World News NGO 'Journalists for the Truth' says Freedom of  Speech Thriving in Venezuela http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_62950.shtml

Refuting claims that Venezuela has been saddled by a clamp down on freedom of expression in recent years, Vice President for the NGO Journalists for the Truth, Jose Gregorio Nieves, challenged corporate media outlets to report the reality of the country during an appearance on the program All Venezuela, broadcast by Venezolana de Television.

“More than 80 percent of Venezuelans know what kind of Venezuela they want, what they need from a news media committed to our sovereignty and committed to the history of our people”, Nieves said during an interview held on International Press Freedom day last Tuesday.

According to the media activist, Venezuela is currently living “an explosion of freedom of speech” that is evidenced by the accelerated growth of small and alternative media outlets around the country.Nieves pointed to the fact that the South American country’s telecommunication industry has been growing by 20 percent annually and that more than 60 community television stations as well as 250 grassroots radio and print operations have been founded since Hugo Chavez became President in 1999.

[ALSO SEE..Television in Venezuela: Who Dominates the Media? http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/2010_12_venezuela_media.pdf

THE MAJORITY OF MEDIA IS STILL IN HANDS OF PRIVATE CHANNELS,OWNED BY OPPOSITION,HOWEVER,THANKS TO CHAVEZ,NOW THERE IS A GROWTH OF NEW ALTERNATIVE MEDIA OUTLETS ON A COMMUNITY LEVEL,CREATED BY COMMUNITIES THEMSELVES..HOW AWESOME IS THAT?IF US AND THE EMPIRES WANT TO GO AFTER COUNTRIES WHERE THERE IS NO FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN MEDIA,SEE THEIR CLIENT REGIMES,IN LATIN AMERICA,COLOMBIA,PERU,CHILE,GUATEMALA,HONDURAS ETC...