5 March 2013 - BBC Misinforms about Venezuela's 2002 Opposition Coup
14 January 2012 - Blatant Spin in BBC Hugo Chavez Headline
14 September 2011 - Reasons for Venezuela election victories
28 July 2011 - Roger Noriega calls for overthrow of Chavez, and then informs BBC analysis article

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The BBC's 'Bogeyman' Narrative on Hugo Chavez
The Editors, 7 March 2013

The BBC maintained a strong a record of misleading reporting throughout the presidency of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who died on Tuesday, following a two year battle with cancer. Yet today's article by Jon Kelly, 'Hugo Chavez and the era of anti-American bogeymen', takes a particularly spiteful slant on the issue...

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Fact-checking Rory Carroll on Venezuela
The Editors, 28 January 2013

In the New Statesman on 25 January 2013, a special feature entitled 'After Chavez' included contributions from two of The Guardian's former Latin America correspondents, Richard Gott and Rory Carroll, presenting opposing viewpoints on the current situation in Venezuela, and the political legacy of the Chavez government. The New Statesman leader comments...

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UK Reporting on Venezuela Continues to be Clouded by Partiality
The Editors, 17 December 2012

As Hugo Chavez receives further cancer treatment in Cuba, this time seemingly with much higher stakes than before, the UK media has again shown where its interests lie when it comes to reporting on left-wing Latin American governments. The attack has come in many forms, from portraying once again the country...

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A Roundup of Media Coverage Surrounding the Venezuelan Election
Josh Watts, 24 October 2012

In the run up to the 7 October Venezuelan election, it was reported that President Hugo Chávez would face 'the toughest electoral challenge of his reign' (The Times)1, 'that [would] decide the fate of his socialist revolution and could rearrange the region's balance of power' (Financial Times).2 The election, then,...

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Venezuelan Election Day: Channel 4 Selects Pro-Opposition Viewpoints
The Editors, 7 October 2012

British news is today (07/10/2012) much concerned with the elections underway in Venezuela. The election will be the 'closest since Hugo Chavez took power' (The Guardian), or the 'the country's most tightly contested presidential election in a decade' (BBC). To begin with, it should be noted that the above assertions are themselves...

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Promises and Failures: The Economist and the Venezuelan Election
Josh Watts, 3 October 2012

In an interview with the New Left Project, Dr. Lee Salter, following research into BBC reporting on Venezuela stated that 'the coverage of Venezuela has particular importance mainly because it is a case in which a democratically mandated government faces a plethora of reactionary forces seeking to destabilise and overthrow it'.1...

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Jim Armitage and the Skewed Reporting on the Venezuelan Elections
Josh Watts, 26 September 2012

On Saturday 22 September, a little over two weeks before the upcoming Venezuelan presidential election of 7 October, Jim Armitage asked in The Independent: 'A devil to the US, a folk hero in much of Venezuela, could Ken Livingstone's old chum Hugo Chavez finally be on his way out?' Apart from...

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Choosing Sides: The BBC's Coverage of the Venezuelan Election Race
The Editors, 19 July 2012

In the upcoming Venezuelan presidential elections, to be held in October of this year, the electorate will choose between current President Hugo Chavez and opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski, former governor of Miranda state. BBC coverage of the run-up to the presidential elections to date has depicted a situation in which one...

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Venezuela in the UK Media, Part 2: Business Interests and the Refining of the Media Campaign
The Editors, 12 January 2012

Business Interests The presidency of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, and those of other Latin American leaders whose policies are at odds with those dominant in Europe and the US, are often labelled as 'controversial' in BBC coverage, regardless of how overwhelming their election victories might be. Defining the news, business leaders or opposition...

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Venezuela in the UK Media, Part 1: The Opposition and US Interference
The Editors, 9 January 2012

'One of the most visible, vocal and controversial leaders in Latin America' (according to the BBC), Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez receives much attention from the British media. Frequent news reports, alluding to government 'attacks' on democracy and press freedom, and discussing the nationalisation of assets, create an impression of a 'regime' which...

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