You know what? Trinidad's a lot like that too....after dark. You are not wise to go out much at night there. And they have a government, it's just a lousy government and a very corrupt police force, that's all. They also have extreme poverty existing alongside conspicuous wealth. That usually does it. If you're wealthy down there, your family members are in considerable danger of being kidnapped and held for ransom. Sometimes they return alive after the ransom is paid. Sometimes they don't.

We don't hear about how bad Trinidad is in the North American media, though, because Uncle Sam hasn't decided that Trinidad is a problem for corporate America at the present time. So it doesn't matter to Uncle Sam what happens there.....

This is not the case with Venezuela. Anything goes wrong in Venezuela?...you'll hear about it. I guarantee that. There are a lot of problems in the world. You will only hear about those you are supposed to hear about so you will support various future foreign policy moves by the USA. Never a word about the rest. If it doesn't matter to Uncle Sam, it's simply not deemed to be "newsworthy".

That is how propaganda works. I'm sure Chavez does the very same thing, only his efforts are aimed in the opposite direction.