This idea has emerged as a way to avoid the censorship of the Nicolás Maduro regime, which has intensified since the questioned elections of July 28.
Much has been said about the dangers that artificial intelligence can entail. However, this revolutionary technology also It has a positive side. Many voices critical of Chavismo have found in her a way to avoid censorship of the Nicolás Maduro regime.
According to several media outlets in the region, a group of journalists has created dthe virtual presenters so that they can report on sensitive issues for the Chavista Government of the country.
La Chama and El Pana
The informants have been named La Chama and El Pana. Since they are not real people, they cannot be pursued by the country’s police forces. Several journalists have been arrested since the protests began after the controversial July 28 elections whose official result has not been recognized by most of the international community.
“In less than two weeks, more than 1,000 people have been arrested and at least 23 have died during the protests,” one of the presenters has even said, giving information that It is not being broadcast in the media that broadcast openly in the country, related to the regime.
The reality is that the avatars are part of a project called Operation Retweetof which some 20 Venezuelan media outlets not official. Almost 100 journalists have joined it.
The censorship in Venezuela He has been suffering for years. The Government has withdrawn television licenses from critical channels such as ‘NTN24’. One of the journalists of this medium has denounced the lack of freedoms in ‘Euronews’.
“His intention is turn off all voices and go to a total information ‘black out’, where only the voice of the regime is heard in the media that they have in their hands. Twitter is a platform through which Venezuelans get informed,” says Idania Chirinos.
The persecution goes beyond traditional media and hhas also reached social networks. Nicolás Maduro announced weeks ago the suspension of Elon Musk’s social network, X, in the country, after several public discussions with the businessman.
Las social networks They are for Venezuelans the most effective and efficient means of communicating because there is no free mediathe most important portals are blocked so the networks are the “only way to communicate”says Chirinos.
According to the Venezuelan NGO Foro Penal, andThe number of detainees now exceeds 1,700. While the repression continues, the Prosecutor’s Office has issued an arrest warrant against the opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutiawho would have won the elections according to the electoral records.
Nicolás Maduro’s last decision has been bring forward Christmas celebrations to calm things down and avoid new protests. In this, Amnesty International denounces the violation of human rights in the country.
