Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Puzzling assertion by leading Venezuealan media analyst

Chavez Defends Decision on TV Station:
"Information Minister Willian Lara on Monday accused Globovision of encouraging an attempt on Chavez's life by broadcasting the chorus of a salsa tune—'Have faith, this doesn't end here'—along with footage of the 1981 assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square."


I have no idea how one can interpret this as an incitement to assassinate president Chavez, although I have no doubt that many Venezuelans might welcome such an act and some of them might even work for Globovision. Nor can I find any further elucidation. Even the MercoPress independent news agency in Montevideo, Uruguay had nothing to offer on this beyond the short shrift given in the AP story, although another blogger on blogspot.com did offer that the song in question was sung by Ruben Blades.

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