Venezuela's counter-revolution won't be televised... but it will be on YouTube

Ars Technica by Nate Anderson | Jun. 1, 2007 (News Report)

An opposition Venezuelan television station whose broadcast license has not been renewed by the government is now turning to YouTube to get its message out after its transmitter was taken over by a state-run channel. Hugo Chavez's "Bolivarian Revolution" has no time for media groups that criticize his government; Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) is now off the air, and another channel, Globovision, could be next, according to CNN.

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 by Marius Chitosca - Jun. 2, 2007

One more example of how the Web 2.0 technologies and the power of the communication from many to many can sustain democratic processes and the voice of the opposition, this time in Venezuela. Chavez can shut down a television, but not the web. I wonder whether his strategic advisors warned him or not about YouTube. There were other examples before this one.

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