The (western) media does not report the truth in the streets

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In this special program we talk with Chris Gilbert, Professor of Political Studies, Bolivarian University of Venezuela, on the eve of President Maduro's inauguration.

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00:00And I woke up to the word dictatorship.

00:02They put the word dictatorship

00:04in the article about Venezuela.

00:05Curiously, the article did not mention any such thing.

00:08I'm sure the last minute order from above,

00:11some editor said they had to put the word

00:12dictatorship in the headline.

00:15And that is totally out of place.

00:17And of course, the reality that they describe

00:19is likewise totally not the reality here.

00:22It's actually, I've never seen the city so quiet.

00:24I mean, we're after, this is post-Christmas in Venezuela.

00:27Christmas is an extremely important holiday

00:29and post-Christmas is always somewhat lethargic.

00:32And so the city is very quiet and there were marches.

00:36The opposition march was notably small

00:40and the Chavista march was impressively big

00:43and enthusiastic.

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