Chávez sends military to close radio-stations
Porto Alegre, August 22, 2008
The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, sent soldiers to confiscate equipments from the radio-stations Rumbera Network and Llanera, both from Guarico. The radios now cannot broadcast. Chávez is acting in this state because the governor Eduardo Mannuit is a dissident from his government and his party, the PSUV (United Socialist Party of Venezuela). According to Chávez, the radios have political use.
Journalists from Paraguay dennounce bad treatment from Chávez´s security
Translated from Globovisión
Paraguayans journalists from many media groups dennounced that they got bad treatment by the members of the security of the presidente of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez. He was visiting Paraguay to talk with the president of the country, Fernando Lugo. The incident ocurred in San Pedro, 300 km from the capital of Paraguay, where the safe guards forbidden reporters and journalists to approach the venezuelan president.

“They made a human wall, they pushed us and hit us”, said Jorge Cañete, from ABC Color from Assunción. Aníbal from Radio Ñanduti and reporters from Diario Popular dennounced too that were victims of bad treatment from the Chavez´s safe guards.
Singapore: Very rich, but without freedom
Porto Alegre, August 17, 2008
by Luís Henrique Vieira
Singapore is widely known as an island of prosperity and somewhere you can get rich easy. The country has the 6th GDP per capita of the world (US$ 49,714). Otherside, some people can get suprised with some rules for native people from Singapore. The blog Censorship in Singapore reveals that Singapore´s government establishes many kinds of censorship in the laws of the country.
The amazing island of Singapore
To play a game or watch a movie in the asian island you have to be allowed by the BFC (Board of Film Censors) under the MDA (Media Development Authority). According to the government, games like Mortal Kombat, Doom or Grand Theft Auto “allow players to make crimes”. Persons with less than 18 years can´t buy these games.
In Singapore is ilegal to broadcast political movies ou films with a lot of violence. The Texas Chain Say Massacre, Shortbus and Life of Brain were banned in the country.
Broadcasting rules
“Authority” means the Media Development Authority of Singapore established under the Media Development Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 172);
“broadcasting apparatus” means any apparatus capable of or designed or constructed for the reception of any broadcasting service and specified in the First Schedule;
“broadcasting apparatus licence” means a licence granted under section 20 in respect of broadcasting apparatus, and “broadcasting apparatus licensee” shall be construed accordingly;
“broadcasting licence” means a licence granted under section 8 or 9 for the provision of a licensable broadcasting service, and “broadcasting licensee” shall be construed accordingly;
“broadcasting service” means a service whereby signs or signals transmitted, whether or not encrypted, comprise —
(a) any programme capable of being received, or received and displayed, as visual images, whether moving or still;
(b) any sound programme for reception; or
(c) any programme, being a combination of both visual image (whether moving or still) and sound for reception or reception and display,
by persons having equipment appropriate for receiving, or receiving and displaying, as the case may be, that service, irrespective of the means of delivery of that service;
“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Authority and includes any temporary Chairman of the Authority;
“chief executive” means the chief executive of the Authority appointed under section 28 of the Media Development Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 172) and includes any person acting in that capacity;
“class licence” means a licence determined under section 9 to be applicable to certain licensable broadcasting services, and “class licensee” shall be construed accordingly;
“Code of Practice” means a Code of Practice issued under this Act;
“debenture” includes debenture stock;
“dwelling-house” includes a hotel, inn, boarding house or other similar establishment;
“encrypted” means treated electronically or otherwise for the purpose of preventing intelligible reception;
“free-to-air broadcasting service” means a licensable broadcasting service made available for reception in not less than 2 dwelling-houses by broadcasting apparatus commonly available to the public without payment of a subscription fee;
“free-to-air licence” means a broadcasting licence granted under this Act for the operation of a free-to-air broadcasting service, and “free-to-air licensee” shall be construed accordingly;
“Info-communications Development Authority of Singapore” means the Info-communications Development Authority of Singapore established under section 3 of the Info-communications Development Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 137A);
“licence” means a licence granted under any provision of this Act, and “licensee” shall be construed accordingly;
” behalf of the Government.
Learn more in Censorship in Singapore.
The Worldwide Press Freedom index
The organization Reporters Without Borders makes an annual ranking considering the freedom of press in the countries. Andorra and Malta are not in the list. The rank is based on a questionnaire sent to partner organisations of Reporters Without Borders (14 freedom of expression groups in five continents) and its 130 correspondents around the world, as well as to journalists, researchers, jurists and human rights activists.
According to RWB, survey asks questions about direct attacks on journalists and the media as well as other indirect sources of pressure against the free press. Check your contry below.
| Rank | Country | Index | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | ||
| 1 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | ||
| 1 | 0.75 | 2.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | ||
| 3 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.50 | 2.00 | 2.50 | |||
| 3 | 1.00 | 2.50 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 2.50 | |||
| 5 | 1.50 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 1.17 | 3.50 | ||
| 5 | 1.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | ||
| 5 | 1.50 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.50 | 1.50 | ||
| 8 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 3.00 | ||
| 8 | 2.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 2.83 | 1.00 | ||
| 8 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 4.83 | 4.50 | 5.17 | 1.50 | ||
| 11 | 3.00 | 2.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 2.50 | 4.25 | ||
| 12 | 3.50 | 3.00 | 2.50 | 1.00 | 2.25 | |||
| 12 | 3.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | ||
| 14 | 4.00 | 0.75 | 1.00 | 3.50 | 2.50 | 11.25 | ||
| 15 | 4.17 | 5.00 | 2.00 | 0.67 | 2.83 | |||
| 16 | 4.25 | 4.50 | 2.50 | 3.25 | 2.75 | 7.50 | ||
| 17 | 4.50 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 6.00 | 3.33 | 6.50 | ||
| 18 | 4.88 | 4.50 | 4.50 | 3.33 | 1.83 | 0.75 | ||
| 19 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | |||
| 20 | 5.75 | 5.50 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 1.33 | 1.50 | ||
| 21 | 6.50 | 6.67 | 8.50 | 7.63 | 3.83 | 4.25 | ||
| 21 | 6.50 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 2.25 | 3.00 | 4.00 | ||
| 23 | 7.00 | 6.50 | 4.50 | 3.00 | 2.83 | |||
| 24 | 8.25 | 6.50 | 5.17 | 6.00 | 4.25 | 6.00 | ||
| 25 | 8.50 | 8.00 | 7.50 | 10.50 | 7.25 | 9.50 | ||
| 25 | 8.50 | 6.00 | 5.50 | 10.00 | 11.00 | 8.00 | ||
| 27 | 8.63 | 5.50 | 7.50 | 4.17 | 3.33 | |||
| 28 | 8.79 | 9.00 | 6.50 | 9.50 | 9.25 | 3.50 | ||
| 29 | 9.00 | 8.50 | 15.00 | 13.50 | 8.75 | 23.00 | ||
| 30 | 9.25 | 8.00 | 4.00 | 7.00 | 6.00 | 5.00 | ||
| 31 | 9.75 | 9.00 | 6.25 | 3.50 | 4.17 | 3.25 | ||
| 32 | 10.00 | 10.50 | 12.25 | 14.25 | 12.00 | 9.00 | ||
| 33 | 10.25 | 10.00 | 8.33 | 9.00 | 7.67 | 7.75 | ||
| 34 | 11.17 | 5.00 | 7.00 | 3.67 | 6.83 | 12.50 | ||
| 35 | 11.25 | 9.90 | 8.67 | 9.00 | 9.75 | 11.00 | ||
| 36 | 11.50 | 11.50 | 8.75 | 11.25 | 9.67 | |||
| 37 | 11.75 | 12.50 | 8.00 | 10.00 | 8.00 | 7.50 | ||
| 37 | 11.75 | 13.75 | 9.75 | 10.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | ||
| 12.00 | ||||||||
| 39 | 12.13 | 11.63 | 11.75 | 10.00 | 6.83 | 6.50 | ||
| 39 | 12.13 | 7.75 | 7.50 | 11.13 | 9.17 | 10.50 | ||
| 41 | 12.50 | 13.00 | 12.83 | 11.83 | 16.50 | 8.75 | ||
| 42 | 12.75 | 14.00 | 16.17 | 17.83 | 11.50 | 13.25 | ||
| 43 | 13.00 | 11.25 | 6.50 | 5.00 | 3.33 | 7.50 | ||
| 44 | 13.25 | 12.00 | 10.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 30.00 | ||
| 45 | 14.00 | 11.50 | 6.00 | 8.75 | 8.25 | 13.75 | ||
| 45 | 14.00 | 7.50 | 5.50 | 22.00 | 20.83 | pre-2005 data included Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | ||
| 47 | 14.25 | 15.50 | 15.25 | 11.67 | 6.50 | |||
| 48 | 14.50 | 13.00 | 9.50 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 4.75 | ||
| 49 | 15.17 | 15.00 | 23.75 | 19.50 | 27.50 | 31.50 | ||
| 50 | 15.50 | 17.50 | 40.00 | 51.00 | 36.67 | 41.33 | ||
| 51 | 16.25 | 9.00 | 10.25 | 8.00 | 6.50 | 9.75 | ||
| 52 | 16.50 | 9.00 | 8.00 | 12.83 | 11.00 | 12.50 | ||
| 53 | 17.00 | 5.50 | 5.50 | 5.50 | 5.25 | 6.00 | ||
| 54 | 17.88 | 9.50 | 15.00 | 14.50 | 9.75 | 15.50 | ||
| 55 | 18.00 | 19.82 | 17.50 | 14.50 | 16.50 | 21.25 | ||
| 56 | 18.50 | 15.25 | 21.75 | 16.50 | 7.67 | 5.50 | ||
| 56 | 18.50 | 14.00 | 12.50 | 6.83 | 6.17 | 7.75 | ||
| 58 | 19.00 | 14.50 | 12.50 | 22.00 | 20.83 | pre-2005 data included Cyprus | ||
| 58 | 19.00 | 11.50 | 14.83 | 20.13 | 21.33 | 20.75 | pre-2007 data from Serbia and Montenegro | |
| 60 | 19.75 | 16.00 | 25.75 | 20.13 | 21.33 | 20.75 | pre-2005 data from Serbia and Montenegro | |
| 61 | 20.00 | 14.00 | 8.25 | 7.50 | 11.00 | 4.83 | ||
| 61 | 20.00 | 15.00 | 24.50 | 18.50 | 8.17 | 22.75 | ||
| 63 | 20.17 | 17.00 | 21.25 | 31.67 | 31.33 | 25.50 | ||
| 64 | 20.20 | 10.00 | 5.75 | 6.00 | 6.83 | 8.75 | ||
| 65 | 20.25 | 17.50 | 25.75 | 50.25 | 37.00 | |||
| 66 | 20.83 | 21.00 | 25.17 | 27.50 | 17.33 | |||
| 67 | 21.00 | 11.50 | 14.83 | 20.13 | 21.33 | 20.75 | pre-2007 data from Serbia and Montenegro | |
| 68 | 21.50 | 4.50 | 9.67 | 20.00 | 9.67 | 14.50 | ||
| 68 | 21.50 | 16.00 | 19.00 | 16.25 | 18.00 | 27.75 | ||
| 68 | 21.50 | 22.50 | 23.00 | 29.75 | 23.25 | 26.75 | ||
| 71 | 22.50 | 14.50 | 19.75 | 32.50 | 32.75 | 21.50 | ||
| 72 | 22.75 | 12.75 | 12.25 | 6.75 | 17.00 | |||
| 73 | 23.00 | 11.50 | 10.50 | 16.25 | 14.00 | 23.50 | ||
| 74 | 23.40 | 19.25 | 12.50 | 19.00 | 18.25 | 24.50 | ||
| 75 | 23.50 | 13.00 | 14.00 | 11.50 | 13.00 | |||
| 75 | 23.50 | 19.50 | 33.50 | 42.13 | 31.00 | 36.50 | ||
| 77 | 23.63 | 25.50 | 26.00 | 23.50 | 25.17 | |||
| 78 | 23.75 | 30.25 | 30.00 | 22.25 | 18.50 | 24.75 | ||
| 79 | 24.00 | 18.00 | 23.00 | 32.50 | 35.00 | |||
| 80 | 24.50 | 17.00 | 17.00 | 17.50 | 14.00 | 23.17 | ||
| 81 | 24.75 | 19.17 | 17.50 | 20.50 | 27.00 | |||
| 82 | 24.83 | 17.30 | 13.67 | 21.33 | 15.17 | 12.00 | ||
| 83 | 25.00 | 17.50 | 19.00 | 21.50 | 14.50 | 14.00 | ||
| 84 | 25.25 | 17.17 | 14.50 | 16.50 | 16.75 | 18.75 | ||
| 85 | 25.33 | 27.25 | 23.00 | 36.50 | 19.50 | 24.25 | ||
| 85 | 25.33 | 19.00 | 20.50 | 40.00 | 40.00 | 37.75 | ||
| 87 | 25.50 | 18.00 | 14.17 | 11.50 | 6.50 | |||
| 87 | 25.50 | 14.50 | 18.00 | 11.75 | 14.17 | |||
| 87 | 25.50 | 24.50 | 13.00 | 18.33 | 15.75 | 18.50 | ||
| 90 | 26.10 | 18.25 | 15.50 | 10.50 | 7.17 | 8.50 | ||
| 91 | 26.50 | 21.50 | 18.00 | 26.50 | 28.00 | 30.17 | ||
| 92 | 26.75 | 25.50 | 22.75 | 31.00 | 21.00 | 27.67 | ||
| 92 | 26.75 | 26.50 | 32.50 | 51.00 | 40.00 | 40.00 | ||
| 94 | 27.00 | 25.00 | 52.25 | 60.38 | 42.17 | 19.00 | ||
| 94 | 27.00 | 18.50 | 13.50 | 13.50 | 5.50 | |||
| 96 | 28.00 | 22.50 | 22.00 | 26.50 | 18.50 | 20.50 | ||
| 96 | 28.00 | 29.83 | 19.25 | 24.00 | 25.75 | 17.00 | ||
| 98 | 28.75 | 27.00 | 28.25 | 24.38 | 32.50 | 19.67 | ||
| 99 | 29.50 | 16.00 | 19.50 | 29.50 | 17.75 | |||
| 100 | 30.50 | 26.00 | 26.00 | 37.75 | 34.25 | 20.00 | ||
| 101 | 31.25 | 25.00 | 25.00 | 37.25 | 35.00 | 33.50 | ||
| 102 | 31.50 | 28.50 | 26.00 | 37.50 | 31.25 | 20.50 | ||
| 103 | 32.00 | 47.00 | 37.50 | 49.00 | ||||
| 104 | 33.00 | 21.25 | 21.50 | 16.50 | 30.83 | 27.25 | ||
| 104 | 33.00 | 24.50 | 17.00 | 23.50 | 26.75 | 20.75 | ||
| 106 | 33.25 | 24.83 | 36.17 | 43.00 | 39.67 | 29.00 | ||
| 107 | 33.50 | 14.00 | 14.00 | 16.00 | 11.50 | |||
| 107 | 33.50 | 27.50 | 26.00 | 24.50 | 33.17 | 26.00 | ||
| 107 | 33.50 | 14.50 | 17.00 | 23.50 | 35.25 | 30.25 | ||
| 110 | 33.60 | 34.00 | 32.00 | 35.25 | 32.00 | 31.75 | ||
| 111 | 36.00 | 28.25 | 20.50 | 27.00 | 30.50 | 28.83 | ||
| 111 | 36.00 | 31.50 | 48.50 | 36.00 | 41.00 | |||
| 113 | 36.50 | 35.50 | 30.00 | 33.25 | 24.00 | 28.75 | ||
| 114 | 36.88 | 29.00 | 23.00 | 24.63 | 27.83 | 25.00 | ||
| 115 | 37.00 | 30.00 | 33.00 | 27.75 | 34.50 | 28.25 | ||
| 116 | 37.17 | 25.00 | 51.50 | 55.83 | 77.33 | 90.75 | ||
| 117 | 37.38 | 28.25 | 33.33 | 40.00 | 10.25 | 9.50 | ||
| 118 | 38.00 | 28.00 | 38.75 | 52.50 | 35.17 | 23.00 | ||
| 38.00 | ||||||||
| 119 | 38.25 | 13.00 | 14.50 | 38.17 | ||||
| 120 | 39.33 | 26.50 | 27.00 | 38.50 | 39.00 | 26.50 | ||
| 121 | 39.50 | 26.00 | 39.50 | 24.50 | 23.50 | 24.50 | ||
| 122 | 40.21 | 27.50 | 24.00 | 39.13 | 37.00 | 33.50 | ||
| 123 | 40.50 | 40.00 | 40.33 | 43.50 | 33.00 | 31.00 | ||
| 124 | 41.00 | 22.25 | 33.00 | 39.83 | 32.00 | 37.83 | ||
| 125 | 41.63 | 41.00 | 36.17 | 44.17 | 42.50 | 42.00 | ||
| 126 | 42.33 | 44.75 | 40.17 | 47.38 | 49.17 | 40.83 | ||
| 127 | 43.40 | 39.83 | ||||||
| 128 | 44.75 | 51.00 | 50.00 | 36.63 | 35.25 | 29.00 | ||
| 129 | 45.17 | 51.25 | 58.50 | 69.17 | 47.50 | |||
| 130 | 48.25 | 54.00 | 41.00 | 29.50 | 18.25 | 22.50 | ||
| 131 | 49.83 | 32.23 | 38.75 | 37.75 | 31.50 | 15.50 | ||
| 132 | 50.25 | 33.00 | 37.00 | 55.00 | 35.50 | 31.25 | ||
| 133 | 50.50 | 51.00 | 57.33 | 51.50 | 38.50 | 40.75 | ||
| 134 | 53.17 | 48.00 | 61.25 | 62.50 | 46.50 | 43.75 | ||
| 135 | 53.50 | 33.50 | 28.00 | 14.00 | 19.67 | 22.75 | ||
| 136 | 53.63 | 45.83 | 45.50 | 27.83 | 17.67 | 24.75 | ||
| 137 | 53.75 | 73.50 | 86.75 | 84.00 | 51.50 | 63.00 | ||
| 138 | 54.50 | 40.50 | 35.00 | 31.00 | 37.50 | 29.00 | ||
| 139 | 55.40 | 47.00 | 51.00 | 49.67 | 34.50 | 34.50 | ||
| 140 | 55.75 | 48.13 | 44.00 | 44.25 | 45.75 | 36.00 | ||
| 141 | 56.00 | 51.50 | 50.67 | 57.00 | 47.33 | |||
| 142 | 56.50 | 44.25 | 39.17 | 28.25 | 40.17 | 35.50 | ||
| 143 | 56.67 | 54.00 | 46.25 | 48.00 | 41.83 | 34.75 | ||
| 144 | 56.90 | 52.50 | 48.67 | 51.38 | 49.50 | 48.00 | ||
| 145 | 57.00 | 53.75 | 57.50 | 62.67 | 50.83 | 67.75 | ||
| 57.75 | ||||||||
| 146 | 58.00 | 46.25 | 52.00 | 43.50 | 34.25 | 34.50 | ||
| 147 | 58.88 | 41.00 | 38.00 | 37.25 | 34.25 | 37.50 | ||
| 148 | 59.75 | 76.00 | 66.00 | 79.17 | 71.50 | 62.50 | ||
| 149 | 62.00 | 50.00 | 64.25 | 67.50 | 45.50 | 48.25 | ||
| 150 | 63.00 | 75.00 | 42.00 | 37.00 | 37.50 | 37.50 | ||
| 151 | 63.63 | 57.00 | 61.33 | 54.10 | 52.00 | 52.17 | ||
| 152 | 64.83 | 70.33 | 60.75 | 61.75 | 39.00 | 44.67 | ||
| 153 | 65.25 | 48.00 | 44.00 | 46.25 | 44.75 | 42.75 | ||
| 154 | 66.00 | 63.00 | 55.00 | 67.50 | 67.50 | 62.83 | ||
| 155 | 66.50 | 62.50 | 88.75 | 65.00 | 60.00 | 72.50 | ||
| 156 | 67.50 | 50.75 | 33.25 | 36.50 | 24.83 | 15.75 | ||
| 157 | 67.83 | 66.83 | 67.00 | 58.50 | 37.50 | 79.00 | ||
| 158 | 69.83 | 46.75 | 42.50 | 43.17 | 39.25 | 27.00 | ||
| 159 | 71.50 | 51.25 | 59.00 | 43.50 | 45.00 | |||
| 160 | 74.88 | 71.00 | 66.50 | 52.13 | 61.50 | 45.00 | ||
| 161 | 75.00 | 67.50 | 66.50 | 64.33 | 94.83 | 89.00 | ||
| 162 | 79.25 | 67.25 | 73.25 | 86.88 | 89.17 | 81.25 | ||
| 163 | 89.00 | 94.00 | 83.00 | 92.33 | 91.25 | 97.00 | ||
| 164 | 93.75 | 94.75 | 88.83 | 103.63 | 95.50 | 96.83 | ||
| 165 | 96.17 | 95.00 | 87.00 | 106.83 | 97.83 | 90.25 | ||
| 166 | 96.50 | 90.88 | 89.17 | 78.30 | 89.33 | 48.25 | ||
| 167 | 103.75 | 98.50 | 93.50 | 99.83 | 82.83 | 91.50 | ||
| 168 | 108.75 | 109.00 | 109.00 | 107.50 | 99.50 | 97.50 | ||
| 169 | 114.75 | 97.50 | 99.75 | 93.25 | 91.50 | 83.67 | ||
Morgan Freeman is already ok
For those who expected more news about the actor Morgan Freeman, he was ok since thursday (08.07) according to the hospital from Memphis. Freeman got a car accident on last weekend and receveid treatment for broken bones.
The actor lost the control of his car while he was driving close to his home in Mississipi. The british newspaper Daily Mail reported that Morgan Freeman is divorcing from his wife after 24 hours of marry.
This blog is talking about that because this blogger is an assumed fan of Morgan Freeman. Also, because this blog will talk about things not related to free press sometimes, to be nicer.
Bill O’Reilly is really watchdog journalist
Porto Alegre, August 9, 2008
by Luís Henrique Vieira

For who does not know, watchdog journalism is the job that is incumbent to provide the truth whatever who will be touched with the facts, even workmates. The american journalist Bill O’Reilly commands a daily show at Fox News TV and he is a really watchdog journalist. On last thursday (08.07), O’Reily dennounced that the Florida Congressman Robert Wexler does not live in Florida and pay income taxes just there. Besides that, his show told that The Palm Beach Post is not commited with the public, but with political forces. Check the text below:
Media Corruption
The O’Reilly Factor
“Last week we reported that Florida Congressman Robert Wexler doesn’t live in Florida. It also looks like Wexler pays income taxes in Florida, not in Maryland where he actually lives. The Palm Beach Post, a far left concern for years, wrote that the Congressman had done nothing wrong and then attacked us for reporting the story. The head hatchet man is editorial page editor Randy Schultz, a committed left wing zealot. Few people care about the Palm Beach Post or Schultz, but here is the bigger picture: No longer can Americans trust the media, which was given special Constitutional privileges to look out for the folks. The Palm Beach Post and many other media outlets are in the business of advancing a political cause – liberalism – and there’s no balance in this ideological intrusion. Media ideology has greatly aided Barack Obama in his quest to be president, and now it’s being used as a blunt instrument. The folks in Congressman Wexler’s district have a right to know where the man lives and what his tax situation is. We provided that; the Palm Beach Post did not. You decide which enterprise is noble.”
China´s challenge is on
Porto Alegre, August 8, 2008
by Luís Henrique Vieira

Doug Mills/New York Times
The olympic games in China started officially today. A lot of people believe that with this event, chinese people will get more freedom. But, in fact, what is really changing? What does China´s government will do after the olympic games end? I honestly cannot think as an optimistic with this reality. Some people thought that at time the country opens economics, it opens politically. However, the economy is opening since 10 years ago. The international community admits that cannot make nothing after China got a powerful country. Sarkozy and Bush´s speeches in their own countries will not work for a country that does not allow foreign television´s networks.
Now, to conquer the freedom is a challenge that only chinese people can got it. Although, the olympic games will not be smaller because of a communist dictatorship.
RCTV asks for condemnation for Chávez at international court
Translated from Folha de São Paulo from August 8, 2008
Employees of RCTV (Radio Caracas Televisión) asked for the International Court of Human Rights for a condemnation for the government of Venezuela because of the attacks hostilities that suffered. The lawyer Carlos Ayala said that it´s a case of arround 20 victims, that from 2002 to 2005 were attacked by many 23 times, resulting for violent speeches that were not punished or investigated.
The venezuelan ambassador in the court, Germán Saltón, charged “insignificant” the number of attacks and a decision for RCTV would stimulate a “desetablishing action” in the media companies.
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Book tells stories about the censorship of brazilian workers party
Porto Alegre, August 7th, 2008
by Luís Henrique Vieira
Launched just in 2006, the book called “Vanguarda do Atraso” (Delay´s vanguard) tells stories about the difficulties of the press during the gorvernment of the governor Olívio Dutra, from PT (Brazilian Workers Party), in the state of Rio Grande do Sul(Brazil). This term was since 1999 until 2003. At the book, the journalist Diego Casagrande interviews 11 journalist that talk about their own experiences.
The subjects that increased the rage of PT´s government was private property, ilegal games, Farc and the freedom of press. The strategy was process all journalists that talked bad about the party or the government. Also, they tried to cut advertises from the government at the media companies that do not terminate journalists that criticizes the government. They used the own party or the government to do that. The argument was the opinion of the journalists. However, the brazilian constitution keeps the right of the journalists to have opinion.
The journalist José Barrionuevo, who worked for the biggest newspaper of the state, Zero Hora, told in the book never seen it before in his all carreer. “I fought with PT against the military dictatorship. Now, they are against me”, said Barrionuevo. He also told about an invasion and the shame. “PT stimulated an invasion to the newspaper and they put me in shame. I couldn´t go to the places like downtown. I made the question: PT can do everything? It can´t!”
Políbio Braga, who has a website, said the PT`s rage against journalists started before Dutra´s government. “When PT was in the mayor of Porto Alegre they was already fighting with me.” He also told that was called from different courts to answers about his opinions about the government. Some journalists, including Braga, was forbidden to get in the government´s house in this age.
Diego Casagrande stills on watch dog journalism
Casagrande´s book is available in the website www.vanguardadoatraso.com.br for free just in portuguese. He also has a news website, which the address is www.diegocasagrande.com.br
Later, in the whole country
Later, when president Lula was trying to get reelected, the columnist of Veja Diogo Mainardi got 300 processes against him in just one year (2006). The processes came from state companies, the federal governent, PT and journalists. Mainardi dennounced that government was paying for journalists to talk in its favor and many cases about corruption. He talked openly agains the Lula´s second term.
Diogo Mainardi has the most read column of Brazil
The commentator Arnaldo Jabor suffered with a similar problem. He criticized the president of the house of representatives, Arlindo Chinaglia (PT). “The House of Representatives is spending a lot of money with gas. Scoundrel! Chinaglia has to do something”, said Jabor, in a radio show. With that, Chinaglia used the house of representatives to process Jabor. After, in an event, the parlamentarian tried to stimulate all the representatives to process Jabor. “Nobody can talk that bad about us. He has to answer for the justice in all states”, said Chinaglia.
So, it is always the same strategy. PT tries to censur braking journalists and media groups up.
Brazilian blogger is censored by the justice
São Leopoldo, August 5th, 2008
by Luís Henrique Vieira
The brazilian blogger and journalist Áuber de Almeida got his page censored by the justice. He called in his blog, wich is named “Por Outro Lado“(On the other side), the ex-mayor of Alvorada Stela Farias as an “incompetent person” this month. Almeida was talking about the crime made by Stela, from PT (Workers Party), that she is answering in the courts. The crime of the politician is called “improbidade administrativa” in Brazil. This kind of crime is spefic about the thief of public money. In the case of Stela, she is suspect to rob about 2 million dollars.
Stela Farias in a speech
The word that the blogger is forbidden to use is “incompetent”. It sounds an euphemism for who is suspect to get public money. This blog expresses solidarity about that. An election cannot be called democratic without freedom of expression and allowing corruption. The brazilian constitution keeps the right to say whatever. Journalists can have opinion.
Alvorada is one of the poorest cities of the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre ( capital and biggest city of Rio Grande do Sul, state of Brazil). Stela Farias is nowadays a representative of the state of Rio Grande do Sul and is running again for mayor of Alvorada.
The PT (Brazilian Workers Party) is known by many journalists as the enemy of freedom of press. In the next post, we will amplify this subject.
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