Correa to Attend Premiere of Oliver Stone Film

[Andronex]

Source: Prensa Latina

Quito, May 28 (Prensa Latina) Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa will attend the premiere of the documentary South of the Border with its director, US filmmaker Oliver Stone.

The screening of the documentary, premiered at Venice Film Festival in 2009, will take place simultaneously in Quito, Guayaquil, and Cuenca. Entrance in the cities of Guayaquil and Cuenca is free to the public.

Stone is supposed to arrive in this capital on Sunday afternoon and he will give a press conference at 15:30 at a hotel. Lula Da Silva (Brazil), Evo Morales (Bolivia), Cristina Fernandez (Argentina), Fernando Lugo (Paraguay) and Raul Castro (Cuba) also offer statements to Stone.

The documentary, narrated from the filmmaker's perspective, begins its journey taking into account what the American press has tried to show about Chavez, calling him a negative influence for the Americas and even as a threat.

The president of Venezuela is today the most representative of what happens in Latin America. "If he is successful, it would be the first time in Latin America, that someone moves the entire region away from US economic control," says the filmmaker in the documentary.


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[fascisthunter]

1. good!

[ShortnFiery]

37. Not just good, it's also ====> !QUE BUENO!

:hi:

[pnorman]

2. "South Of The Border"?

First time I had heard of that film! Thanks, I'll watch for it!

[Andronex]

4. "South Of The Border" trailer

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwhau48LUAA>

[EFerrari]

28. Thank you!

[EFerrari]

30. OMG.. I want to see this.

"With all due respect, knowing the North American media, I would feel more worried when they speak well of me." - Rafa

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[Judi Lynn]

33. Thank you for linking the trailer, Andronex, and thanks, so much, for reminding us

of this new Oliver Stone film.

It would be a great disappointment to have missed it, no doubt about it.

You've given us something else to anticipate with interest.

Recommending.

[Bo]

3. To bad they don't realize most people in Ecuador think Chavez is an IDIOT

...and want nothing to do with him. Or his policies

[RaleighNCDUer]

5. Most the people?

Or most the politicians?

[laughingliberal]

17. I'm gonna go out on a limb & say the neo-liberals, capitalists, & those who love them. nt

[EFerrari]

31. If you can, watch the trailer.

It speaks directly to this question. It's linked up thread in #4.

[catzies]

6. "Ecuadorans" think Chavez in an idiot and don't listen to him? Really?

Do go on...

[Bo]

14. I have been working in Ecuador, They do NOT LIKE CHAVEZ

I have been traveling extensively in the region and I am hard pressed to find ANYONE that likes the IDIOT. They do not want his 35% inflation rate.

[laughingliberal]

16. "They?" nt

[backtomn]

7. Chavez is not exactly the brightest bulb on the tree

In just a few years, he took one of the most successful South American economies and placed it squarely in the toilet, in spite of enormous petro-dollars. Inflation in Venezuela is nearly the highest IN THE WORLD.....I believe that it is 2nd highest. However, he has given a lot of money to other South American countries to push his socialist "revolution". So, he receives a lot of support in the region. Unfortunately, it is because those countries (Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina, and more) are following his lead.....and are mostly in the same economic trouble.

If SOME DUers would care more about people and less about "the cause", we would hope for his immediate removal.

[Name removed]

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[EFerrari]

10. Yeah. Their "economic trouble" is increasing independence from the IMF vultures.

:hi:

[backtomn]

13. IMF vultures......to whom they owe billions

I wonder if you would be so generous to people that owe YOU money. I doubt it. It is always easy to be generous with OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.

[EFerrari]

15. LOL. The IMF scam has been busted. Their century is so over.

:)

[laughingliberal]

24. And thank goddess for that. Argentina's done a lot better since they ran those assholes out. nt

[Cleobulus]

40. What the fuck are you talking about Venezuela PAID OFF its debt to the IMF...

if the IMF is pissed, its only because they lost interest, and I'm not going to cry for them.

[laughingliberal]

19. +1000 nt

[laughingliberal]

18. "one of the most successful South American economies?" ROFL!

Sure, the elite were doing great! Just like here, only worse. Hilarious descriptions of the anti-Chavez protesters out marching in Armani and Jimmy Choo stilletos.
:rofl:

[EFerrari]

20. We called them the Gucci protesters here.

lol

[laughingliberal]

22. I like how the anti-Chavez poster spoke of knowing something about the region

Must be new around here to not know we have several from the region here at DU and one who lives there currently.

[Judi Lynn]

32. Choosing their president themselves is strictly the concern of the VENEZUELAN PEOPLE.

What you want for Venezuela is strictly at odds with what they want and NEED for their own country, their OWN lives.

You need to rethink your values, and spend some time struggling to grasp the meaning of democracy, your being a "Democrat," and all.

[Cleobulus]

39. Isn't it interesting how these posters so concerned with democracy...

hope it is destroyed to remove Chavez from power.

[defendandprotect]

36. ... but Bush/Cheney were? Our CIA is ... ?

[EFerrari]

12. LOL

[Citizen Worker]

9. South of the border independence

If there is one redeeming thing about the US invasion and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan and the launching of war in Pakistan it's that the US does not have the military troops to invade and occupy South America. Several South American nations have been able to loose the chains of US imperialism and take control of their own destiny and that does not sit well here. As long as our military is tied down in the Middle East the South American nations are safe and it will be up to the media to demonize and villify.

[backtomn]

11. Nice hyperbole.....

So, when was that last invasion and occupation of South America?? I don't mean more hyperbole of "invasion" or "occupation"......kind of like "imperialism". Give me a precise example.....not your perception of the facts. The U.S. has never invaded a S. American country or controlled its government. They may have some past grievances due to our interference, but that is VERY different from INVASION or OCCUPATION.

How about more fact and logic and less silliness.

[EFerrari]

23. LOL

Thanks. It's good to go into a holiday weekend with a good joke.

:rofl:

[laughingliberal]

25. Absolutely! Perhaps we're the training ground for wannabe neo-liberal propagandists. nt

[EFerrari]

26. I don't want to speak too soon.

But was reading this morning the Amnesty report on Colombia and noticed, the DAS, the clandestine service that Bush and Uribe used to try to smear Correa and Chavez with (by way of claiming they supported FARC) was disbanded for corruption after it was found that they wiretapped the judiciary and well, everybody, for years.

So, DAS is DOA and Chavez and Correa are thriving.

:toast:

[laughingliberal]

29. That is a spot of good news! :

:toast:

Guess we can look for another deluge of neo-liberal, anti-Chavez propaganda.

[Cleobulus]

38. Holy fucking shit, you just killed off what little credibility you may have had...

on anything Latin American related.

[EFerrari]

21. US militarization of LatAm has stepped up under this administration.

We'll have to see if it's too late or not.

[laughingliberal]

27. Rec. Should be an interesting film. nt

[Judi Lynn]

34. Stone reveals Chavez admiration

Stone reveals Chavez admiration
Saturday, 29 May 2010

American filmmaker Oliver Stone has said he deeply admires Hugo Chavez but the Venezuelan president might consider talking a bit less on television.

Promoting his new documentary South of the Border in Caracas, Stone heaped praise on Chavez, saying he is leading a movement for "social transformation" in Latin American.

The film features informal interviews by Stone with Chavez and six allied leftist presidents, from Bolivia's Evo Morales to Cuba's Raul Castro.

More:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/entertainment/stone-reveals-chavez-admiration-14824959.html#ixzz0pHJXhCAS

[defendandprotect]

35. Hadn't heard anything about Stone's new movie . . . good news . . .