Chavez Strikes Back at Critics With His Own Blog
(March 22) -- If you can't beat them, join them.
Just days after Hugo Chavez vowed to tighten online restrictions, the Venezuelan president is taking a new approach to the Internet and starting a blog of his own.
"I'll be communicating with millions, and not just in Venezuela, but the whole world," he announced Sunday morning on his talk show, "Hello Presidente."
Something had to be done. In the past year, Chavez's political opposition has filled the country's blogs with anti-government commentary and used social media sites like Twitter to organize against the government.
"The Internet is a trench in the struggle, because there's a conspiracy current building up," Chavez said. "It's as if they had a gun, a cannon."
In August 2009, Chavez dubbed Twitter a "new agent of terror" after a massive torrent of tweets under the tag "freemediaVE" criticized his government for censoring Venezuelan media.
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I will be sure to post the URL to Chavez's blog as soon as I find it.
In the meantime, tell us all what you think about Venezuela's infamous leader Hugo Chavez and his plans to become an internet blogging sensation!
