Saturday, November 29, 2008

Updated: Venezuela's Political Disaster - November 29, 2008

Dear Journalists,

There are a lot of reported abuses taking place in Venezuela allegedly by Chavez's supporters, including financed protests against the newly elected officials. The protesters are all wearing red. The only way they all could wear red is if the t-shirts and other displays are paid for and provided by Chavez's administration.

The following are links reporting the abuses of political retaliation:

Chavez asks military, backers to prepare for fight
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/28/AR2008112802885.html

http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/20815/chavez-llama-al-pueblo-a-movilizarse-contra-los-opositores-electos-el-23-n/

Looting in Miranda state government
http://english.eluniversal.com/2008/11/28/en_pol_art_looting-in-miranda-s_28A2150573.shtml

CNP warns against threats on Globovisión
http://english.eluniversal.com/2008/11/28/en_pol_art_cnp-warns-against-th_28A2150885.shtml

Conatel starts a new probe into news TV channel Globovisión
http://english.eluniversal.com/2008/11/28/en_pol_art_conatel-starts-a-new_28A2150417.shtml

Deranged autocrat Chavez does not understand the democratic process where citizens choose their leaders by voting them in or out. The following link is to article written by Diego Arria, a former Venezuelan Ambassador to the United Nations:

"Chávez suffered a major setback"
http://www.eluniversal.com/2008/11/28/en_pol_art_diego-arria:-chavez_28A2150887.shtml

Members of the Russian Delegation visiting Chavez to perform naval exercises staying at one of the five stars hotels in Caracas were robbed as reported in the link below:

http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/20790/robaron-a-militares-rusos-en-hotel-de-caracas/

Venezuelans need help from developed governments and international organizations to restore democracy and end corruption.

Cordially,

Maru Angarita
My blog is: http://maruangarita.blogspot.com/
Resources:
www.noticias24.com
http://alekboyd.blogspot.com/2006/03/sequoia-smartmatic-e-voting-fiasco-in.html
http://www.eluniversal.comhttp://english.eluniversal.com
http://www.iht.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
http://g400mas.blogspot.com/
http://www.analitica.com
http://www.daniel-venezuela.blogspot.com/
http://www.venezolanosenlinea.com/
http://venezuelavigilante.com
http://www.globovision.com/
http://www.gentiuno.com/
http://pmbcomments.blogspot.com/
http://www.marthacolmenares.com
www.venezuelareal.org
http://www.thehrf.org

Friday, November 28, 2008

Watching the Russians in Venezuela

Venezuela's Political Disaster - November 28, 2008

Dear Journalists,

"Sunday's results showed that Venezuela "can not be intimidated by threats. There is a neck and neck situation here; we could even say that a bit farther, in favor of democracy; there is a country which advocates good management and there is a country which still has faith in the projects submitted by the president.” Baruta new mayor Gerardo Blyde

http://english.eluniversal.com/

Even if Venezuelans are strong minded please know that there are several reports of Chavez and his thugs continuing to threaten the newly democratically elected officials, and have threatened citizens with violence. The link below is to picture of the Director of Education in Miranda state "flipping the bird" to followers of the newly elected mayor as quoted above published on one of the newspapers.

http://realidadalternativa.wordpress.com/2008/11/27/foto-directora-de-educacion-de-miranda-le-pinta-una-paloma-a-seguidores-de-capriles/

The following links are to pictures, and articles concerning Chavez's abuse to journalists and television networks that do not follow his deranged orders:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k743JVSjkDyKzLRasy
http://www.urru.org/papers/DDHH/LibertadExpresion_Index.htm

http://www.urru.org/lonuevo.htm

http://www.urru.org/filmaciones_index.htm

Venezuelans need help from developed governments and international organizations to restore democracy and end corruption.


Cordially,

Maru Angarita
My blog is: http://maruangarita.blogspot.com/
Resources:
www.noticias24.com
http://alekboyd.blogspot.com/2006/03/sequoia-smartmatic-e-voting-fiasco-in.html
http://www.eluniversal.com
http://english.eluniversal.com
http://www.iht.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
http://g400mas.blogspot.com/
http://www.analitica.com
http://www.daniel-venezuela.blogspot.com/
http://www.venezolanosenlinea.com/
http://venezuelavigilante.com
http://www.globovision.com/
http://www.gentiuno.com/
http://pmbcomments.blogspot.com/
http://www.marthacolmenares.com
www.venezuelareal.org
http://www.thehrf.org

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Happy and Compassionate Thanksgiving!

Wishing you a very happy and compassionate Thanksgiving!

In my personal opinion the PBS Frontline special on the so infamous Hugo Chavez produced by Ofra Bikel was nicely edited removing some of the outrageous moments, and including footage that clearly depict the leader as an autocrat, deranged, and pathetic.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/hugochavez/

I would have added Chavez’s reaction to the 1999 Vargas landslides where he refused foreign aide for those in need. Word is that Chavez was guided by some religious belief that the landslides were a sign for him. However, the weather has changed for Chavez as also shown at the end of the Frontline special.

His estranged wife was shown nicely and blond, but there was no mention that she was allegedly brutally attacked by Chavez after a domestic violence situation where “he was the macho man beating his wife to obey.” The former First Lady allegedly had to check herself into a private clinic for treatment.

The intimidation to those who work for him is greatly documented by Ofra Bikel, but leaving some other intimidation tactics like the killing of peaceful unarmed common citizens protesting at Plaza Francia just to stop them from doing so:

http://urru.org/fotos/0_2004/20040816_NuevaMasacreAltamira.htm
http://urru.org/fotos/0_2004/20041119_VelorioDaniloAnderson.htm
http://urru.org/fotos/0_2004/20041118_CamionetaDaniloAnderson.htm
http://urru.org/fotos/0_2004/20040704_FriasChavezLeche.htm

There are thousands of pictures narrating the abuse against Venezuelan citizens since Chavez took office.

The following link is to picture of Chavez’s candidates and in the background the horrible contrast of the city’s awful poverty, and neglect, and fantastic buildings in the background. All the candidates shown in the picture lost in the municipal elections held on November 23, 2008:

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2510180900099752410KjFHIH

Cordially,

Maru Angarita

My blog is: http://maruangarita.blogspot.com/
Resources:
www.pbs.org
http://www.urru.org/
http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/clinsci/wing/aavdm/newletter_march2000.htm#Venezuelan
Deleted Sarah Palin’s horrible link to turkey forgiveness

http://www.uclick.com/client/wpc/gm/

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Open letter to OAS Secretary General

"The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) published its most recent letter to Jose Miguel Insulza, Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS). The letter denounces Insulza’s inaction with regard to flagrant violations of freedom of the press in the Americas, including the shutdown of television and radio stations and government-encouraged attacks on journalists."

http://www.humanrightsfoundation.org/media/11262008.html

Maru Angarita

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

Monday, November 24, 2008

The day after the municipal elections

Infamous Chavez is as always abusing the nation with his boring, and autocrat disinformation speeches as I write this posting. He mentions punishing Globovision for allegedly releasing poll results ahead of time. Did Chavez keep track of all the organizations releasing exit polls before the time? I think that Venezuelans are really tired of the autocrat and really give a damn of what he says.

Luis Vicente León: "Chávez perdió el corazón del país"
http://www.eluniversal.com/2008/11/24/ereg_ava_luis-vicente-leon:_24A2145043.shtml

http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/20590/pide-sancionar-severamente-a-globovision/

The following link is to pictures of the so infamous Chavez's "undercover" motorcycle brigades as mentioned on previous postings during the November 23 announcement of results:

http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/20573/fotos-los-chavistas-anoche-en-miraflores/

Civil organization Sumate received over 600 reports of manipulation of votes, and some people are protesting the exit polls results in Barinas state:

http://www.sumate.org/

The following is link to pictures after the devastating storm of November 20 while Chavez seized the television networks for his abusive talk to the nation blocking emergency calls to inform the citizens of the dangerous weather:

http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/20356/nuevas-imagenes-asi-quedo-caracas-despues-de-la-tormenta-de-anoche/

Maru Angarita
My blog is: http://maruangarita.blogspot.com/
Resources:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/24/AR2008112402073_2.html?hpid=moreheadlines
http://www.globovision.com/news.php?nid=104890

Chiseling Away at a Fatally Flawed "Revolution": It is Possible! by Pedro Mario Burelli

Chiseling Away at a Fatally Flawed "Revolution": It is Possible!
by Internationalist Pedro Mario Burelli
http://pmbcomments.blogspot.com/


PMBComment: November 23rd (23N) has brought another electoral setback for a thuggish autocrat too smart to do away with the last vestiges of democracy and too obtuse to understand the rumblings and messages from the electorate. After making a regional election all about himself and the renewal of his "XXI century socialism" mandate, Hugo Chávez cannot elude the glaring consequences of these latest contests. Winning the majority of state governorships -17 of 22 contested (with likely challenges in the works) - but losing the key ones - Zulia, Miranda, Carabobo, plus Tachira, Nueva Esparta and the greater Caracas and Sucre municipal districts - cannot be spun as a victory by a man who campaigned as if his life depended on it.

It was in Zulia State that he promised to jail the outgoing governor whose hand picked pupil won, and in Carabobo he threatened "to pull out the tanks" if the opposition won and they did. In Miranda, he campaigned arduously for his perennial sidekick and former VP Diosdado Cabello only to see him lose to Cuban-foe Henrique Capriles, and in Caracas, his close ally Aristobulo Isturiz was defeated by a symbolic representative of the old guard, a former AD militant that only joined the race after Chávez forced his Supreme Court to disqualify the sure land slider Harvard educated Leopoldo Lopez.

The main issue now is how is Venezuela going to function going forward. Hugo Chávez is a mid-level-mediocre-military-man whose sees the world in stark black and white: for him there are only glorious victories or ignominious defeats. He is lousy at sharing power and incompetent as an administrator. Dialogue with opponents is not his forte and I doubt it will come easily to him. Furthermore, a meltdown of public finances has already occurred in Venezuela but was covered-up in the run up to elections. Hiding the truth will only make the remedy and its purveyor all that much more intolerable in the uncertain days to come. We should expect the next few weeks to be tension filled as reality dawns on this uncouth coupster that his power base has be resoundly chiseled by an electorate exhausted of years of confrontation and certain that ruin is around the corner (if not already here).

Those around the world that continue to proclaim that Chávez is popular because of this - or that - should dig into the results of these elections. People can only be fooled part of the time, and only a few can be fooled all of the time. Those leaders in Latin America who have been cowered into complicity and silence should take a page from the defiant and valiant actions of millions of poor Venezuelans who have voted against the will of a ruthless blackmailer. Treating Hugo Chávez as anything but a seriously dangerous and increasingly unpopular leader would be a mistake. If he chooses to ignore the constitutional consequences of this trouncing I have no doubt that he will squander what little remains of his mandate and a power vacuum will materialize.

For the opposition, and more so for those who wrestled control from the chavismo, the main challenge will be to grab control of unaudited public apparatuses that need to be institutionalized in the midst of what will certainly be a period of fiscal scarcity and dangerous maneuvering by a chastened "revolution".

Venezuela must be congratulated for this against all odds show of faith in democracy. PMB

NOTE: These elections where not observed by that fatuous monstrosity called the Organization of American States and we did not miss them. For all the talk about their prowess in electoral missions it is clear that in kowtowing to Hugo Chavez the member states have negated its reason for existing and made a mockery of its Charter and the much celebrated Democratic Charter.

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

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Municipal Elections Updates

The electoral agency CNE http://www.cne.gov.ve/ announced partial results and the opposition has won key states!!!!!

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The following link is to live broadcast from Globovision reporting all the events concerning the election results.

http://globovision.batanga.com/Player/new/default2.asp


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There are reports circulating the Internet that the website releasing poll results: www.quepasaenvenzuela.com is allegedly property of the Chavista www.aporrea.org

Citizens required by the electoral agency CNE (http://www.cne.gov.ve/) to serve on the voting tables have been doing so since 5:00 AM today. At this time, the CNE is ordering all voting areas to remain open until 10:00 PM. Citizens working at the voting tables are exhausted, but can not return home.

http://www.eluniversal.com/2008/11/23/ereg_ava_cne:-sancionaran-a-m_23A2142763.shtml

En Petare denuncian que no hay votantes pero no dejan cerrar mesas

http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/20510/en-petare-denuncian-que-no-hay-votanter-pero-no-dejan-cerrar-mesas/

Chavez allegedly has ordered the infamous motocycle brigade out in the streets. There are reports of intimidations including firing their guns to the air, and other violent behavior including showing up at the voting stations.

http://www.eluniversal.com/2008/11/23/ereg_ava_denuncian-caravanas_23A2142339.shtml

The reports that are circulating is that citizens fear fraud. There have been several reports of wrong doings, and people have been arrested. However, the situation may be worse.

Detenidas 106 personas por romper normas electorales

http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/20508/detenidas-106-personas-por-quebrantar-normal-electorales/


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Please know that most of these news are coming from excellent sources via Blackberry while they reach the press:

Venezuelans are denouncing “fraud” where Chavez’s supporters are manipulating votes.

El secretario general de AD, Henry Ramos Allup, indicó que no permitirá que el CNE “haga trampa o fraude”. Según el dirigente político, el organismo electoral realizaría una “prórroga indiscriminada” en las mesas de votación que violan la Ley.

Borges acusa al CNE de “cocinar un fraude”

http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/20484/borges-acusa-al-cne-de-cocinar-un-fraude/

And on You Tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLP0HS6rrgg

Journalists in Miami, Florida are also reporting the current scandals, and CNE the electoral agency (http://www.cne.gov.ve/) is asking that no results be announced prior to the official announcement.

http://www.radionexx.com/

There are reports that Chavez’s supporters in motorcycles are gathering to manifest, and or intimidate citizens which is a known Chavez's tactic.

As you may have seen in previous blog postings the motorcycles are allegedly salaried by Chavez. They usually wreak havoc throughout the city. In my posting of November 20, there is a mention that people stocked in traffic because of the devastating storms were robbed by motorcyclists.


http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/20377/unos-250-conductores-fueron-asaltados-el-jueves-en-las-colas/


Maru Angarita

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

Venezuela's Political Disaster - November 23, 2008 Elections

Dear Journalists,

There are reports that Venezuelans are voting massively in today's municipal elections; however, there is one report from Amazonas state where the ink marking those who have voted washes out immediately. Citizens fear that this could be a tactic to allow duplicate voting. Your attention to this issue is very important. Perhaps the votes from that location, and others experiencing the same situation should be considered corrupted and thus eliminated.

The news from Venezuela are arriving on a very fast pace, and in order to keep everyone informed I will be updating by postings on my blog.

Union Radio have a live feed broadcast from Miami:
http://www.unionradio.com.ve/audio.asp?audio=mms://union.impsat.net.ve/miami1210

Venezuelans need help from developed governments and international organizations to restore democracy and end corruption.


Cordially,

Maru Angarita
My blog is: http://maruangarita.blogspot.com/
Resources:www.noticias24.com
http://alekboyd.blogspot.com/2006/03/sequoia-smartmatic-e-voting-fiasco-in.html
http://www.eluniversal.com
http://www.iht.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/17/AR2008111703098.html
http://g400mas.blogspot.com/
http://english.eluniversal.com
http://www.analitica.com
http://www.daniel-venezuela.blogspot.com/
http://www.venezolanosenlinea.com/
http://venezuelavigilante.com
http://www.globovision.com/
http://www.gentiuno.com/
http://pmbcomments.blogspot.com/
http://www.marthacolmenares.com
www.venezuelareal.org
http://www.thehrf.org