Venezuelan students send the world a message -- don't buy their lies! (VIDEO) (subtitled)

[Judi Lynn]

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Venezuelan students send the world a message -- don't buy their lies! (VIDEO)
Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Venezuelan students who support the Bolivarian Revolution speak out against recent oppositional violence, and urge the nation's youth to think for themselves in the midst of the media-backed polarisation. They also explain the gains of the revolution for students and youth that are at stake. (Thanks to Venezuela Analysis which posted this video)

https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/56140

[Flatulo]

1. I will say this much - Venezuelans are truly beautiful looking people. The mix of Indian, euro and

African blood has produced some stunning-looking people.

Sorry for interjecting this off-topic remark.

As to the validity of the message - is it government propaganda or genuine grass-roots support, I can't say. Unfortunately, that society seems to be about as divided as our own. And they're also extremely well-armed. I hope cool heads can prevail.

[Marksman_91]

2. We're one of the most succesful beauty pageant winners for a reason :)

But this video, damn, even the subtitles at times were written with quite a few really poor basic English mistakes. You'd think they'd at least try to use an actual English speaker instead of Google Translate or Bing. And as for the footage they showed, there's absolutely no mention of the victims from gunshots, which have been the majority of deaths, especially the poor Génesis Carmona. The video doesn't even bother showing the faces or names of the victims, and the footage shown is only that of probably the same police officer acting like he's in agony when all he has is a dumb scratch on his forehead. If the protesters were the ones causing the violence, it would make more sense for this video to show them shooting guns at other protesters or something. Instead they're shown throwing rocks and molotovs at GNB/PNB, who have already shown more than once to show abuse of power when confronting unarmed protesters, case in point, this gem:

I'd be pretty pissed off too and throwing all kinds of shit at GNB if this is the way they deal with protesters by using excessive force. This video is just another pathetic attempt by the propaganda machine to try to hide the reality of Venezuela, which is that the country's economy is going down the drain, and the crime rate is out-of-control and the government won't even bother controlling it due to the fact that it helps keeping an atmosphere of fear.

[Flatulo]

3. Well, I'm glad the GNB used at least six large men to subdue that petite woman. And to

be on the safe side, they pummeled her with a helmet, just, you know, in case.

This reflects a) really lousy training on the part of the GNB and b) an idealogical component to their behavior. Clearly they've dehumanized the protester in their own minds.

[Judi Lynn]

4. They look like good people, good inside, people other good people would like, respect. n/t