Venezuela anger at 'mocking' Colombia soap opera

[CDNBear]

Venezuela anger at 'mocking' Colombia soap opera

Venezuela has told a private TV company to stop showing a Colombian soap opera it says is insulting to the country.
Chepe Fortuna stars a character called Colombia and her sister Venezuela, who owns a dog called Little Hugo, the same name as Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez.

In one episode Venezuela loses Little Hugo, prompting Colombia to tell her she is better off without him.

The spat comes as the countries are making efforts to improve their historically strained relationship.

They restored relations last August, shortly after President Juan Manuel Santos took office in Colombia.

Venezuela's telecommunications regulator Conatel said the secretary character named Venezuela was "repeatedly characterised as associated with crime, interference and vulgarity".

Her gossipy and unscrupulous manner, it said, showed "the shameless manipulation of the plot to demoralise the Venezuelan people".
Conatel ordered the Televen channel to take the programme off air on Thursday night. The channel has not yet commented on the demands.

But the show's producer, Miguel Angel Baquero, denied the programme was promoting political intolerance.

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"political intolerance" ?



What's free speech and simple entertainment? Only in Little Hugo's world would it be appropriate to get your balls in a knot and cry about such a scenerio. Not to mention, only an ideologically driven socialist leftard could come up with the stupidity that is "political intolerance"!!!

Let's forget all about Little Hugo's "political intolerance" about the US.

Well you'd have to be able to actually make up and use the term "political intolerance", with a straight face, in Venezuela wouldn't you?

 

[petros]

"Burn the b****," screamed one angry ex-fan as he threw a triple-platinum Dixie Chicks CD into what he later explained as "their earthly hellfire" in a Dallas, TX protest. 1300 people attended the event and brought all of their Dixie Chicks paraphernalia to add to the fire. Shouts of disgust echoed off nearby buildings as "Let 'Er Rip" played symbolically in the background, before they burned that CD too.

Ironically, the massive national boycott of Dixie Chick products has been more than offset—to the point where there is a current boost in album sales—by the protestors' purchases with the intent to burn. It turns out that most of the previously owned albums are now burnt and gone following Maines' first two offenses. The protestors need more fuel for the fire.

Who knew CDs could burn?

 

[CDNBear]

Who knew you could miss the point...

 

[petros]

You've been to South America recently and have heard how the people of the continent compare the two nations?

If state backed slaughters are your thing, keep cheering for Colombia and all it's shiny guns paid (or traded for as in the past) for by your and my brothers sisters cousins, friends, neighbours, countrymen's cocaine use.

Once upon a time the whites just shot all the Indians. In this century they just pit them against each other and arm the snot out of them and build giant compounds guarded by mentally ill Iraq and A-Stan vets while they rob all the resources.

****, I almost forgot about all the herbicide used for the genocide of natives...ooops I mean cocoa elimination programs.


Israel was a good start. It's time to learn more about things on this side of the world that you and I are funding by tax money, tax credits and the live's of our friends and families.

 

[damngrumpy]

I think Venezuela is a lot more stable than Colombia, at least the Drug Lords are not
running the place. As for the TV Program? This is going to far but it is no different
than some of the other things that go on. This week the Broadcast Standards Council
of Canada no less, Banned the song Money For Nothing and Your Chicks For Free,
why because it mentions fags in the lyrics. That too is going to far, as the whole thing
was taken out of context, it was in fact performed in a totally different era, and there
was only one complaint in the entire country. One person complained, well I guess one
person complained in Venezuela too. does that mean free speech does not exist in
either Canada or Venezuela? It should be remembered both countries are in fact democracies
both have a parliament, both governments have been elected and both have an opposition of
some size actually. This is making a mountain of a grain of sand actually. In terms of news
neither of these stories are actually news stories.

 

[DaSleeper]

Hugo Chavez government a Democracy?????

 

[Cliffy]

Hugo Chavez government a Democracy?????

Yup! Hard to swallow, eh! The US has done a fine job of demonizing Chavez, haven't they? Truth is, they are just pissed because he won't cow tow to their wishes and he nationalized the oil industry so the profits stay in his country. Most Venezuelans appreciate that.

 

[lone wolf]

Damn.... I though Hugo was a hurricane

 

[petros]

US funded Colombian hacks want the Orinoco heavy oil and all those with claims to it eliminated.

 

[DaSleeper]

Yup! Hard to swallow, eh! The US has done a fine job of demonizing Chavez, haven't they? Truth is, they are just pissed because he won't cow tow to their wishes and he nationalized the oil industry so the profits stay in his country. Most Venezuelans appreciate that.

Exactly the answer I expected..............from you:smile:

 

[damngrumpy]

By any definition of elected government and society Yes, Venezuela is a democracy.
Hugo, is the elected president, his party has the majority of seats on the government
benches. There is a sizable opposition but they are not the majority and by definition
of democracy majority rules.
At present the United States has a government of elected officials one party has a
majority, and they too have an opposition, like Canada or Britain or France. The USA
has done all it can to paint a different picture, but like Hugo or not he has a majority of
the elected representatives.
The United States is very concerned about the events of South America. After over a
century of American domination, the opposition parties are getting elected and they are
no longer walking hand in hand with the United States. There are a few, but the vast
majority have decided to take back their resources and they are becoming the masters
of their own house as it were.
The problem is, there is huge investment and raw materials in South America and the
United States controlled the government leaders of privilege for decades and now the
situation is shifting away from South American, economic colonialism and they are
standing up for themselves. If we are not careful in North America, China, and other
nations will have more influence in both South America and the Middle East. The reason?
The past always comes back to haunt you, and South America is a prime example.
Under the Western Capitalist system those who gets it those who can afford to pay, and
America will soon not be able to pay, and countries like China have the money to buy
what ever they like. The worst thing is, we turned all that money over to these countries
to continue to spend beyond our means. Hugo is not a Dictator, he is by international
definition a legally elected President in a Democratic State.

 

[petros]

The first things communists and capitalists do is crush the socialists. There are plenty of publications that quote Lenin and Mao on their fear of the Socialists.

Socialism is the bane of Communism, Capitalism and Fascism and is obviously the right choice for mankind.

 

[damngrumpy]

petros in turn socialism destroys itself with committees and bureaucracy. There is no one
system that will cure the ills of the world. There are many valuable assets in the tool box
of the socialist realm. But there are a lot of drawbacks as well. I support the idea of being
socially progressive, but the socialists in some cases make the mistake that new and
valuable programs get introduced without the ability to pay for them down the road. A good
idea starts off fine, its just that in 15 years they become difficult to pay for regardless of what
economic system you have. Tommy Douglas of the old CCF understood that and that is
why he insisted on knowing the future cost of any program. The NDP of Saskatchewan,
have in the past usually had balanced budgets and that is why they get re elected after being out
of power for a term or two. They provide strong stable governments when in office.
In many parts of the world, this is not so however, and you can't change everything all at once.
Knowing your weaknesses will always help to identify your future strengths.

 

[petros]

For the time being Socialism is the only thing strong enough to keep Communism and Capitalism in check.

The history of the CCF and NDP in SK is also part of my family history.

 

[Cliffy]

Exactly the answer I expected..............from you:smile:

And I expect nothing less from you too.

 

[CDNBear]

You've been to South America recently and have heard how the people of the continent compare the two nations?

Not recently, but I have friends that have family there. Who have been there recently.

If state backed slaughters are your thing, keep cheering for Colombia and all it's shiny guns paid (or traded for as in the past) for by your and my brothers sisters cousins, friends, neighbours, countrymen's cocaine use.

I'm sorry, can you pijnt out where I said anything about throwing my support behind the Colombian Gov't?

Once upon a time the whites just shot all the Indians. In this century they just pit them against each other and arm the snot out of them and build giant compounds guarded by mentally ill Iraq and A-Stan vets while they rob all the resources.

That's great, but it's irrelevant to the thread.

****, I almost forgot about all the herbicide used for the genocide of natives...ooops I mean cocoa elimination programs.

Again, how does that have anything to do with political hackery?

Yup! Hard to swallow, eh!

Not really.

The US has done a fine job of demonizing Chavez, haven't they?

True, but I rarely use US media outlets to filter my data intake. The fact that you keep insinuating that anyone that thinks contrary to does, is simply projection, because you filter all your data intake through ideological blinders.

Truth is, they are just pissed because he won't cow tow to their wishes and he nationalized the oil industry so the profits stay in his country.

No, truth is they're just pissed because Chavez stole businesses from companies and didn't pay reparations.

Most Venezuelans appreciate that.

Speaking of propaganda, most Venezuelans won't see a red cent of it.

By any definition of elected government and society Yes, Venezuela is a democracy.
Hugo, is the elected president, his party has the majority of seats on the government
benches. There is a sizable opposition but they are not the majority and by definition
of democracy majority rules.

Ummm, no, that's mob rule.

But I guess you've missed all the legislation he's passed on his way to being dear leader for life?

That aside, I guess everyone missed the point of the OP. No surprises there...