The Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation’s current TV program – “VENEZUELA: AN UPDATE” – is airing twice a week throughout January on Thurston Community Television (TCTV), cable channel 22 in Thurston County. You can watch it every Thursday at 9:00 p.m. and every Monday at 1:30 p.m. throughout the entire month.

This fresh and informative program is summarized here:

A lot has happened since the Olympia FOR’s December 2005 TCTV program on Venezuela. We’re happy to provide fresh information now, which is especially needed to counter the distorted propaganda flowing from the U.S. government and mainstream news media.

Although the U.S. has long dominated Latin America politically and economically, Latin American people and nations are increasingly resisting that domination. Latin Americans are electing populists who want their nations’ economic resources and policies to benefit their people rather than U.S. corporations. Latin American nations are collaborating among themselves – and shunning U.S. interference – to promote healthy economies.

Venezuela is one of the world’s major producers of oil. President Hugo Chavez has been using Venezuela’s oil wealth to fund health, social and educational services for the Venezuelan people.

Under Chavez, Venezuela has moved toward Socialism in a number of practical, humane ways and also in explicit public statements and policies.

For these and other reasons, the Bush regime has been demonizing Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, spreading “disinformation” (deliberately false and/or misleading propaganda), and trying to overthrow Venezuela’s government.

Our guests – John Regan and Anne Fischel – have solid knowledge and first-hand experience in Venezuela, including several recent trips. John was a guest on our December 2005 TCTV program. Anne teaches at The Evergreen State College in Olympia.

Our guests will help us understand Venezuela and related issues. They’ll also help us understand Venezuela’s elections, economic and environmental issues, popular media, and grassroots social and political realities.

This program is a great opportunity to learn about the information that the U.S. government and mainstream news media don’t want us to know. Be sure to tune in!