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February 27, 2006
Venezuelan Revolution Documentary
The other day my friend Aric had a few friends over to watch The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, a documentary about the 2002 coup in Venezuela. Originally the documentary was to be about Venezuelan President Chávez, but the coup happened to take place as it was being filmed. The result is some incredible footage of a military coup against an elected leader of a democratic country.
Now I admit to knowing next to nothing about South American politics, but with Chávez being in the news so much lately, I found this documentary to be informative (although limited), and gave me a lot of respect for Chávez. What politician today would emerge after being held captive for three days and proclaim on national television that those that supported the coup against them were entitled to their views and would be protected under the constitution? Agree or disagree with his leftist policies, but from the little I saw of him, he has the character of a leader.
Since the documentary doesn't seem to be available on DVD right now, I'm sure I can get Aric to lend it to anyone who's interested.