The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Funny how I never got around to seeing this documentary about the April 2002 coup attempt in Venezuela before now. I remember it showing at the Ken in San Diego a couple years back, and I vaguely recall someone mentioning that it was slightly biased...HA! To the filmmakers' credit, they almost manage to show Chavez in a sympathetic light, but the leftist slant is way too apparent in this. In fact, the film website gives a timeline of US involvement in Latin America, and actually notes that the USG was in part responsible for the coup, as if this were an irrefutable fact.

In any case, if you haven't seen it, it's a very interesting perspective on the events that occurred around that period of time. The cameras had fairly exclusive access to certain meetings that took place during the street protests, the violence, and the ensuing removal of Chavez from power. The subsequent and triumphant return of Chavez less than 3 days later is heralded, but what is ignored is the bumbling idiocy of the opposition, who never really got organized and ultimately blew a golden opportunity to restore some sense of sanity to the nation...

Coincidentally, one of the main plotters of the April coup apparently bribed his way out of prison the other day... good to see Chavez has cleaned up the corruption down there!!