Venezuelan official says his country is victim of media warfare

Edited by Ed Newman
2019-12-01 21:43:16

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President of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense of the French Senate Christian Cambon (R) and Venezuela's Vice Chancellor for Europe Yvan Gil (L) in P

Paris, December 1 (RHC)-- Venezuela's Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe Yvan Gil has denounced that his nation has been facing media warfare for the last 20 years, with the aim of distorting what is really happening in the country and minimizing the achievements of the Bolivarian revolution.

According to the diplomat, owners of transnational media are the main responsible for the systematic misrepresentation of the Venezuelan reality.  "We've been victims of manipulation prompted mainly by companies," Gil said and explained that their attacks come from the fact that the Bolivarian people is performing a revolution.

He also recalled that misinformation can be explained very simply: mainstream newspapers, broadcasters, channels, and magazines support the oppressor and attack the oppressed.  "Very often, when it comes to reporting what happens in Venezuela, journalistic ethics do not exist," Gil denounced.

The Venezuelan diplomat made these statements during his stay in Paris, where he explained what is happening in his country to Senator Christian Cambon, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense president.

The deputy foreign minister illustrated the media's political behavior by remembering that European audiences know very little about what is happening in Colombia.  Over the last week, millions of Colombians took to the streets to demand that President Ivan Duque comply with the peace agreements and avoid the implementation of neoliberal policies.

"Here, in Europe, we see little or none of that.  However, the media creates news when few citizens protest in Venezuela."  Gil stressed the importance of using social networks as tools against media warfare, which complements the U.S.-led economic aggression against the Bolivarian Revolution.

In this regard, the Venezuelan diplomat indicated that transnational media simply hide details of the financial and economic persecution promoted from Washington against Venezuela.



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