It is so frustrating and infuriating how the Major International Media ignores the plight of the people in Latin America. The only media outlets reporting on what’s happening are the European UPI, one single article and the local news networks for each of these countries. But networks such as CNN, BBC, even Fox News, were totally absent, as if the awful situation in Latin America, and all the demonstrations going on did not exist.
What’s more, I was about to upload videos I captured from my local satellite provider and place subtitles in English, but the subtitling is so complicated I just don’t have time to figure it out. But I am still going to place the videos here so that you will get the sense of the anger and frustration of the people in those countries currently under Chavist regimes.
Today I captured videos from Venezuela and from Ecuador. I will describe them as follow.
1st Video:
This video shows 2 key people expressing their anger against Correa’s government in his move to supress freedom of expression. This is followed by an angry woman, an average citizen, expressing her frustration, victim of crime. She says they won’t allow ever to have any type of communism exist in Ecuador. The next speaker is an Indian leader expressing how they won’t let happen in Ecuador what is happening in Venezuela under Chavez. These people do not look like members of the “oligarchy” as the Chavistas throughout Latin America and even in the USA want you to believe. Ecuadorians are very unhappy about Correa’s government and mismanagement and have begun to demonstrate. I suppose the move to implement this gag law is to imprison anyone who demonstrates like this, and the media covering it.
2nd Video
This is from another demonstration that ocurred also today, in a different city in Ecuador, Santo Domingo. Here people are sick and tired of the excessive crime and killings. They feel quite unsafe and are demonstrating against Correa’s inability to keep them safe.
This video shows the massive demonstration of people asking for safety. Despite everyone wearing white, and a final release of white balloons, people were angry. Quite a few citizens, victimized by crime are sharing their frustration speak out in this video. The local church was also involved. The anger and frustration is clear in this short video segment. This was also by TeleAmazonas, an Ecuadorian news network threatened to be closed by Correa because of their lackluster coverage of their president.
Video 3
Next video is about workers in Venezuela, angry and tired. They have not gotten paid and lack safety in the work place. Here they are demonstrating, requesting their pay, as well as safety. Workers have died in this plant and many of them are still waiting for pay. From the coverage here it seems the company owners are blaming the government not having done their part to make sure these workers get paid. What a mess in Venezuela. People here are very angry too.
Again, I apologize for the lack of translation. I would love to hear from someone who could point me to an easy and simple way to add subtitles to these videos. I can translate and will be happy to do so. Thank you for reading and for your interest. As I begin to learn more video reporting, I look forward to providing you with better quality video.
I want to mention TeleAmazonas in Ecuador, and Globovision in Venezuela, for putting together these segments, which I have captured parts of, to share with you here. I am hoping someone here can direct me to an easy way to insert subtitles so I can give you the full story.
