[Opinion] Twitter Is Politics In Venezuela
Struggles to use Twitter mirror the political climate
Alfredo Ascanio (askain)
Published 2010-02-08 11:35 (KST)
Twitter, as part of a social media strategy, is an imperative to politics! However, to use it effectively, a politician needs to invest time in managing it.
The government, here, has shut down discourse on radio and TV, and [...]
THE OPPENHEIMER REPORT
Hugo Chávez’s currency devaluation ploy won’t work
BY ANDRES OPPENHEIMER
AOPPENHEIMER@MIAMIHERALD.COM
Alot has been written in recent days about the economic impact of the maxi-devaluation announced Friday by Venezuela’s authoritarian-populist President Hugo Chávez.
But the measure’s political impact may be just as important, if not more.
With his drastic devaluation of the Venezuelan currency, Chávez can transform the [...]
War & Conflict, International Relations, Politics
Tensions have been escalating in the last few weeks between Colombia and Venezuela, two neighboring countries which already have strained relations. In mid-October, 8 Colombians were kidnapped and murdered execution-style after playing an amateur football match across the border in Venezuela. In addition, the bodies of 1 Peruvian and 1 [...]
Blackouts Plague Energy-Rich Venezuela
By SIMON ROMERO
CARACAS, Venezuela — This country may be an energy colossus, with the largest conventional oil reserves outside the Middle East and one of the world’s mightiest hydroelectric systems, but that has not prevented it from enduring serious electricity and water shortages that seem only to be getting worse.
President Hugo Chávez [...]
Published by: Alfredo Ascanio Guevara–WORLD oF the BLOG
A recent poll conducted by Datanalisis returned some interesting findings.
Datanalisis: “Hugo Chávez loses the confidence of 15,1% of the favored Venezuelans”.
Sample: 1300 people
Level of Confidence: 95%
Geographic cover: Capital, Central zone, Center-Western, Eastern, the Level ones, the Andes, Guayana and Zuliana.
This national survey covers from September 23rd to October [...]
October 18, 2009
By: Frioman
What is the White House doing criticizing Fox News while simultaneously displaying favoritism toward CNN? Is this really something the White House should be doing—promoting one business and speaking ill of the other.
Compare the Obama Administration to what the Chavez Administration is doing.
Senior Obama administration officials took to the airwaves Sunday to [...]
October 15, 2009
By: Ascanio (Caracas, Venezuela)
The mayor of Caracas, Antonio Ledezma, has traveled to Spain to seek support for its management, after President Hugo Chávez took away powers and financial resources in what he describes as a “coup” against the institution he leads .
The SPD politician, who has become the emergent figure of the Venezuelan [...]
October 9, 2009,
By: Michael Rowan; El Universal
Opinion
Fidel Castro wanted a pre-emptive Soviet nuclear strike against the United States in 1982, according to recently disclosed documents of Soviet General Andrian A. Danilevich. Castro was only dissuaded when Soviet scientists explained to him that fallout from the blasts could cause millions of deaths in Cuba itself. [...]
October 1, 2009,
Hugo Chavez continues to expand his circle of friends. The Bolivarian revolution admires the “libertarian legacy of the beloved People’s Republic of China,” said President Hugo Chávez on Thursday.
In a notice to President Hu Jintao on the 60th anniversary of the proclamation of the Chinese republic, the Venezuelan head of state said that [...]
President Obama recieves endorsement from Chavez, Castro, and Gaddafi!
Twitter Is Politics In Venezuela | 
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War & Conflict, International Relations, Politics | 
Blackouts Plague Energy-Rich Venezuela | 
Hugo Chavez popularity declining | 
Obama & Chavez vs. the Media | 
Hugo Chavez - Orchestrates Coup against Caracas local government | 
Chavez supports Iran's BOMB | 
Chávez to China – Anniversary inspires World revolutions | 
Chavez, Gaddafi, Castro endorse Obama | 
