Yesterday, a 230-page Human Rights Watch report cited increasing abuses by the Hugo Chavez government. The Guardian was one of many news organizations to cover the report.
International attention turns again to Venezuela’s controversial President Chavez, but the accounts circulated around the world don’t always provide perspectives from Chavez advocates or even the citizens of Venezuela.
There are individuals, groups and governments who protest the media representation of Venezuela as unfair. For example, Samuel Grove writes about how The Guardian misrepresents Venezuela.
Steve Brouwer lives in Venezuela and writes the blog “Venezuela Notes,” dedicated to dispelling misinformation about the “peaceful revolution.” In a specific post, Brouwer describes how the “booming” Venezuelan economy has transformed the village of Monte Carmelo.
Other bloggers do not support the Chavez government and its evolution. Daniel of “Daniel-Venezuela” chronicles the “slow descent into authoritarianism, the slow erosion of our liberties, the takeover of the country by a military caste…”
