"Anti-democracy" in Venezuela and Latin America

in a post just yesterday, springing from an editorial by robert fisk in the la times, i commented how our traditional media subvert a genuine understanding of important events by juggling words and their meanings... today, the wapo takes pains to prove the case...

The year ended with a string of reverses. In a regional summit in Mar del Plata, Argentina, in November, President Bush was jeered by demonstrators and taunted by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, who aspires to make Latin America anti-American and anti-democratic.

anyone who follows the events in both latin america and venezuela knows that what is happening here is far from anti-democratic but the wapo and other such p.r. outlets of the u.s. government persist in labeling it thus... if you want a real, honest-to-god analysis of what's going on in venezuela under chavez and a thorough debunking of the media crap that's regularly dished out in the u.s., go read mark weisbrot's terrific piece in tpm cafe...

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