“Long live the Unity of Latin America.”
Hugo Chavez; President of Venezuela, and his people survived and regained power over the worlds first Media Coup.
Venezuela, the worlds third largest petroleum producers, with a population of over 25 million, 80% of which live in poverty is a leading example of what the free world is all about.
On April 11, 2002 the Chavez government was overthrown by the media and a few military generals that were mislead to believe that Chavez was not acting in the interest of the people and that his so called democratic government was a disguised dictatorship.
In his three years as President, Hugo did what no other Venezuelan president had ever cared to do in the past. He campaigned the people, the 80% that had never cared to vote and were completely apathetic towards politics as whole. By educating those below the poverty line he managed to instill the basic rights and freedoms that ANY people were to live by.
His victory into government was a landslide, finally a man that could have empathy for his people. Unfortunately he was opposed by the upper class from the start, as well as the United States and the Bush Administration.
No surprise there, being that Chavez had plans to replace the operating team and management of the state owned/operated oil companies. That meant all the oil would be under Chavez’s control. This wouldn’t have been a problem if he followed suit as all previous US fearing presidents.
When it was announced what Chavez was planning for the future of the oil in Venezuela, which in full detail was to redistribute the wealth properly to all citizens in the country instead just those 20% upper class that were living so comfortably off oil revenue at the time. When this was announced an amazing plan began to unfold.
First the director of the CTV in the country was flown along with the CNN director to Washington DC to discuss with the Bush Administration what was to be done with Chavez.
The media in Venezuela is controlled by the upper class, this combined with their fear of loss for their wealth is what sparked the first ever media coup.
“I have said it already, I am convinced that the way to build a new and better world is not capitalism. Capitalism leads us straight to hell.”…
Without getting into detail of what transpired, over the course of the four day coup, I would like to touch on some main points about the film that documented the whole thing.
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised1) The documentary was originally being filmed to demonstrate what the new driving force behind the Venezuelan people named Hugo Chavez was all about.
2) Because the film grew had stared their job 7 months prior the coup, the film takes you through a truly revolutionary journey, with along the entire time; before, during, and after.
3) Despite all the media and foreign influences that were behind the coup, it only took the people of Venezuela 3 days to restore order to their constitution and retrieve Chavez from captivity.
4) Because of the control that the media truly has over today’s available perceptions, I strongly recommend seeing this extraordinary documentary with an open mind, and dropping all preconceived notions about Hugo Chavez and his government.
Take the time to see this, please, we as a people could stand to learn a thing or two from great leadership
“I hereby accuse the North American empire of being the biggest menace to our planet.”
