Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced his intent on spreading his ideology worldwide through the blogging. Chavez is also known for imposing socialist “revolution” on national radio and television.

On his weekly TV talk show ‚ÄúAlo Presidente,” he informed his nation that he will counter his ideology detractors through blogging. Pres. Chavez accused his detractors of disseminating lies about his government on their own web pages and Twitter accounts.

The Venezuelan President said: “Maybe I’ll reach millions, not only in Venezuela but in the world,‚Äù

“I am going to dig my own trench on the Internet,” he said, adding that the amount of information he intended to send out of the web would be a “bombardment” against his critics.

If and when the presidential blog is set up, it will add to the near-daily communications Chavez already makes over the airwaves and in print to his country of 27 million people.

The announcement deepened the unease of critics, who are concerned that Chavez’s recent moves to close opposition radio and television stations could broaden to an attempt to crack down on anti-Chavez posts on the Internet.

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