Western hypocrisy hits red: mainstream media constantly attack Venezuela, completely silent about Colombia
Abby Martin
spoke to human rights attorney Dan Kovalik, who has recently returned
from both countries.
As he said:
These two
countries are side by side: Colombia, which is the top ally of the US
in the region, and Venezuela, which , since 1999, been trying to go
on its own independent course.
In regard to
Colombia, which, on numerous factors has the worst human rights in
the hemisphere. When you look at the number of disappearances,
greater than any country. Greatest internally displaced population.
Greatest number of human rights leaders killed. Greatest number of
trade unionists killed. Greatest number of priests killed. And yet,
there is almost a total media blackout on Colombia.
Meanwhile,
in next-door, Venezuela, anything bad that happens is at the top of
the news cycle. To the extent trade unionists are being killed
they're generally Chavista trade union leaders that are being killed
by opposition forces. They're not being killed by government forces.
And yet, this is all obscured in the mass media in this country.
Paramilitaries
in Colombia have gone into Venezuela, have killed people in
Venezuela, have actually targeted Chavistas in Venezuela. All by
design, and of course, very much with a wink and a nod, both from the
Colombian and the US governments who are happy to sow chaos in
Venezuela.
Comments
Post a Comment