Monthly Archives: May 2010

May
27
2010
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Marcel Granier denounces Chávez’s war against independent media

In this video of the Olso Freedom Forum, Marcel Granier, Venezuelan journalist and general manager of the television station RCTV, outlines Hugo Chávez’s war against the independent media and the internet.

According go the Forum, Granier warns that the current attacks against the media are just the beginning of darker days if democratic governments around the world do not take a stand. Granier explains that Venezuelans no longer live in a democracy, and warns that soon all protests will be silenced, political prisoners will become disappeared persons, and Chávez’s daunting slogan “Fatherland, Socialism, or Death” will become all too real.

The truth must be told, he says, because “freedom of speech is the oxygen of a free society,” and without it our humanity is lost.
 
May
26
2010
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Adding Venezuela to US list of states that sponsor terrorism

It is about time the United States takes a serious look at adding Venezuela to the State Department’s list of states that sponsor terrorism.

Evidence and pressure to include Venezuela next to Iran, Syria, Cuba and Sudan are mounting.

Ten Republican senators on Monday urged adding the Chávez government to the list because of its to Colombia’s FARC rebels and Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

In a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, reported AFP, the group said it was time for Venezuela to be added to the US list due to “evidence behind Venezuela’s substantial ties with US-designated terrorist organizations and state sponsors of terrorism.”

“I encourage the State Department to thoroughly evaluate Venezuela’s actions and determine if the country needs to be added to the official US list of state sponsors of terrorism,” said Florida Republican senator George LeMieux.

The letter was signed by senators George LeMieux, John Ensign, Robert Bennett, Scott Brown, Sam Brownback, Jim Bunning, John Cornyn, James Inhofe, Jon Kyl, John McCain, James Risch, and Roger Wicker.

Last week, The Washington Post reported that Venezuela facilitated training sessions in Machines, Venezuela, between the FARC guerrilla group and ETA, a Spanish terrorist group.

More information here:

May 25, 2010 letter from Republican Senator to US Department

Why the US should add Venezuela to the list (Heritage Foundation)

 
May
25
2010
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Venezuela’s Polar says speculation, hoarding charges are absurd and senseless

Venezuela’s Empresas Polar SA, the country’s largest food producer, called government charges that it’s hoarding products and speculating on prices “absurd” and ”senseless”, reported Bloomberg.

Polar factories are working at maximum capacity and “every kilo” it produces is supervised by the state, making such practices impossible, the company said today in a statement sent by e-mail.

The “arbitrary” government seizure last week of 114 tons of food from Polar warehouses in Barquisimeto, a city in Lara state, represents 0.1 percent of the company’s monthly nationwide output of 100,000 tons, the statement said.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said Sunday that the government may “go after” Polar for hoarding and that he will request an investigation of the company after the Barquisimeto confiscation.

Read the entire Bloomberg story and Polar’s press release issued on May 25.