Keeping up with Hugo: compiled DU threads on Chavez, the Robertson fatwa,

[Nothing Without Hope]

and other Hugo Chavez stories. I put the list together for myself and thought some of you might also find it useful in keeping track of this fast-evolving topic area.

These are the threads that I found most interesting up to 2 AM Wednesday. Please post additional ones and maybe we can all keep up with this.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1689644
Thread title: Venezuela's Chavez Presents Land Titles to Indigenous Groups
NNN0LHI LBN Tue Aug-09-05 08:44 PM

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1687268
Thread title: Venezuela warns against US invasion
cal04 LBN Tue Aug-09-05 02:10 AM

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1722617
Thread title: Reuters: Chavez offers cheap gas to poor in U.S.
Newsjock - LBN Tue Aug-23-05 09:54 PM

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4440384
Thread title: Support Chavez; Buy CITGO Gas
goodhue - GD - Tue Aug-23-05 10:27 PM

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1719323
Thread title: Robertson called for the assassination of Venezuela's president
owillis LBN Mon Aug-22-05 04:50 PM

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1721829
Thread title: Media Matters Calls on ABC Family to Discontinue Robertson Broadcasts
paineinthearse -LBN Tue Aug-23-05 03:34 PM

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2029862
Thread title: US Fingerprints on Venezuelan Coup
Al-CIAda GD-P Tue Aug-23-05 07:52 PM

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4430637
Thread title: AP picks up the Robertson assassination threat
Newsjock GD Tue Aug-23-05 12:12 AM

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1722608
Thread title: Venezuelan Ambassador Says Embassy Flooded With Support
cal04 LBN Tue Aug-23-05 09:48 PM

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4439697
Thread title: Chavez and Bush: a photographic essay
Minstrel Boy GD Tue Aug-23-05 09:32 PM

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1723104
Thread title: Chavez lashes back at Robertson ("I don't even know who that person is")
sabra LBN Wed Aug-24-05 01:19 AM

[skids]

1. Thanks! Recommended.

:yourock:

[Nothing Without Hope]

2. The movie "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" - more info at its site

Thanks to DUer fearnobush for this link:
http://www.chavezthefilm.com/index_ex.htm



FILM SYNOPSIS from the site:

http://www.chavezthefilm.com .nyud.net:8090
/html/film/synopsis.htm

THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED

DIRECTED AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY
KIM BARTLEY AND DONNACHA O'BRIAIN
IRELAND, 2003
74 MINUTES

IN SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

HUGO CHAVEZ ELECTED PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA IN 1998, IS A COLORFUL,
UNPREDICTABLE FOLK HERO, beloved by his nation's working class and a
tough-as-nails, quixotic opponent to the power structure that would see him
deposed. Two independent filmmakers were inside the presidential palace on April 11, 2002, when he was forcibly removed from office. They were also
present 48 hours later when, remarkably, he returned to power amid cheering aides. Their film records what was probably history's shortest-lived coup d'état. It's a unique document about political muscle and an extraordinary portrait of the man The Wall Street Journal credits with making Venezuela "Washington‚s biggest Latin American headache after the old standby, Cuba."

The movie site has extensive links and background information. I haven't yet seen the movie itself, but it has won a few awards...

http://www.chavezthefilm.com/html/film/awards.htm

Awards 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised'

has won to date include:

Jury Award, Best Documentary,
Malaga Int'l Film Festival (Spain)

Needle Award,
Seattle Film Festival (USA)

Le Prix George du Beau Regard International, Best Documentary,
FID Marseilles Film Festival (France)

Best Feature Documentary,
Galway Film Fleadh, (Ireland)

The David Wolper Documentary Film Grand Prize, for Best Documentary, 2003 Wine & Country Film Festival (USA)

1st Prize, Best Documentary,
3 Continents Film Festival, (South Africa)

The Silver Hugo Award,
Chicago International Film Festival, (USA)

24th Durban International Film Festival, Best Documentary
eThekwini Film Award

'KITE' Award for Best Documentary,
2º Festival Internacional de Cine para la Infancia y la Juventud,
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Best Documentary,
16th Seagate Foyle Film Festival, Northern Ireland

'Special Mention' from the International Jury of the
44th Festival dei Popoli, Florence Film Festival

Milagro Award for Best Latino film,
Santa Fe Film Festival, USA

Best Documentary,
International Documentary Awards (IDA’s), USA

Global Television Grand Prix,
Banff 2003 Television Festival

Best Social and Political Documentary,
Banff 2003 Television Festival

Golden Nymph Award,
Monte Carlo

Golden Link Award,
EBU European Co-production of the Year

Best Documentary
Prix Italia 2003

Best Documentary
ESB Media Awards

Overall Award for Best Journalism
ESB Media Awards

Best International Documentary,
Grierson 2003: The British Documentary Awards

Best Newcomer Award,
Grierson 2003: The British Documentary Awards


NOMINATIONS FOR AWARDS YET TO BE ANNOUNCED:
Nominee for this years Directors Guild Awards, London

Nominee for the Adolf-Grimme-Preis,
(German Televisions most prestigious award)

[Nothing Without Hope]

3. A new thread - LA Times article on the response to Robertson's fatwa:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2030937
Threrad title: LATimes on Robertson's fatwa on Chavez: "A Call for Assassination Brings {a Cry Of Outrage"}

Oddly, his decidedly non-spiritual comments about Venezuela's oil are not included.

[shrdlu]

4. Thanks...a good idea...

[myrna minx]

5. Thank you for this. I'm bookmarking and nominating. n/t