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I am a freelance writer with a special focus on Latin America. My blog, www.BoRev.net deals with Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution and its portrayal in the U.S. press.
Sunday, January 28, 2007 "Enabling" a False Perception: Hugo Chavez, the Press and the "Rule By Decree" Meme (17 comments)
If you just read the Miami Herald or the New York Times, you'd be forgiven if you believed that President Chavez intends to "rule by decree."
This article explores the faulty media perception of Venezuela's "enabling law," and puts the matter into historic context, something that the Herald or the Times seems to lazy to do.