It was a joy to watch Hugo Chavez on C-SPAN the other day. It was hard to believe that my corporate controlled TV could be showing an entire speech by the most popular socialist leader in decades. But at least three other cable news channels were spewing lies to spin Chavez as a dictator. I wonder how accurate the English translation of his speech was?
Chavez spoke after the final march of the Third Peoples Summit in Mar del Plata, Argentina. This event was a counter protest of Summit of the Americas and President Bush’s arrival in Argentina.
Here are people and organizations who’ve covered this event, the issues behind it, and sent me to great links. Stan Goff, Rabble of Anarogeek.com, Read World Radio FM, Democracy Now!, Free Speech Radio News, and Argentina Indymedia (Spanish).