: Seizure of La Marqueseña
Daniel of Venezuela News and Views covers the Venezuelan Army's seizure of property belonging to the Vestey group.
Venezuela: Fête de l’Humanité
Hand Off Venezuela has a Venezuela-centric post on last weekend's Fête de l’Humanité, an annual Communist party, held in Paris, France.
Venezuela: Chavez calls for greater Venezuela-China co-op
Venezuela in the News says Chavez has called for greater Venezuelan-Chinese cooperation.
Venezuela: Venezuelan Bloggers Meet in Miami
Veneblogs has a roundup of Venezuelan expat bloggers who met up last Saturday in Miami.
Venezuelan Bloggers’ Views on Chavismo
The Venezuelan blogosphere portrays a fairly complex political spectrum rather than the bipolar one presented by mainstream media. The conversation is becoming more inclusive, allowing escualidos1, moderate opposition, neither-nor2, chavistas...
Venezuela: Comparing Natural Disaster Responses
Like Tomas Sancio did with the 1999 La Guaria floods, Oil Wars compares the US response to Katrina with the Venezuelan response to the February, 2005 floods of Vargas, Caracas.
Venezuela: Prison Conditions
Daniel of Venezuela News and Views writes of the prison conditions in Venezuela.
Venezuelan Politics: Unnatural Disasters
Tomas Sancio compares the US reaction to Hurricane Katrina with the Venezuelan reaction to the 1999 La Guaira floods. He also points out that the US government has accepted aid...
