On Thursday March 30,
nearly one thousand Venezuelan trade unionists gathered in a
preparatory assembly in order to discuss the urgent tasks of the
labour movement and to promote the celebration of a new national
congress of the UNT, the National Workers’ Union.
On Monday March 27, the British Channel
4 screened a documentary on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez that can only be described as scandalous.
Unfortunately this is not just an isolated
incident, but part of a more general and concerted effort to spread
half-truths and open lies about Chavez with the aim of preparing
world public opinion for “regime change” in Venezuela.