[WSIS CS-Plenary] ESPAÑOL y ENGLISH: Venezuela in the Word Forum on Communication Rights FAVOR MANTENER CIERTA RESERVA

[Jesus Rodriguez Espinoza]

Queridos amigos todos: Aporrea.org ha sido invitada al evento "Forum Mundial
sobre Derechos a la Comunicación" a realizarse de manera alterna a la Cumbre
Mundial de la Sociedad de la Información, del 9 al 12 de diciembre. Hemos
logrado abrir un pequeño espacio para mostrar y aclarar algunos elementos
sobre el documental "La Revolución No será transmitida", gracias al apoyo de
Myriam y Sean y se nos ha ofrecido un espacio radiar el día miércoles
gracias al Circulo Bolivariano de Suiza. Pero aun requerimos todo el apoyo
colectivo para explotar al máximo nuestra presencia en Ginebra del 8 al 12
de diciembre y es por ello que les solicitamos sus amables gestiones para
abrir algún tiempo para Aporrea.org en los espacios sobre los cuales tengan
competencia y para movilizar a los círculos bolivarianos y fuerzas
progresistas europeas y suizas con el objeto de montar una Agenda de trabajo
dinámica a y productiva. Hemos preparado un set de información multimedia
(Videos, música, presentaciones, etc) en formatos digitales y en formato VHS
por lo que estamos preparados para ser lo mas versátiles que nos permita el
entorno en los temas de nuestra competencia: Comunicación Alternativa en
Internet, Derechos a la Comunicación, Dictadura Mediática, Proceso
Revolucionario Bolivariano, Golpe de Estado, Apropiación Social de Internet,
etc. Mucho sabríamos agradecer todas las gestiones de todos y cada uno de
ustedes para lograr el éxito d nuestra visita y en caso contrario pedirles
que se encarguen de multiplicar este mensaje entre su s conocidos (vía
electrónica) para que nos apoyen en esta tarea. Abajo les dejamos la carta
inicial en la que solicitábamos un espacio a los organizadores del WFCR ahí
podrán saber un poco mas de nosotros. Saludos cordiales JRE

Dear friends: Aporrea.org has been invited to the "Word Forum on
Communication Rights" to be held as a parallel activity to the World Summit
of Information Society, since 9th until 12th of December in Geneva. We got a
little space to show and discuss about a resume on the Documentary "The
Revolution will not be Televised" thanks Myriam and Sean, and we have been
invited to a Radio Station to talk about Venezuela, the Community Media in
Venezuela and Aporrea.org thanks the Bolivarian Circles of Switzerland. We
still want all your help to improve our trip to Geneva (since 8th until
12th) that's why we ask your attention and help to guarantied some new
spaces in the other important parallel activities in which you are related
or are involved such as parallel events, Bolivarian circles, progressist
forces in Europe and Switzerland, we just want to make a very productive and
dynamic schedule (Agenda). We have been preparing a set of multimedia
information (video, music, presentations, documents, etc.) in digital
formats and VCR format so we are prepare to be as versatile as we can around
the issues most important for us: Alternative Communication on Internet,
Communications Rights, Media Dictatorship, Bolivarian Revolutionary
Movement, Coup détat in Venezuela, etc. We'll be very grateful for all your
help in making this visit (and our Agenda) the most successful possible or
at least to multiply this message to those you think can help us to tell the
word about our fight against fascist forces in Venezuela. You could read
above the initial letter we send to WFCR, there you could find something
else about us and our work. Best regards JRE



-----Original Message-----



Dear Sirs
 
I'm writing you on behalf of Aporrea.org (www.aporrea.org) a web site in

Venezuela that has become a reference for those who don't believe in our

traditional mass media (TV, Radio and Newspapers). As you all should know in

Venezuela during April 2002 and December-January 2003 the minority -but 
economic powerful- groups have been trying to outpost our legitimate 
constitutional President Hugo Chavez who has become the only hope for those 
who were always marginalized by our old "democracy".
The leaders of those economic groups are the mass media company owners. That

means all the news and opinion generated by those media companies were 
partialize and support the violent way that tries to outpost our President
who 
have been ratified in 7 vote rounds during  the last 5 years. The strong
government support to community media (Radio, TV) has began to 
neutralize the media-matrix that only shows whatever the violent opposition 
wants.
Aporrea.org like an independent initiative of collaborative work that tries
to 
give a voice for those who never expected to be heard, has become a Media 
Phenomenon in our country because of our ability to reflect what communities

do and feel and our ability to break those paradigms that says ICT do not
get 
the poorest. 
In that context we respectfully ask you to let us show the word what's 
happening in Venezuela and how a Webpage can contribute to brake the mass 
media censorship, how a webpage can help to mobilize the masses that support
a 
democratic government, how a webpage can give the poorest the communication 
right that has been expropriated for year by those who control de mass media

and how a webpage can give voice to poor people.
Therefore we believe we can participate in the Word Forum on Communication 
Rights in one of these Themes you define: "Communication and Human Rights" 
or "Communication and Poverty".
We are trying right know to get government support to finance our 
participation if you decide -as we believe and really need- to accept us to 
make a Multimedia presentation. In that case we really need some things:
1.	-A letter of acceptance (if proceed): These is the most
important 
matter
2.	-A list of activities you need us to attend  in order to
collaborate 
in the Forum success
3.	-And whatever other information you believe can help us to
optimize 
our initiative in order to get government support.
We already sent you an e-mail (Sunday, October 26, 2003) in Spanish in which

we expressed our interest and our need for these elements. Venezuela really 
need to get heard internationally and now more than ever when the only film 
that shows the reality about de coup d'etat agains the President, in April 
2002, was censored in the Toronto Amnisty International Film Festival
(see: 
http://www.petitiononline.com/vendoc)


For more details please ask us whatever you need or visit our section in

English: http://www.aporrea.org/english.php 

Best regards
Jesús Rodríguez Espinoza (jerodrigue at cantv.net) 
Aporrea.org team



forum at communicationrights.org

Coordinator of the Forum, Seán Ó Siochrú, e-mail: sean at nexus.ie

For logistical aspects: Myriam Horngren, e-mail:  mh at wacc.org.uk