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From the newest NACLA Report
November/December 2008: Terror Incognita
 Colombia and Venezuela: Testing the Propaganda Model
by Kevin Young
U.S. news coverage of parallel political events in Colombia and Venezuela offers an opportunity to test the usefulness of Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky's "propaganda model," developed in their 1988 book Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media. The model predicts that the news media will look favorably upon the Colombian government of Alvaro Uribe, a close U.S. ally, while consistently vilifying the Venezuelan government of Hugo Chávez, whom the U.S. government frequently identifies as an antagonist.
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Puerto Rico Teachers' Union Trounces SEIU
by Micah Landau
The Puerto Rican Federation of Teachers (FMPR) recently defeated the powerful SEIU labor organization in elections over representation of the island's public school teachers. During the conflict over representation, the SEIU leadership joined forces with the pro-corporate Puerto Rican government to undermine the militant FMPR. Despite the dirty tricks, the FMPR persevered, marking an important victory for autonomy in Latin America's labor movements.
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Elections: Geopolitical Nadir for Chávez and His Movement?
by Nikolas Kozloff
Regional elections in Venezuela on November 23 could have critical ramifications for the Bolivarian movement led by President Hugo Chávez. If the re-grouped opposition makes significant electoral gains, Chávez's long-term aspirations could be significantly complicated. The elections come at a time when dwindling oil prices and the economic crisis have created unexpected obstacles to Chávez's ambitious foreign policy agenda.
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Venezuela Elections Pose Big Test
by Pablo Vivanco
Venezuela's local elections on November 23 are the first major test for the government of Hugo Chávez since his socialist-oriented constitutional reforms were defeated last year. Although the elections are unlikely to dramatically shift the national balance of power, the results will help gauge the momentum of Chávez's project to create a "twenty-first century socialism."
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