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THE UNDERGROUND: 4F

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On February 4th 2008, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez held a massive military celebration to commemorate the failed coup he carried out in 1992. Chavez says that the day planted the seeds for his socialist revolution, despite the fact that he and his co-conspirators were jailed for a year after their failed coup attempt. The day commonly known as "4F" has divided an already deeply polarized Venezuelan electorate. Many critics take note that Venezuela is the only democratic country in the world that officially commemorates a coup d' etat and claim Chavez has an ulterior motive, which is to intimidate Venezuela's fractured opposition with a full display of military might. Supporters of Chavez say that 4F commemorates the first time that Venezuela's majority was able to show discontent over corrupt, Washington backed politicians. Supporters also point out that from this moment on Chavez became a national leader who gave new hope for Venezuela's poverty stricken masses paving the way for his election as president in 1999. The UNDERGROUND, with special access granted by the Venezuelan military and file footage from the 2002 coup, has conducted a series of interviews with generals, politicians, political analysts, and supporters that were in attendance at this controversial commemoration.
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  • aaronrandolphsmith
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      aaronrandolphsmith  

    • Aaron here. Nice coverage Martin. It's a start, but in light of my Wight-I myspace coverage I believe you and Matt are only scratching the surface. Radiohead's Amnesiac album blows the perverbial whistle: It's based on age-old Holy Roman Empire-building construct, which even a progressive country such as Venezuela is guilty of. If citizens of a country coin an entity as "Devil" status then as "Zen" would illuminate, they are stuck in a self fullfilling prophesy. It's more of a question of individual morals and a greater "allowance" of American politics to fail over time and those affected by American politics to wise up and work out their own dissassociative religious kinks-yes I'm refurring to British colonization and other spill over effects in that mind control must be focused and evenly distributed via the United Nations conference with feudal neo-nihilistical faiths placed (the status of the one and other in harmony). fin (this, in itself, must be pagan and base)

    • 4 years ago
  • Vbevins
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      Vbevins  

    • Well, Venezuela's policies haven´t really been anti-business and the oil company was already state-controlled when Chávez took power, like most oil companies in the world. However this is a very, very good short clip and we need many more like it. A very unique and informative look into what´s happening in the world.

    • 4 years ago
  • stopnoise
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      stopnoise  

    • It is just shameful what America's Corp Network Media (A2toa) has done to twist and distort these people rights to manage their own social, economic and political system that by the way favors the general population.

      (A2toa) = America 2 twisted opinions and actions.

      Where is America 1 Yo? The one that follows the Constitution and respect for others?

    • 4 years ago
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