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February 16, 2017 By Fausta

Venezuela: CNN en Español off the air UPDATED

for daring to report on the passports-for-terrorists scheme,

Venezuela Takes CNN En Español Off the Air. Cable channel faces disciplinary proceedings from government after report on alleged sale of fake passports

The channel disappeared from all national cable providers minutes after the media regulator said it launched disciplinary proceedings against CNN en Español for “direct aggression against the peace and democratic stability of Venezuelan people.”

For many Venezuelans, CNN en Español had become the last independent source of news about their country, as the government steadily bought out, shut down or starved local media of resources.
. . .
Earlier this week, it was the only Spanish-language TV station in Venezuela to report on the U.S. sanctions against the country’s powerful vice president, Tareck El Aissami, for alleged drug trafficking. CNN En Español also implicated Mr. El Aissami last week in the fraudulent sale of passports to Middle Eastern citizens with links to terrorism.

ABC’s Nightline did a report, Venezuela: Descent Into Chaos (you can watch here) that I highly recommend, on the hunger situation. The reporter was held for 3 days.

Democratic socialism at work.

UPDATE
JC sent part 2 of the video,

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February 10, 2017 By Fausta

CNN finally reports on Venezuela’s passports-for-terrorists scheme

I posted in 2015: Venezuela issuing passports, voter registrations, to Hezbollah & Syrians

In 2013: Hezbollah agent issued Venezuelan diplomatic passport.

I can spend all day linking to my prior posts on this topic.

Finally, after all these years, CNN investigates: Venezuela may have given passports to people with ties to terrorism

One confidential intelligence document obtained by CNN links Venezuela’s new Vice President Tareck El Aissami to 173 Venezuelan passports and ID’s that were issued to individuals from the Middle East, including people connected to the terrorist group Hezbollah.

Yes, I posted about El Aissami’s role in 2013.

But back to CNN

The accusation that the country was issuing passports to people who are not Venezuelan first surfaced in the early 2000s when Hugo Chavez was the country’s president, interviews and records show.
A Venezuelan passport permits entry into more than 130 countries without a visa, including 26 countries in the European Union, according to a ranking by Henley and Partners. A visa is required to enter the United States.

Glad to see CNN is finally starting to pay attention.

UPDATE
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Filed Under: CNN, terrorism, terrorism. Latin America, Venezuela Tagged With: Fausta's blog, Tarek El Aissami

July 15, 2016 By Fausta

Venezuela: CNN can’t figure out why pediatric care is so bad

NewsBusters: CNN Exposes Disastrous Pediatric Hospital Care in Venezuela, But Doesn’t Mention Socialism

The network gets one hearty cheer for the detailed report’s existence. It lost a chance for a second cheer when it failed to mention the country’s socialist form of government which is directly responsible for these conditions. The third cheer went down the drain when one woman who was interviewed seemed to think that the healthcare system’s desperate situation may just as likely be caused by the nation’s utterly powerless opposition and not the Chavista government of Nicolas Maduro, where the blame totally and obviously lies.

Here’s the video,

And, by the way, Cuba sent thousands of medics to Venezuela, many of which are now trying to come to the U.S. Americans who attended Cuban medical schools, on the other hand, flunk their certification exams once they come back to the States.

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Filed Under: CNN, Communism, Cuba, health care, Venezuela Tagged With: Fausta's blog

February 26, 2016 By Fausta

Why I don’t watch debates, 5.0

Shot: Three-ring circuses get a bad rap, which is Why I don’t watch debates, 5.0.

Read my post here.

Chaser: WHAT IS TELEMUNDO RUNNING FOR?

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February 22, 2014 By Fausta

Venezuela: More protests today #22F

Both the government and the opposition have demonstrations scheduled today. From prison, Leopoldo López Venezuela protest leader, urges resistance [while] Government minister warns of cut in fuel supply to areas under ‘fascist attack

WSJ: Venezuela Youth Drive Protests Against ‘Chavismo’
Students and recent graduates form the backbone of an increasingly raucous movement that has become the most formidable challenge President Nicolás Maduro has faced since taking office last April.

Six people have been shot dead since Feb. 12 from the ranks of a surging opposition movement.

Telegraph: Venezuelan President blames media for broadcasting hate
President Nicolas Maduro accuses the international media of distorting the situation in Venezuela, making it seem it is on the verge of civil war

Miami Herald: In Venezuela, it’s the president who changes the channels
Amid widespread protests, Venezuela took NTN24 off the air. Now it has CNN in its sites.

BBC: Venezuela’s Maduro seeks Obama talks
Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro invites US President Barack Obama to join him in talks aimed at resolving the problems between the two countries.
That’s after he expelled consular workers, that is.

Drudge:

Venezuela Protests Escalate…


Internet Disrupted…

From jail, opposition leader urges resistance…

Maduro threatens to cut off fuel…

UPDATE: CNN Press Credentials Revoked…

Chavez’s Daughters Turn Palace into Party Pad With ‘Defeaning’ Parties…

Implied Inference: What is a “Gocho”, and why are they laughing at Maduro? / ¿Qué es un “Gocho”, y por qué se están riendo Maduro?

Caracas Chronicles: Gocho Uprising Update

San Cristóbal, where the protest movement started, remains an extreme outlier in the current crisis, with many residential neighborhoods essentially out of the control of the government.

Capitol Hill Cubans: Answering The Economist’s Question on Venezuela

Babalu: Turmoil in Venezuela: Violent repression continues as Cuban troops arrive to aid dictatorship

VN&V: CNN unwillingly reveals how decayed chavismo is

Hot Air: Quotes of the day

I’ll be on Da Tech Guy’s radio show at noon today talking about Venezuela.

UPDATE:
Alek Boyd writes,

As our glorious student movement stays out in the street, to be joined today by hundreds of thousands, I would like to ask for your attention. Today is a significant day in the road to recover a semblance of democracy in Venezuela. Maduro, ill advised and desperate as he is, could well be in a double-down-let’s-wrap-this-thing-today mood. It is crucial, to those working the diplomatic lines today, to make him and his faction understand that a retreat with safety guarantees is always more appealing than jail. Ditto with Diosdado Cabello and his lot. They fear, naturally, the cost of not having power and the immunity that provides, and so amnesty must be part of the bargain. They are cornered and they know it, but let cool heads prevail at this time. Venezuela does not deserve another death, nor another day of mismanagement in the name of an utterly failed model.

Instapundit: IN ROME, MARCHING IN SYMPATHY WITH VENEZUELANS

Maduro backtracks, maybe: Venezuela says CNN can stay, a day after saying ‘get out’

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Filed Under: CNN, Communism, news, Venezuela Tagged With: #LaSalida, Fausta's blog, Leopoldo López, Nicolas Maduro

February 23, 2013 By Fausta

Next thing you know, she’ll be sending Hugo Chavez a get-well card

All in scorn, of course.

(h/t THS)

UPDATE:
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Filed Under: Africa, CNN Tagged With: Christiane Amanpour, Fausta's blog, Robert Mugabe

April 28, 2012 By Fausta

Dalai {hearts} GWB

Surprise, indeed! Via Instapundit.

But then, GWB never cancelled meetings or made the DL leave by the back door.

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September 28, 2010 By Fausta

CNN’s new show host, then and now

Now: Eliot Spitzer is a host on a CNN show.

Then: CNNers Derided Eliot Spitzer as a ‘Self-Righteous,’ ‘Holier-than-Thou’ ‘Narcissist’ with ‘No Remorse’
Rich Noyes has a video collection:

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