Maria Conchita Alonso Blasts Danny Glover and Chavez
via John O' Donnell Rosales
"He knows I'm looking for him. He knows I want to talk. If he's really a humanitarian and an honest, good human being, as people say, I expect him to get a hold of me," says actress Maria Conchita Alonso, speaking of Danny Glover. Alonso is appalled by Glover's teaming up with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to make movies about freedom fighters Simon Bolivar, Toussaint Louverture, and, according to her, Francisco de Miranda.
Maria Conchita Alonso Calls Out Danny Glover for Hugo Chavez Deals
"Chavez is financing these movies about persons who have fought for democracy and freedom, while it is exactly the opposite of what he is doing. Hundreds of thousands of people have already marched against his closure of Radio Caracas Television," she says, referring to Chavez's refusal to renew the channel's license, a move denounced by Human Rights Watch, among others. "He wants to make Venezuela another Cuba."
As far as Glover, "I think he was fooled by Chavez, but he's not the only one or the first one … He's working in Caracas right now," says Alonso, who is in constant touch with family, friends and journalists in the country where she was raised after her parents fled Fidel Castro's communist regime in Cuba.
"My parents, cousins, uncles -- they've been down this road before," she declares, comparing longtime allies Chavez and Castro. "I grew up hearing about it. That's why I want to speak out now and tell the world Chavez is a liar."
Alonso, currently seen on the MyNetwork series "Saints & Sinners," has her own movie project in the works -- "Two Minutes of Hate," a story about the violence that erupted on April 11, 2002, when some 100,000 to 200,000 marchers demonstrating against the Chavez government clashed with pro-Chavez demonstrators, leaving 20 people dead and about 100 wounded. "The script is done, and we are now meeting with investors, talking to directors, moving ahead fantastically," she says.
"He knows I'm looking for him. He knows I want to talk. If he's really a humanitarian and an honest, good human being, as people say, I expect him to get a hold of me," says actress Maria Conchita Alonso, speaking of Danny Glover. Alonso is appalled by Glover's teaming up with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to make movies about freedom fighters Simon Bolivar, Toussaint Louverture, and, according to her, Francisco de Miranda.
Maria Conchita Alonso Calls Out Danny Glover for Hugo Chavez Deals
"Chavez is financing these movies about persons who have fought for democracy and freedom, while it is exactly the opposite of what he is doing. Hundreds of thousands of people have already marched against his closure of Radio Caracas Television," she says, referring to Chavez's refusal to renew the channel's license, a move denounced by Human Rights Watch, among others. "He wants to make Venezuela another Cuba."
As far as Glover, "I think he was fooled by Chavez, but he's not the only one or the first one … He's working in Caracas right now," says Alonso, who is in constant touch with family, friends and journalists in the country where she was raised after her parents fled Fidel Castro's communist regime in Cuba.
"My parents, cousins, uncles -- they've been down this road before," she declares, comparing longtime allies Chavez and Castro. "I grew up hearing about it. That's why I want to speak out now and tell the world Chavez is a liar."
Alonso, currently seen on the MyNetwork series "Saints & Sinners," has her own movie project in the works -- "Two Minutes of Hate," a story about the violence that erupted on April 11, 2002, when some 100,000 to 200,000 marchers demonstrating against the Chavez government clashed with pro-Chavez demonstrators, leaving 20 people dead and about 100 wounded. "The script is done, and we are now meeting with investors, talking to directors, moving ahead fantastically," she says.
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