I will start with a simple issue, the attack on the press by the Maduro administration and directly by Maduro personally. For those that even dare suggest there is freedom of the press in Venezuela, please shut up!. Every single day there are threats to sue, to bar, to fire, to do anything to intimidate the press. The Government controls the media and the media which is not controlled has been effectively silenced with few exceptions. With the recent sale of the Cadena Capriles to unknown “forces”, everyone was looking at flagship Ultimas Noticias to see if any changes would take place, but the first casualty occurred in sister publication El Mundo, whose director of four years Omar Lugo, was fired for putting this on the cover:
A bit scandalous? yes, for a serious a economic newspaper it may be somewhat over the top, but certainly not as scandalous as Maduro’s accusations, charges and speeches. Yes, everything is on sale in Venezuela as the headline says, including the country’s international reserves that are going down at a rate of one billion dollars a month. Lugo had been asked to “behave” by the new owners, which he didn’t and he was summarily fired.
Taken from “the devilsexcrement blog” November 23, 2013.