How social networks have become the essential tool during protests in Venezuela in 2014. This presentation was created for the 2014 meeting of the Media-Barcamp in Lithuania.

1. Venezuela: A frontline for liberty
How social networks have become
the main base of freedom

2. Flawed democracy… Or authoritarian
regime?
For the last fifteen years our country, Venezuela,
has seen a continued deterioration in its
democracy, from the destructions of the
democratic institutions to the suppression of
individual rights. Even Human Rights as defined
by the UDHR are not respected, even less
enshrined.

4. The response of the government to the
claims of the people has been…

6. SOCIAL MEDIA AND INTERNET
IN VENEZUELA

7. Internet users
45%
Internet population
10,976,342
Twitter users
3,095,328
(estimated)
Twitter
penetration
28,1%
Facebook users
8.905.660
Facebook penetration
81%

8. If the media are silent, the streets will speak…
and the social networks too
Censorship imposed
Citizens made images of
violence and repression viral
Canalize complaints of abuses
Regime is exposed

9. SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS

17. Complicit Silence

18. #NakedWithTheCUV
#BetterNakedThan

28. We are a political movement of free citizens that share fundamental values and principles
with the purpose of building the society and the country we dream.
We know that in order to live in a prosperous and peaceful nation our inalienable obligation is
to fight and defeat a system that destroys the basic rights of any human being, characterized
by a model of submission, authoritarianism, violence, corruption and militarism.
We decided to overcome fear, to not run away or succumb. We are rising with the courage of
our convictions and our ideals.
At Vente Venezuela we are convinced that we will have a better future if we work with unity
into diversity. We decided to take a step forward and fight for the values and principles we
believe.

29. *Many channels to spread confirmed information and make it viral