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I've got some questions for you, but first thanks a lot for posting this- it's so hard for us to get a clear picture of what Venezuela is like just from reading news reports, and your political culture is clearly much different from that of North America/Europe. So many people in this thread are trying to project the American political scene onto Venezuela's, by comparing Chavez to Obama or his media to Fox News, which is such an unproductive exercise- your insight, and Hugoon's, are really helpful. I'm getting the impression that Chavez has a really dominant position in the Venezuelan media environment. How did Capriles deal with this? Did he have his own media outlets? Did he rely mostly on word-of-mouth? Does Chavez's dominance of official media outlets give him control over the political discourse, too? A lively social debate is an incredibly crucial part of democracy, so I guess I'm wondering just how lively Venezuala's is.
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