Thursday, May 29, 2008

Venezuelan Hero Yon Goicoechea's Quote

Quotable
http://english.eluniversal.com/

"We think that in this country there is a huge lack of the right to choose (…) because you cannot select the TV channel you want to watch, because there are 400 people barred from political activities and you cannot elect your candidates." Student leader Yon Goicoechea, who lamented that the free signal of TV channel RCTV was discontinued one year ago

Maru Angarita

My blog is: http://maruangarita.blogspot.com/
Resources:
http://community.webshots.com/album/562765923BCqRJW
http://www.cato.org/special/friedman/goicoechea/index.html
http://www.cato.org/special/friedman/goicoechea/media.html

Sunday, May 25, 2008

The Death of the FARC Leader

Most of the world press is reporting the death of the FARC leader known by several pseudonyms:

Les FARC confirment la mort de leur chef Manuel Marulanda:
http://www.lemonde.fr/ameriques/article/2008/05/25/le-chef-des-farc-manuel-marulanda-donne-pour-mort_1049372_3222.html#ens_id=941502

Farc-EP confirma muerte de Marulanda (a pro-Chavez's website)
http://www.radiomundial.com.ve/yvke/noticia.php?6079

FARC says its leader is dead
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/05/24/farc.leader/index.html

Top Colombian Rebel Dead of Heart Attack
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/24/AR2008052401332.html?hpid=moreheadlines

Farc confirmaron que Manuel Marulanda Vélez 'Tirofijo' está muerto
http://www.eltiempo.com/conflicto/noticias/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-4206410.html

Alias Timochenko maquilla al muerto para que Telesur comience la ascensión de Tirofijo a los altares de la Iglesia del Diablo (26 de mayo de 2008)

http://www.gentiuno.com/articulo.asp?articulo=6593

Cordially,

Maru Angarita

My blog is: http://maruangarita.blogspot.com/