President Chavez Frias: media bosses act as though they are the State

[SteveA]

http://vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=47793

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias has accused Venezuelan media bosses of acting as they were the State. Reflecting on the Venezuelan opposition's trial by media in the Anderson assassination case, Chavez Frias supports Attorney General Isaias Rodriguez' decision to protect the prosecution's main witness. The President says he condemns all assassinations but Anderson's was horrendous ... "what they did to prosecutor Danilo Anderson has no name ... they burned him alive." The old Creole oligarchy are behind the prosecutor's death, Chavez Frias states, because they refuse to recognize the State's authority. Why was Anderson killed? The President suggests that he threatened the power of the powerful, those that always felt themselves privileged. "There wasn't a judge that took them on, nor a prosecutor, or IRS/Seniat ... the State didn't exist for them nor did the law and that's the truth." ...

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[Aequo]

Hugo Chavez is a hero to the oppressed and the downtrodden.

[SteveA]

Quote by: Aequo Hugo Chavez is a hero to the oppressed and the downtrodden.

I have my doubts on that but it would still be interesting to know if his claims about some of the media operators there are true.