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Chávez, the media and the popular media of UBV

Following the award Rodolfo Walsh and treatment of Infobae

Juan Manuel Karg

Rebellion

Next Tuesday, our country will Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias, in the context of a visit to sign agreements on agricultural and energy with the Argentine government. However, the novelty dust has risen in the last hours on this visit, refers to an award that will be awarded to Chavez himself, following his "contribution to the communication

popular

" , by the School of Journalism of Universidad Nacional de La Plata.

is interesting as this news has taken some mass media in our country. In particular I will emphasize the Infobae online news portal, owned by businessman Daniel Hadad Menem, who published this morning an article entitled "Despite
censor the media, journalism prize awarded to Hugo Chávez

(

http://america .infobae.com/notas/21673-A-pesar-de-la-censura-otorgan-un-premio-periodistico-a-Hugo-Chavez-en-Argentina
). At the same will even say things like that "

the Caribbean dictator (sic) hits a big censorship and closed several media

news-up to 2009 were 30 - because its mandate opponents. "

does not take a communications expert to refute one by one the arguments Infobae. First the Venezuelan Government, from 1999 to this part, has not closed a single station (whether radio, television, etc.). If it happened, and we must say with all the letters, a non-renewal of RCTV license (Radio Caracas Television) in 2007 when he overcame it. Why was not renewed the license? Because RCTV showed open support for the coup of April 2002, led by businessman Pedro Carmona . Not to be opponents, as stated Infobae on an "close " that actually never happened. But to be a coup. Even

Infobae, reaching its peak of implausibility open talks about a supposed "gag ." Could there statements like Noel Alvarez, Fedecamaras, claiming a "military solution to the problem Chavez called ", if there is a media landscape that Hadad portal states that exist in Venezuela? . Or better yet, what side would Infobae if another Latin American president is threatened by employers under the claim of a "military solution ? Would you call another constitutional president "dictator", as they do with Chavez, who won 14 of last 15 elections that played?

I still think, as I wrote in the note " The Fourth Generation Warfare in Venezuela " in early 2010, repudiation of the mainstream media is openly Chavez ideological concerns of the potential of this and visibility to empower the oppressed and none of our continent . There match Hadad, Infobae and Granier, RCTV. In repudiating projects alternative media such as Telesur, La Patria Grande, La Radio del Sur, and others who, even without much popularity, give voice to the voiceless.

An example of this is the case, for instance, in the humble but feisty parish January 23 in Caracas, where a group of young Simon Bolivar Coordinator carry on daily a station called "Al are 23 "direct relationship with the community and its Community Councils, with their problems and needs, but also their ideals, dreams and beliefs of social change . That is why I understand that, for all those we are part of the popular "nuestroamericano

" Chavez

recognition in this regard is extremely important to start rethinking our continent communication, raising the fight against media monopolies in each of our territories, and amplifying channels of participation of our peoples.