Right wing Politics

And people still have the gall to call mainstream media a tool of liberal extremists.

If you have not heard of what's going on in Venezuela, let me recap it for you: A dark-skinned mestizo who goes by the name Hugo Chávez was popularly elected a few years ago, much to the chagrin of the American-funded oligarchy of the country. Henceforth the American-funded right wingosphere of Venezuela did not just created a wold-wide propaganda war against the new government. They allegedly also attempted a coup. To the point that many people who were in the country before the 2002 coup attest that, indeed, the coup was chearleadered by none other than Radio Caracas Televisión.

Boing Boing, of all places, has compiled an excellent list of people who describe the situation as, not only complicated, but one that is being mischaracterized by the media from governments who have a bone to pick with Hugo Chávez --and that makes about almost everybody in the "First World".

There is a cornucopia of links to follow in that Boing Boing article, but I'd like to point your attention to two items : A letter published at The Guardian on Saturday the 26th and signed by several UK MPs, scholars and activists titled, Television's role in the coup against Chávez