It's been over half a month since I've updated this blog, and even that last post was the first in a previous absence. There has been plenty of news swirling around that tied in with the ghoul in Caracas, most notably the shutting down of a major private news source in Venezuela by the Chavez government.
The Paris group Reporters Without Borders condemned the action, claiming that Chavez is seeking media "hegemony:"
"It was a political move, one that establishes government hegemony over the broadcast media and constitutes a grave danger for editorial pluralism," the Paris-based group said.
The organization said Chavez's decisions "were conducted outside of all regular legal channels and in defiance of the jurisprudence established by the Organization of American States."
HCW regular Scatbug also posted on this story over at his Townhall.com blog.
Meanwhile, this cartoon was delivered to me via commentor Pedro Morgado:
