Vzla: Abu Chavez

With the elite media in the US distracted by the recent actions of those Jerry Springer alumni who were guarding a cell block in Abu Ghraib, a more systematic human rights crisis goes seemingly unnoticed on their very doorstep.

V-crisis apparently isn't as distracted...

Why is it that the media has the same focal concentration capacity of a two year old when a story has no 'political' appeal? Why do we have to keep up with the constant attacks to the usual suspects? Why no respected journalist takes upon himself the task of coming up with a new or expanded list of universal blame-for-everything names? For I am absolutely fed up with the same prostituted lines. Bustamante was burnt alive; Pedreañez was the first Venezuelan victim of Euthanasia; Zambrano was forced to eat his crap and beaten to death whilst observing national guardsmen gang-raping his fiancée; Biella was assassinated because he wanted to go home; profiting from the confusion official militias executed Carrizo and Vilas… How can these atrocious events be relegated to second role? How can a bunch of unarmed Colombian peasants guised in Venezuelan military fatigues steal the show? How can anyone even consider worthwhile pay any attention to Hugo Chavez’ verbal diarrhoea? How about promoting Chavez, Castro and Mugabe to the list?

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In Venezuela there’s no such thing as equal dignity and rights amongst citizens, much less a spirit of brotherhood. We see day after day how the President and top officials disregard people’s rights and dignity owing to diverging political stances. While all the talk and media hoo-ha continues centred on the implausible story of the unarmed Colombian paramilitaries who were meant to assassinate the president of a country, who in turn is protected by the Cuban G2, the families of privates Pedreañez and Bustamante continue mourning their sons with the aggravating factor of knowing that nobody will ever be convicted for such an atrocious action.

How can that be? How can the chief of the armed forces, i.e. Hugo Chavez, expect any respect from the army when he does not safeguard their integrity and wellbeing? How can Venezuelans interpret the ‘spirit of brotherhood’ of Hugo Chavez?

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I wonder as well...