| "International Media Is Asleep At the Switch", only this guy somehow manages to see the truth. Yeah, right. Interesting so many people on hn seem to be jumping on this. So I went back to his oldest blog entries to see what his general stance is and if his judgements merit consideration or are slanted, which can be better be judged with years of hindsight, judge for yourself: "To my mind Chávez’ hold on reality is so tenuous that he really does think that six million people poured onto the streets on April 13th to demand his return. And with a narcissist leader who’s that cut-off from reality, political miscalculation is the order of the day." He was hugely popular then, and stayed that way until his death, if polls, which actually have received praise from international observers, are an indication. Chavez not only had the absolute majority behind him, they actually supported him. Just compare Venezuela's voter turnout with that in your own country. Wikipedia says about Venezuela's 2012 election: "The elections showed a historically high turnout, above 80% of the electorate, in a country where voting is not mandatory" |