There are ominous things developing in Venezuela. The dictator Hugo Chavez is taking over the media, closing down recalcitrant television stations who won’t accept his terms, and today he’s even threatened CNN for slandering him, apparently for “inciting for the killing of Hugo Chavez and using his image the wrong way.” His next project is going to be taking over control of the universities. Control of all political institutions and the Supreme Court isn’t enough.

For Americans, it’s a chance to see how freedom is lost. For Venezuelans, it’s the prospect of a future as slaves.

The streets are filled with young protesters, grasping at the shreds of freedom like a man dangling from a cliff. We are witnessing human history once again turn toward the darkness it has spent so much time wallowing in. But all is not lost. Not yet.

This Wednesday P.V. Radio will interview a man who tells us his story from those very streets choking with tear gas and teeming with desparate students. His site is The Devil’s Excrement, and it’s filled with pictures of the violence he sees everyday. Tune in Wednesday at 6pm Pacific to blogtalkradio and hear from one actually fighting communism and tyranny.

These are the times when the internet can make a difference. The ability to know what is really happening in Venezuela is disappearing rapidly. Before bloggers like ‘The Devil’s Excrement’ are silenced, we need to spread their words and support them in any way we can!

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