Through Venezuela Roads after a week of troubles
No more repression, more marches, electoral "results" and photo fraud

Sunday 7, March 2004

Well, in spite of that promising title the report is that all is quiet. Actually very quiet as week end traffic is significantly lower than expected and I made it back to San Felipe in a record time.

Nothing much to report.

The Yaracuy march today was a big success apparently.

The punition to the diplomatic corps might have backfired earlier than expected as the oppositon has started a series of presentations to groups of ambassadors where they explain the legal fraud made by the CNE, where victims of Nazi-onal Guard abuse are introduced, etc... The difference with the Chavez cadena of Friday? Ambassadors were able to ask all the questions they wanted to, were sitting at a table with water and coffee, were not held hostage. Guess who made a better impression? Considering that the ambassors came to the meeting without a comment speaks volumes.

The CNE has finally given the "results" to the oppostion so that this one can see first hand the evidence of the "observed" signatures. Curiously not all of the signatures have been given!!! The CNE is looking for them... And the CNE really, really dragged its feet on that one. I expect trouble. There are already tales circulating about the CNE defacing forms!!!! Stupid! As if they would dare to do such a thing! Or would they?

El Nacional has made available to the public its gallery of pics from the repression. Look at the first one to see a Nazi-onal Guard smiling as a female Guard beats up a protester that came in peace (there is a video of that scene making a grand world tour!).

Finally, for the humor touch. I did check the chavista site Aporrea. They have THEIR OWN pictures of the march. You can compare them with the cover of El Universal today. Even grainy it is still a winner. Or even mine for that matter!

What is wrong with the Aporrea page, or rather how does their desinformation works?

1- they have aerial pictures!!!! The opposition, nor the media of any kind is allowed to fly over Caracas whenever there is a march from either side. In other words, chavsitas get to ride the choppers of the security police and army to check out what they want. Ah! Fairness!

2- What they want is to check the march at favorable hours. So they can take pictures when people just arrive, gather or after they have left. Anytime but peak time of course.

The evidence:

The third picture (Que decepcion) is taken BEFORE noon, as deduced from the shadows!!! Of coruse "nobody" was there! The people that are there are those arriving from the first of the marches to make it there, and not the biggest one by far. The big ones arrived after 12 noon. I should know, I started from Chuao about the same time of later of when that third pic was taken. But they are so lousy at propaganda that even the "nobody" seen there is about the average size of pro-Chavez marches...

Another good one is the last picture, and never mind the luxurious condo and pool (subliminal messages anyone?). That pic, taken probably at the same time, was the laggard portion of the Santa Fe march. Indeed, as the longest march of them all, it is also the first one to start and it did so before 11 AM. That picture is very close to noon if not even later. The building has a large shadow because it is high on a cliff!!! Look under the bridge and this is more of a noon shadow!!!! Look at the tree shadows!!!

Anyway, this just to amuse you with the mysterious works of the chavista propagandist mind!