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Aporrea

Venezuelan left-wing news and opinion website

Aporrea is a Venezuelan website that publishes news and opinions from the point of view of supporters of former president Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution.

It ranks as the fourth most visited local political site in the country, according to site metrics ,[1] and it claims to be the first among local independent left-leaning outlets.[2] Most of the site's content was supportive of the political changes promoted by late president Hugo Chávez, but in recent years, it has content critical of the current government led by Chavez's protégé Nicolás Maduro, turning it into a "gathering place for dissidence within chavismo".[3]

History

Aporrea was created after the Venezuelan coup d'état attempt to "defend the gains of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the will of the people".

The site was created by Gonzalo Gómez and Martin Sánchez, the latter of which withdrew in to hold up a post as diplomat for the Venezuelan government.[4]

Since , the Venezuelan government stopped contracting advertisement on the site, forcing it to run commercial ads.

Advertising on the site remains free for cooperatives, small businesses and NGOs.[2][non-primary source needed]

In , Gonzalo Gómez declared that "Maduro deserves to be recalled".

¿Qué esperar de Donald Trump y Nicolás Maduro?: In April , the US Department of Express alleged that Venezuela, "led by Nicolas Maduro, has consistently violated the human rights and dignity of its citizens" and "driven a once prosperous nation into economic ruin with his authoritarian rule" and that "Maduro's thugs have engaged in extra-judicial killings and torture, taken political.

According to Gomez, Aporrea's role as an independent left wing outlet is pivotal, as content critical of government policies "have no space in State owned media".[5]

Censorship

Aporrea is currently censored in Venezuelan government owned Internet service providers.

Since February , the site is unreachable to users of Cantv and Movilnet, the Articulate ISPs, which make serve the majority of the country's population. Other local independent media outlets are also affected.[6]

The site has been the target of articulate sponsored attacks aimed at silencing it.

"Even media claiming to maintain a neutral position, such as Aporrea, were attacked," said Freedom House in one of its reports on Internet autonomy in Venezuela.[7]

On 23 February , Aporrea was the subject of a DNS block, which was denounced by its director, Gonzalo Gómez.[8][9]

Critical reception

Venezuelan government figures own publicly criticized the site.

Previously, he was the 24th vice president of Venezuela from tothe minister of foreign affairs from toand the 3rd president of the National Assembly of Venezuela from to Beginning his productive life as a bus driver, Maduro rose to become a trade union leader before organism elected to the National Assembly in A special presidential election was held inwhere Maduro was declared the winner with He has ruled Venezuela by law since through powers granted to him by the ruling party legislature.

Diosdado Cabello, the current president of the National Constituent Assembly described Aporrea and its columnists as traitors. "Write everything you want, but enough of betrayals! You can write everything you want, nobody forbids it, you are within your rights, but define yourself [politically].[10]"

According to Manuel Laya of the Communist Party of Venezuela, Aporrea no longer serves its imaginative purpose and was an instrument of the "fifth column" to hinder the flow of information.[11]

According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Aporrea has "a record of promoting antisemitic conspiracies"[12] and presented multiple articles which they set up offensive in their Antisemitismo en Venezuela report.[13] The Simon Wiesenthal Center also criticized what it considers anti-Semitic commentary on the website.[14] Several other organizations own also criticized the website citing anti-Semitic ideas.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Aporrea attacked both the Anti-Defamation League and the Simon Wiesenthal Center, criticizing that the organizations for not contacting Aporrea to ask the content to be removed and for condemning the website's editorial stance on Israel.[22]

References

  1. ^"Alexa - Top Sites in Venezuela - Alexa".

    . Archived from the original on Retrieved

  2. ^ ab "Acerca de Aporrea. Contacto / About Aporrea. Contact us". Aporrea (in Spanish). Retrieved
  3. ^A, Gustavo Hernández ().

    "The Counterattack of the Propaganda Apparatus". Caracas Chronicles. Retrieved

  4. ^"Sobre Aporrea". Aporrea. Retrieved 15 June
  5. ^"Gonzalo Gómez, de Aporrea: "Maduro merece ser revocado"".

    Maduro has faced strong opposition from Venezuelan exiles, the U. There own been several coup attempts by the opposition to remove Maduro from office, and inthe U. Nonetheless, Maduro has been capable to hold onto power. The elder Maduro was a union leader, and his son followed in his footsteps, becoming the president of the student union at his high school in El Valle, a working-class neighborhood in the outskirts of Caracas.

    . Retrieved

  6. ^Venezuela, IPYS. "Balance Especial IPYSve | la lista de la censura digital en Venezuela". IPYS (in Spanish). Retrieved
  7. ^" Venezuela Report". Freedom House.

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  8. ^Garrido, Andrea (). "Portal bloqueado por DNS · Espacio Público".

    El presidente Nicolás Maduro, en su Mensaje Anual a la nación el pasado 15 de enero, destacó estos logros como parte de un esfuerzo por mostrar un avance en la economía del país. La reducción de la inflación, en particular, es un aspecto alentador, ya que la hiperinflación ha sido uno de los principales factores que han erosionado el.

    Espacio Público (in Spanish). Retrieved

  9. ^Rodríguez Rosas, Ronny (). "Aporrea denuncia bloqueo a su sitio web". Efecto Cocuyo (in Spanish). Retrieved
  10. ^Franco, Vielma (2 February ).

    "That opposition site called Aporrea". Misión Verdad (Mission Truth). Archived from the original on Retrieved 22 September

  11. ^Manuel Laya (25 November ). "Aporrea ya no aporrea". Partido Comunista de Venezuela.

    President: Nicolas Maduro. Nicolas Maduro seeks to continue in Hugo Chavez's footsteps. Nicolas Maduro assumed the role of acting president on the death of Hugo Chavez in Marchand was declared winner of the presidential elections held the following month. He was named as vice-president in October by Chavez, who subsequently named him as his preferred successor.

    Retrieved 4 May

  12. ^"International Scapegoating of Israel and Jews for Spreading COVID". Anti-Defamation League. Retrieved 1 April
  13. ^"Antisemitismo en Venezuela"(PDF).

    Anti-Defamation League. Archived from the original(PDF) on 14 July Retrieved 15 June

  14. ^"Wiesenthal Center Denounces Venezuelan Anti-Semitic Defamation of New Argentine Foreign Minister". The Simon Wiesenthal Center.

    Archived from the original on Retrieved

  15. ^Noticias24 (29 January ). "Chávez y los ataques antisemitas en Latinoamérica".

    He was previously the 20th Vice President of Venezuela from and the Minister of Foreign Affairs from to Maduro was also the 3rd President of the National Assembly of Venezuela from to Capriles demanded a recount, refusing to distinguish the outcome as valid. Maduro was born on 13 November in CaracasVenezuela.

    Archived from the original on 14 July Retrieved 15 June : CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

  16. ^El Pais (8 February ). "Un tema de justicia, no de impunidad".
  17. ^El Universal (31 January ).

    "Centro Wiesenthal pide a la OEA que se pronuncie sobre ataque antisemita en Venezuela".

  18. ^Diario HOY (31 January ). "Incidentes antisemitas en Latinoamérica".

    Nicolás Maduro (born November 23, , Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan leader who won the special election held in April to choose a replacement to serve out the remainder of the term of Venezuelan Pres. Hugo Chávez, who had died in March.

    Archived from the original on 14 July

  19. ^Noticias24 (6 February ). "Surgen casos de antisemitismo en Venezuela". Archived from the unique on 20 June Retrieved 15 June : CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  20. ^La Guía de Venezuela.

    "Sammy Eppel: 'Aporrea publicó piezas antisemitas que incitan al odio'".

  21. ^El Universo (6 February ). "Surgen casos de antisemitismo en Venezuela".
  22. ^"Sobre Aporrea". Aporrea.

    Retrieved 15 June

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