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Venezuela: Imperialism fights its wars through the mass media

THE imperialist war on Venezuela is being fought on the battleground of the media, Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said on Monday.

Speaking at a military ceremony in Caracas attended by international solidarity delegates, Mr Villegas said: “Today the war is fundamentally informational, and peace is fundamentally informational.

“The main contest is in the field of communications,” where the mainstream media “have demonised our leaders before the world.”

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