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(96,882 posts) Sat Mar 1, 2014, 11:35 PM Mar 2014

Venezuela gov't says foes seek to slam it at Oscars [View all]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Venezuela's government said "right-wing extremists" were lobbying in Hollywood for movie stars to denounce President Nicolas Maduro's socialist administration from the stage at Sunday's Academy Awards.

Venezuela has been rocked by its worst unrest in a decade, with at least 17 people killed in violence around opposition demonstrations and clashes between hooded protesters, security forces, and pro-government militants.

Maduro's critics are demanding he quit and accuse him of repression, while the president says "fascists" working with U.S. financiers want to engineer a coup like the one in 2002 that briefly toppled his predecessor, Hugo Chavez.

"Right-wing extremists are lobbying in Hollywood, looking for pronouncements against Venezuela at the Oscars!" Information Minister Delcy Rodriguez said on her Twitter account @DrodriguezMinci on Saturday.

Read more: http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/03/02/venezuela-protests-oscars-idINL1N0LZ00G20140302

Um, okay, if you say so...

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Venezuela gov't says foes seek to slam it at Oscars [View all] brooklynite Mar 2014 OP

What? Iliyah Mar 2014 #1

Which airhead would take on the challenge? flamingdem Mar 2014 #2

Nah...right wingers would never do anything like that. zeemike Mar 2014 #3

But Hollywood is full of liberals... brooklynite Mar 2014 #4

Really?...you could not prove it by me zeemike Mar 2014 #5

Here's a clue...it's called "acting" brooklynite Mar 2014 #6

Of course you are right. zeemike Mar 2014 #7

I'm liberal and a pacifist... Dr Hobbitstein Mar 2014 #19

Well I am progressive and not a pacifist. zeemike Mar 2014 #20

Most actors don't get killed in movies... Dr Hobbitstein Mar 2014 #25

Well I guess it is all in your point of view. zeemike Mar 2014 #27

You listed some other great films... Dr Hobbitstein Mar 2014 #30

Well I grew up in the 50s. zeemike Mar 2014 #31

I didn't even know Venezuela cared about the Academy Awards Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #8

They are upset about the constant flow of RW propaganda by the US MSM. nt Zorra Mar 2014 #22

Maduro and his cronies are hitting the bottom of the barrel. Archae Mar 2014 #9

The minority with the most violent protests wins. n/t cprise Mar 2014 #10

The ones initiating the violence are working for the government. nt MADem Mar 2014 #12

Often that's only what the corporate media suggests. cprise Mar 2014 #13

Well, you're going to have to name those US officials you're accusing, and maybe cough MADem Mar 2014 #17

It does show how hollow US claims are cprise Mar 2014 #32

I invite your attention to the most recent comments of the Secretary of State. MADem Mar 2014 #35

Force doesn't prove un/popularity cprise Mar 2014 #37

Oh, please! MADem Mar 2014 #38

Many fellow DUers would disagree cprise Mar 2014 #39

And many would not. That's what happens on discussion boards. MADem Mar 2014 #40

That's some freaking nasty stuff there. But it's not Venezuela. n/t freshwest Mar 2014 #28

And the Berkut were committing violent acts against citizens since August. nt EmilyAnne Mar 2014 #34

What would anyone connected to the government have to gain, anyway? Judi Lynn Mar 2014 #14

Why don't you ask Anonymous VZ that question? MADem Mar 2014 #16

Bingo--he just tried to give the country a "week off" to "go to the beach." MADem Mar 2014 #11

And the award goes to... Behind the Aegis Mar 2014 #15

First, a right-winger will have to win an Oscar. tanyev Mar 2014 #18

Maduro is an ass. Pterodactyl Mar 2014 #21

Sean Penn won't let that happen n/t Bacchus4.0 Mar 2014 #23

Haha, holy shit, it kinda, sorta, happend: joshcryer Mar 2014 #24

I think Maduro flopped trying to get attentiont this way. And why care about the Oscars? n/t freshwest Mar 2014 #29

Kevin Spacey sent out a tweet in support too... nt MADem Mar 2014 #36

Oh Lord! hrmjustin Mar 2014 #26

12 Years a Slave is a OBVIOUSLY right wing propaganda!!! NT Adrahil Mar 2014 #33