On The Map with Avi Lewis: The Chavez Mystique

The ultimate Bush basher and Latin enemy number one for the US. On The Map goes behind the caricature of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a complicated and contradictory figure at the heart of a profound shift underway in Latin America. Avi talks to Mark Weisbrot with the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and Jennifer McCoy, Director of the Americas Program at The Carter Center. Watch all the stories at www.cbc.ca/onthemap

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News & Politics

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• otm
• avi
• lewis
• hugo
• chavez
• venezuela
• latin
• america
• jennifer
• mccoy
• mark
• weisbrot

[HansMenz]

Any TV station that took part in an unsuccessful fascist coup in Britain or America would be finished and nobody would even think about putting that into question. Chavez did not even go so far as to close down the TV station (which would have been totally legitimate, after what they had done). All he did was not renew their license after it expired.

[nijaexhile3]

The more important question is how would guys like YOU react? Something tells me you would shrug at best. And at worst you might just give it the big thumbs up. Stop trying to accuse others of blind partisanship while being completely guilty of it yourself.

[suzieq0452]

Typical of the RepubliCONS( not Ron Paul REPUBLICANS.I'm a Leftie but I Love Paul)) and the DemocRAT "Carter Center" Bimbo,gr8 job Avi in countering her. Loved Mark,laid back just stating FACTS. The CONservatives HATE Hugo becuz he's EDUCATING the POOR and making them FEEL that they are SEEN and HEARD.Too Bad you left CBC,Well CBC has LEFT Canada.LMAO.You're MUCH too GOOD for that Sorry Sad CNN/FAUX NEWS WANNABE. Mansbridge ATTENDING BILDERBERGER MEETINGS This past June 2010. How F'd UP??

[Ventorez]

This lady is out of her fucking mind why should a government allow a a news network that manipulates footage to manipulate the people into revolting against their government forget the lives that were lost and the irresponsibility if this happened in any other country these people would be killed she likes to tone it down and call it opinion why not nationally syndicate the new black panthers or the KKK and the neo nazis they have opinions fucking dumb bitch

[Air420]

Mark won.

[jvarela965]

Chavez talks and even looks like former Argentine dictator Juan Peron.

[vaudree]

Mark Weisbrot seems to believe the the ends justifies the means - if he agrees with the person's policies then concentrating power in the hands of a President is a good thing but if he doesn't then it is a bad thing. Jennifer McCoy's seems to believe that there should be divergent voices in a democracy so I see no reason why she would not be equally critical of the lack of such voices in the US.

[umdisc64]

Excellent reply you gave to unclesamhere.

[unclesamhere]

Avi and Mark.. Here's a question that you won't answer. So let's just throw it out to the world. What would these two men say if George Bush announced that he was going to rule by decree ??? Does anybody have any thoughts as to how these two guys would react to that ??

[charlesvan13]

He talks like he smokes too much hashish.