Lies, slanders and half-truths. This is what the mass media generally publish about Venezuela. We aim to draw attention to these articles, reply to their distortions and mobilise the pressure of public opinion through letter-writing campaigns, etc. Please let us know if you find an article or report on Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution that you think is inaccurate and we should reply to (Contact Us)
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Tuesday, 05 February 2008 |
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On Sunday, the weekly "left-wing" British newspaper The Observer ran a shameful attack on the Venezuelan political process and President Chávez in particular, under the title "Revealed: Chávez role in cocaine trail to Europe." Hands Off Venezuela is appealing to all supporters to complain about this biased and one-sided hatchet job. Here is a sample letter from the campaign that can be adapted as necessary.
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Wednesday, 12 December 2007 |
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On Friday, December 7th, Al Jazeera's programme The Listening Post analysed the world's media biased coverage of the constitutional reform referendum. Amongst those interviewed was Alan Woods, founder of Hands Off Venezuela.
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 26 November 2007 |
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This World on the BBC dedicated its most recent programme to Venezuela. Unfortunately, it portrayed a vision of Venezuela that has no basis in reality and totally misrepresented the process of change happening in the country. It was neither fair nor accurate and was littered with dishonest smears that would be laughable if they weren't so dangerous.
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By Melanie MacDonald and Jorge Martin
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Tuesday, 13 November 2007 |
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We, activists at Hands Off Venezuela have come to learn that the first rule
when reading most media coverage about Venezuela is to turn it around 180
degrees If we want to find out the truth! A case in point is the recent coverage of the exchange between Chavez and
Spanish King Juan Carlos I at the 17th Ibero-American summit in Chile in which
the King told Chavez to shut up.
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By HoV Canada
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Wednesday, 31 October 2007 |
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Macleans magazine, one of the major current
affairs magazines in Canada,
has recently published one of the most biased anti-Chavez articles ever seen in
the country. HOV Canada has taken up the article, along with organisations in
the US,
in an effort to combat the distortions and out-and-out lies.
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By Chuck Kaufman - www.zmag.org
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Tuesday, 21 August 2007 |
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In
the 1980s the Washington Post honed an editorial page style to attack
the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua weaving half truths, total lies, innuendo, and
unsupported speculation. The paper is now using the “big lie” strategy
against the Bolivarian process in Venezuela and its democratically
elected president Hugo Chavez.
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Tuesday, 17 July 2007 |
This week's edition of the New Statesman carries a front-page article on Venezuela by Alice O'Keeffe under the title "Chavez: from hero to tyrant" . Hands Off Venezuela's Press Officer Charley Allan complains that this is just "standard Washington propaganda".
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 29 June 2007 |
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This statement has been signed by the most important representatives of the Greek trade union and left wing organisations, including Manolis Glezos a hero of the Anti-Nazi movement in Europe
(1941-45), who at the age of
19 in 1941 removed, with danger to his
own life, the Nazi flag from the Acropolis - Parthenon.
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By Pablo Roldan - Hands Off Venezuela London
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Wednesday, 20 June 2007 |
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This
lengthy article looks at every detail of how the media behaved before, during
and after the failed 2002 coup in Venezuela. It leaves absolutely no doubt
about the undemocratic nature of the private media in Venezuela and also points
the accusing finger at the media internationally.
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Media Watch 