-Bienvenidos a “De nuevo en la mañana”. Transmitido en vivo y directo desde lo que ahora llaman “cuerda floja” y antes llamaban “radio”.
-Que buena noticia la del fin de semana, el gobierno nacional cerró 34 emisoras de radio. Saben cuánto me estaba costando cubanizarme?, supongo que con la desaparición de las emisoras de radio se me va a hacer más fácil!
Escuchan ese ruido?, es la ausencia de 34 emisoras de radio. A las alarmantes cifras de muertos del fin de semana se suma la desaparición de 34 emisoras de radio.
La situación es tan difícil que Rumbera Network tiene nuevo eslogan “Rumbera era-era-era-era Network”.
Esta situación me tiene tremendamente molesto, preocupado, anoche no pude conciliar el sueño, me senté a escribir una canción, llevo poco, apenas estoy comenzando, dice así “Los medios clausurados anuncian tempestad!”, eso es todo lo que llevo.
Presten atención, qué curioso: antes que la televisión apareció la radio, en cambio, en Venezuela, antes que la radio desapareció la televisión.
Los conflictos con Honduras y Colombia van tan mal que el gobierno se vio obligado a cerrar las emisoras de radio para distraer a la opinión pública de los acontecimientos que fueron creados para distraer la opinión pública.
Que el gobierno en su temor por qué la gente exprese su descontento con la realidad nacional que estamos viviendo cierre medios de comunicación no me sorprende, me sorprende la reacción de los ciudadanos. Les voy a explicar lo que pasa, el agua que llega a nuestras casas está siendo mezclada con lexotanil, por eso los venezolanos estamos tan aguevoneados.
Los venezolanos nos acostumbramos tanto a que durante los últimos diez años alguien nos diga qué podemos y qué no podemos hacer que ahora que debemos tomar la decisión solos no sabemos cómo hacerlo. Ya yo vi esta película, se llama “El silencio de los inocentes”.
Me van a disculpar pero tengo la sensación de que a los venezolanos ya no nos importa nada, es como si el gobierno en lugar de congelar las relaciones con Colombia hubiese congelado las relaciones entre nosotros.
Es tan obvio que a los venezolanos ya no nos importa nada que solo para llamar la atención ayer Gustavo Dudamel dirigió un concierto con el cabello totalmente alisado y nadie le hizo caso.
Es tan obvio que a los venezolanos ya no nos importa nada que tengo el buzón de mi contestadora lleno con mensajes de Roxana Díaz y aún no le he devuelto la llamada.
Es tan obvio que a los venezolanos ya no nos importa nada que la novedad es cuando un pajarito se caga en nosotros… “uff!, que alivio, lo que se cagó en mí hoy fue un pajarito”.
Es tan obvio que a los venezolanos ya no nos importa nada que Guido Antonini Willson intentó meter el maletín en Argentina de nuevo.
Es tan obvio que a los venezolanos ya no nos importa nada que ayer cerró su oficina en Venezuela la gente de “Aunque usted no lo crea”.
El cierre de medios de comunicación es tan progresivo que pronto recibiremos las informaciones de manera clandestina escondida en galletas de la suerte… “chamo!, dame dos galletas de la suerte de hoy!... que fino!, me tocó una de El Universal!, abre tu la otra mi amor – A mí me tocó una galleta de la suerte del Ultimas Noticias!”.
Sin duda estamos realizando las últimas transmisiones de “De nuevo en la mañana” por La Mega. Queremos agradecer a todos su sintonía, yo en particular quiero agradecer a la radio estos 17 años en que hizo posible mi sueño de crear y comunicarme con tanta gente como fue posible. No, no piensen que nos quedaremos de brazos cruzados, tan pronto nuestras voces desaparezcan del aire podrán darse una vuelta por una cueva cuya dirección daremos oportunamente, ahí encontrarán dibujadas con piedra en las paredes las secciones y comentarios cargados de humor sobre el acontecer diario, el horario para visitar “La cueva De nuevo en la Mañana”, así se llamará, será el mismo horario en que tradicionalmente transmitimos el programa, de 6 am a 9 am. Si saben de alguna cueva que se encuentre disponible en las diferentes ciudades de Venezuela llámennos, estamos muy interesados en convertirnos en el primer circuito de cuevas FM a nivel nacional
lunes, 3 de agosto de 2009
sábado, 1 de agosto de 2009
Images from today's protest
The National Guard in front of CONATEL
The Metropolitan Police in front of another CONATEL building
Protest in a highway
it says "you don't negociate your rights. Freedom of speech"
The situation of the Radio Stations in Venezuela
Taken from www.glovobision.com
The journalist Laura Castellanos reminded that it's the second time that this happens in her professional career. "I had to leve Radio Caracas Televioón (RCTV) for the crisis we've been through. I have two little girls, what am I supposed to do now?. RCTV is closed, now CNB too. We have to keep informing, even if it's just online. Just like they have to work for they sustenance, so we do, and everyday they're shutting more doors.
Simultaneously to the shutting down of CNB in Caracas, the stations 94.5FM CNB Táchira, CNB 100 Valencia and 102.1 CNB Zuliana were also shut down. The inhabitants of these cities got to these stations to offer them support. In the case of Táchira and Carabobo the members of CONATEL sent the notification of shutting down from Caracas.
Also, this friday at 8pm, Amércia 106.3FM went out of the air in Mérida, meanwhile Mundial AM and Orbita FM in Azoátegui are waiting for the notifications.
"At 7:47am the radio station CNB was shut down after recieving one notification of CONATEL (Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones; National Bureau of Telecomunication). The station transmited the national anthem and proceded to transmit through internet, in the web site www.cnb.com.ve
Three functionaries of CONATEL arrived at 7:15am to notify that they had to turn off the transmitters by comand of the National Goberment.
The journalist Beatriz Adrián and William Echeverría transmitted the last minutes on air and some hours later they informed they would countinue the program from their website
The journalist and president of the National Association of Journalist of Venezuela, William Echeverría, said that there are many creative ways to keep on working. "Here, you can shut down a radio station, but you cannot shut down the freedom of thinking different" later he said "Who is the Venezuelan Goberment to determine which radio station we should listen to?"
The founder of the CNB circuit, Raiza Istúriz de Belfort, said that "we are in a dictatorship, they're shutting us up. The future is terrible. I believe that the freedom of speech won't exist anymore. They're doing this in one day when we don't have any tribunal where we could go and plea. We will keep on defending the democracy in Venezuela the way we have up to this day"
The journalist Laura Castellanos reminded that it's the second time that this happens in her professional career. "I had to leve Radio Caracas Televioón (RCTV) for the crisis we've been through. I have two little girls, what am I supposed to do now?. RCTV is closed, now CNB too. We have to keep informing, even if it's just online. Just like they have to work for they sustenance, so we do, and everyday they're shutting more doors.
Beatriz Adrián said "it's not casual that they shut the radio station a saturday morning. There are five stations in our circuit that are being shut down right now. They are mutilating the information that comes out everyday. Citizen, now is the time for you to express yourself, to say what you are feeling"
The neighbours of Chuao and the surrounding of the station went to CNB to support them. One of the workers in the station that was present at the moment of the shutting said "As a worker of CNB, the future is unclear. I have 14 years in CNB, I leave with a nice experience".
The producer, María Arvelo, reminded that "We did our job with quality and ethics. People is being left without someone to listen to them. There's gonna be no more diversity of opinions"
The neighbours of Chuao and the surrounding of the station went to CNB to support them. One of the workers in the station that was present at the moment of the shutting said "As a worker of CNB, the future is unclear. I have 14 years in CNB, I leave with a nice experience".
The producer, María Arvelo, reminded that "We did our job with quality and ethics. People is being left without someone to listen to them. There's gonna be no more diversity of opinions"
Simultaneously to the shutting down of CNB in Caracas, the stations 94.5FM CNB Táchira, CNB 100 Valencia and 102.1 CNB Zuliana were also shut down. The inhabitants of these cities got to these stations to offer them support. In the case of Táchira and Carabobo the members of CONATEL sent the notification of shutting down from Caracas.
Also, this friday at 8pm, Amércia 106.3FM went out of the air in Mérida, meanwhile Mundial AM and Orbita FM in Azoátegui are waiting for the notifications.
In Los Teques, Radio Metropolitana 150.5AM and 97.1FM were shut down. Both stations are transmiting online. In El Hatillo, 96.9FM was shut."
About the Project of Special Law against Mediatic Crimes
The General Prosecutor of venezuela could easily have written her proposal of Special Law againts the Mediatic Crimes with only 3 articles:
"Article 1: the articles 57 and 58 of the Constitution, about the freedom of speech and information, are countermanded, just like any other that goes against this law's 2nd article.
Article 2: The Office of the Public Prosecutor will calificate as a mediatic crime every information or opinion that is published or spread by printed press, radio or TV. The judges will sanction with six months to 4 years of prison.
Article 3: The President of the Republic and the Ministry of Security and Defense are entitled to calificate these crimes"
This project of law that, unfortunately for her will always be asosiated with her name, is probably the most savage and outrageous legal text known in Venezuela in the recent history.
As a matter of fact, the articles itself are vague and unclear about the clasification of these "mediatic crimes". This opens a wide space for the discretion of the Office of the Public Prosecutor, whom will have the mission of calificating as a crime whatever they they think it should be.
This projects makes all venezuelans punishable subjects
"Any citizen that expresses through any media (article 3), can be qualified as a "mediatic criminal". A worker of ALCASA that denounciates the chaotic state of the Aluminium factories of Guayana, would be attacking the "National Security", a worker of PDVSA that informs about the paralization of the drills would be attacking the "National Security", one information about the venezuelan weapons that are in the hands of the FARC, would be an attack to the "National Security". Even one mother that cries for her sons' death and is complaining for the situation of the poor neighbourhoods, could be accused of attacking the "social peace". To give the number of people dead by crime could create a "sensation of insecurity". A report about the golf courses in Cuba could harm the "public morale" since the President already stated that golf is a sport of the bourgeoisie, that doesn't fit in the Socialism of the XXI century. Information about strikes or protests would harm the "social peace". And so on, ad infinitum, because the goverment is who's entitled to discern right from wrong. This is why this law isn't something that concern just to journalists or the media, everybody in this country is being defied by this "legal" absurdity.
This project of law must be sent to all Goverments in America, to all the media, so they can appreciate by themselves what kind of totalitarism is being shaped in Venezuela. It's not even requiered to comment it, since it's so obvious and naked, in its repressive nature.
This was written by Teodoro Petkoff, a very famous venezuelan journalist, in spanish. I translated it the best I could, since I'm not used to the legal terms in english
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