Movimiento 2D
The Movimiento 2D (2D Movement, M2D or simply 2D) is a Venezuelan opposition movement led by El Nacional editor and proprietor Miguel Henrique Otero. 2D, founded by Otero in late 2007 in the run-up to the Venezuelan constitutional referendum, 2007,[1] includes a number of prominent Venezuelans besides Otero, including former foreign minister Simón Alberto Consalvi, who served under both Jaime Lusinchi and Carlos Andrés Pérez.[2] The name of the movement refers to 2 December,[3] being the date of the Venezuelan presidential election, 2012.[4] In February 2010 M2D announced it would support the opposition electoral coalition Mesa de la Unidad Democrática in the September 2010 parliamentary election.[5]
In a 2D press conference opposing the Venezuelan constitutional referendum, 2009, President Hugo Chávez was compared to Juan Vicente Gómez, the Venezuelan dictator of the 1920s and 1930s,[6] and 2D's Pablo Medina said Venezuela would become a dictatorship if it was approved.[7] The referendum to remove term limits from all public offices was approved.
In June 2010 2D criticised the government takeover of Banco Federal.[8] In mid-August 2010, in the run-up to the parliamentary election, El Nacional sparked an international outcry when its frontpage publication of a graphic archival photo of bodies in a morgue, to illustrate a story about rising crime rates, led the government to temporarily ban such publications.[9] The ban was later overturned.[10] Otero said that "The editorial reasoning behind the photo was to create a shock so that people could in some way react to a situation that the government has done absolutely nothing about."[11]
References
- ^ Template:Es El Nuevo Herald, 10 January 2008, Denuncian gobierno de facto en Venezuela Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Movimiento 2D, Nosotros Archived 2010-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Template:Es YVKE, 22 September 2008, Movimiento 2D continúa conspirando contra Constitución venezolana Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The presidential election is held on the first Sunday in December of the year the election falls due.
- ^ Template:Es El Nacional, 26 February 2010, Movimiento 2D apoyará a Mesa de la Unidad para comicios del 26-S Archived 2012-07-09 at archive.today. Movimiento 2D apoyará a Mesa de la Unidad para comicios del 26-S, retrieved 2014-09-27[dead link]
- ^ Vheadline.com, 20 February 2009, Patrick J. O'Donoghue's news and views from Venezuela -- February 10, 2009
- ^ Vheadline.com, 8 February 2009, Movimiento 2D's Pablo Medina: Venezuela is about to run one of its last electoral processes
- ^ El Universal, 18 June 2010, Venezuelan government takes over Banco Federal Archived 2010-06-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ BBC, 18 August 2010, Venezuela bans 'violent' photos in newspapers
- ^ Venezuelanalysis.com, 20 August 2010, Venezuelan Court Retracts Ruling in Graphic Image Controversy
- ^ CNN, 18 August 2010, Venezuelan newspaper owner defends photo that spurred investigation