On Thursday
thousands of pro-government supporters staged a counter-rally to
defend President Nicolas Maduro after the right-wing opposition
called for a "taking of Caracas" to demand the ousting of
Maduro government. However, you would never know that if you rely on
Western mainstream media outlets.
While
Venezuela's politics remains polarized and divided between the pro-
and anti-Maduro camps, mainstream media outlets conspicuously failed
to mention the scale of pro-government Chavistas and omitted their
voices in the debate in favor of anti-government protesters.
CNN, The
Guardian, The New York Times and Reuters all reported thousands of
anti-government protesters flooding the streets amid widespread
economic problems blamed on the Maduro
[...]
The New York
Times also portrayed the supposedly "peaceful" nature of
anti-government protesters. Lilian Tintori, wife of jailed opposition
leader Leopoldo Lopez who is serving time for planning and then
promoting violent blockades in the country in 2014 that claimed the
lives of 43 people, injuring hundreds and causing billions in damage
to public buildings and infrastructure, in an attached video called
the protests “a desire for peaceful change. What you can see is
calm.”
None of
these mainstream outlets mentioned that on Tuesday in some parts of
Caracas, anti-government protests became violent, with some caught on
film burning cars and debris, trying to close down streets, throwing
molotov cocktails and attacking police.
The Guardian
article referenced several opposition leaders who were detained ahead
of the protests for planning to carry out violence. It quoted
Maduro’s counter address, saying that he would arrest “anyone
suspected of being involved in a possible coup.” Never mind that a
coup would be illegal.
[...]
Reuters
captured the feelings of many angry anti-government protesters, but
actually managed to quote a single Chavista who blamed the economic
crisis on big business, which is responsible for helping create and
exacerbate the economic crisis that the opposition is trying to
politically benefit from.
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