Pay attention to what is happening in Venezuela as things are on a downward spiral.
As Chavez continues his march to become the ideological child of Castro, the people of Venezuela become more vulnerable to his dictatorial actions. (See Reuters article and Breitbart)
Chavez has shut down a radio station that has been in operation for 50 years. As he funnels the flow of information to the people of Venezuela, those people's loss of freedom becomes more evident.
A free press is vital to a free civilization. People can not be free if they can not access information that is independent of government control. The denial of information leads to the inability of the people to make decisions about their government. People who are denied access to information are forced to make decisions based on only a partial view of reality.
Chavez has centralized banking and the oil industry continue, politicized the military and the judiciary and established policies that ensure his tenure as President of Venezuela be extended. He has continuing on a path to limit political opposition.
Thankfully, tens of thousands of Venezuelans are publicly denouncing Chavez by marching in the streets of Caracas. Lets hope their numbers continue to grow and that their protests are not too little, too late.
We should also hope that free people around the world step up the pressure on Chavez to reverse his decisions and begin respecting the natural right all people have to be free.
As Chavez continues his march to become the ideological child of Castro, the people of Venezuela become more vulnerable to his dictatorial actions. (See Reuters article and Breitbart)
Chavez has shut down a radio station that has been in operation for 50 years. As he funnels the flow of information to the people of Venezuela, those people's loss of freedom becomes more evident.
A free press is vital to a free civilization. People can not be free if they can not access information that is independent of government control. The denial of information leads to the inability of the people to make decisions about their government. People who are denied access to information are forced to make decisions based on only a partial view of reality.
Chavez has centralized banking and the oil industry continue, politicized the military and the judiciary and established policies that ensure his tenure as President of Venezuela be extended. He has continuing on a path to limit political opposition.
Thankfully, tens of thousands of Venezuelans are publicly denouncing Chavez by marching in the streets of Caracas. Lets hope their numbers continue to grow and that their protests are not too little, too late.
We should also hope that free people around the world step up the pressure on Chavez to reverse his decisions and begin respecting the natural right all people have to be free.
Labels: Chavez Continues His Quest For Absolute Power in Venezuela
posted by Susan Shogren Smith at
5/29/2007 07:59:00 PM
1 Comments:
I'm sure that Cindy Sheehan's friend Hugo Chavez is not limiting free speech. He's just implementing the Fairness Doctrine there. He can't allow the people to decide what they want to listen to only. They must have no choice but to listen to the mindless rantings of the irrelevant.
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