why is the struggle of latin America not in the mainstream

Sunday January 05, 2003 23:09

by A.H

That the absolute absence of news in main stream media in Ireland is a disgrace. Here is a country that is on the brink of a civil war. A war between rich and poor. A war between the controlling upper/middle class and poorer working class. A war between the prevalent economic ideas of the past 10 to 20 years and ideas of the past of Marx and other socialists. A war which is almost a metaphor for the for the entire time period since the end of the wall. Within Venezuela, there is the potent influence of America. Where they overthrow leaders who they dislike for taking trips to Cuba, or putting in place a foreign policy which differs to that of America. As Bush wants to get his hand on the control of massive amounts of oil, so that he may keep his highly polluting population with gas to drive

That the absolute absence of news in main stream media in Ireland is a disgrace. Here is a country that is on the brink of a civil war. A war between rich and poor. A war between the controlling upper/middle class and poorer working class. A war between the prevalent economic ideas of the past 10 to 20 years and ideas of the past of Marx and other socialists. A war which is almost a metaphor for the for the entire time period since the end of the wall.

Within Venezuela, there is the potent influence of America. Where they overthrow leaders who they dislike for taking trips to Cuba, or putting in place a foreign policy which differs to that of America. As Bush wants to get his hand on the control of massive amounts of oil, so that he may keep his highly polluting population with gas to drive their ancient “trucks” 50m down the road to pick up a “BigMc”. But still no information of this in the European media.

But the difference in the European media is immense. I was reading "le monde" during the week and listening to French radio, it was a principle topic.

This just shows the need for a trans-national European which covers current events I all counties worldwide with a focus in European affairs, which is available in all major European languages. This would be an obvios alternative to the shit that we are fed by “Newsweek” and “Time”