Maduro
Uses Snowden Asylum to Distract Venezuelan People (El Universal, Venezuela)
"What is really behind all this is the urgent need of 'Madurism' to distract people from their real concerns.
While the government is busy creating information bubbles, insecurity continues
to harvest victims in the streets, with more than 400 homicides in June alone, the
continuing rhythm of nationwide blackouts several hours a day, services like
drinking water shut off for days, the shortage of many products, and increases
in the cost of living are now a part of the daily anguish of Venezuelans."
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro, in Moscow for a meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum, with Russia President Vladimir Putin, at the Kremlin, July 1.
Maduro becomes delirious enunciating the name
of U.S. spy Edward Snowden. “No one should spy on anyone,” he declared to the
world, speaking from Haiti, as if he represented a democratic state that
defends human rights and is rigorously adhering to the Constitution and rule of
law.
The
Latin American third world looks the other way when the Venezuelan president
makes statements so obviously loaded with human solidarity. While the cash
registers ring furiously in each respective country, it is better to avert
their sight from the details of what's going on within the borders of Venezuela:
$400 million donated here, some housing built there, lots of oil everywhere,
and contracts for foreign businessmen, are the most compelling arguments for
why ours is the best example of democracy.
Just
a couple of hours later, the propaganda minister [Information Minister Ernesto Villegas], along
with the mayor who presides over a Caracas in ruins [Mayor Jorge
Rodríguez], go public with a recording of a
private conversation between MaríaCorina Machado and
historian CarreraDamas.
[Editor's
Note: The controversial part of the illegally taped conversation comes when
Machado, a leader of the election-monitoring group Súmate,
tells historian CarreraDamas
something opposition official Ramon
Guillermo Aveledo told the U.S. State Department.
Pro-Maduro forces say it raises questions about
whether the opposition is seeking to destabilize the country in partnership
with the United States:
"I found
out that Ramon Guillermo Aveledo told the State
Department that the only way to resolve thisis by provoking and accentuating a crisis, a coup or a self-coup. Or a
process of tightening the screws and domesticating to generate a system of
total social control."]
For
these two officials, the Constitution and laws don't apply and violations of
privacy or "spying" are only an affront to human rights when
committed by the "Empire." If done by China, Russia or the Cuban G2
as a service to the Venezuelan government, these are legitimate acts that form
part of the struggle against imperialism. Consequently, Venezuela today
possesses the most advanced technology in the area of "bugging."
Nothing
would fill the heirs of deceased leader [Hugo Chavez] with more satisfaction than
to have the U.S. spy choose Venezuela as a place of refuge. But his famed
collaborator and creator of WikiLeaks rained on their parade when he declared that
Venezuela is no longer as stable as it was during the Chávez era.
What
is really behind all this is the urgent need of “Madurism”
to distract people from their real concerns. While the government is busy creating
information bubbles, insecurity continues to harvest victims in the streets,
with more than 400 homicides in June alone, the continuing rhythm of nationwide
blackouts several hours a day, services like drinking water shut off for days, the
shortage of many products, and increases in the cost of living are now a part
of the daily anguish of Venezuelans.
Posted By Worldmeets.US
So,
while the Maduro government is caught up in an
ideology that prevents it from correcting its self-inflicted economic distortions,
spies, the corruption of junior politicians, and politicians one can prosecute
are great for keeping journalists and the opposition safely away from the real
drama in Venezuelan.
