The friendly Chavez Government praising the jineteras of the media

November 25, 2003

Can’t help but noting the new attitude by Chavez and his cohorts. After the huge disaster this weekend they have become sheep in wolf clothing. Vice-President Rangel called the way the media behaved “exemplary”, adding that the recall is the beginning of reconciliation. How easy to ask for reconciliation when you see power slipping away! Chavez called the role of the former “jinetera”* media, wonderful. He even promised not to speak on Sunday and if he did, he would not use the time for political campaigning. Even more amazingly, Chavez suggested this was a time for building bridges. Give me a break!. What is going on here? Looking for immunity? No way Jose…We will not forget the insults, the murders and the human rights violations that easily. Wait till Friday…the lines wil speak for themselves.


*Jinetera: Cuban term for prostitute, freely applied by Chavez to Venezuela’s media after learning it in one of his frequent visits to Cuba and forgetting its true and derogatory origin and reflection of the social and economic reality of that “other” revolution.

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