Spanish Language interview with Nelson Davila at the Venezuelan Embassy in Canberra. Nelson explains the popularity of Hugo Chavez and why Venezuela can resist US intervention and sustain the revolutionary process.(Questions in English)
Nelson Davila Warwick Fry The Venezuelan people. (cacion "Hugo no se va" - popular Venezuelan song) 2NimFM http://nimbinradiomedia.libsyn.com
Interview in Spanish, questions first in English then in Spanish. Background music "Hugo no se va") English translation to come.
An exclusive interview with the Venezuelan representative to Australia, October 30 2005. Nelson Davila talks to Warwick Fry about the changes that controversial President Hugo Chavez has wrought. Most of this is in Spanish, but an English translation should come soon. Nelson responds to questions about whether Hugo Chavez should be seen as a demagogue (as represented in the US media), what is the response to calls to assassinate Hugo Chavez by senior US official Pat Robertson ("there are 23 million Hugo Chavez - if they kill him, they will have to kill another 23 million Venezuelans ... ") and what difference has his election made ("from one of the highest rates of illiteracy, in 5 years we have achieved one of the *highest* literacy rates in Latin America). Time to learn why social welfare programs work. Venezuela has experienced a 10% plus growth rate as a response to the Chavez' governments diversion of oil money into social programs.