Opponents beware, Chavez is on Twitter
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April 29, 2010, Thursday
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HUGO Chavez is starting to use Twitter to counter his opponents online, forcing a president who often talks for hours to sum up each thought in 140 characters or less.
Chavez urged Venezuelans to watch his newly created account - chavezcandanga - after midnight on Tuesday, saying "at that point is when I let loose."
His first tweet in Spanish popped up at 14 minutes after midnight: "Hey how's it going? I appeared like I said I would: at midnight. I'm off to Brazil. And very happy to work for Venezuela. We will be victorious!!"
By late on Tuesday, he had more than 18,000 followers before posting a single tweet, and that increased to more than 23,000 early yesterday.
A close aide, Public Works Minister Diosdado Cabello, announced a Twitter account had been set up for Chavez.
Chavez, who has recently seen his popularity slip amid a recession and soaring inflation, has often been outmaneuvered by opponents who are more active on the Web than his supporters.
Cabello said on Monday that Chavez's supporters plan to "take over by assault" social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook.
Chavez urged Venezuelans to watch his newly created account - chavezcandanga - after midnight on Tuesday, saying "at that point is when I let loose."
His first tweet in Spanish popped up at 14 minutes after midnight: "Hey how's it going? I appeared like I said I would: at midnight. I'm off to Brazil. And very happy to work for Venezuela. We will be victorious!!"
By late on Tuesday, he had more than 18,000 followers before posting a single tweet, and that increased to more than 23,000 early yesterday.
A close aide, Public Works Minister Diosdado Cabello, announced a Twitter account had been set up for Chavez.
Chavez, who has recently seen his popularity slip amid a recession and soaring inflation, has often been outmaneuvered by opponents who are more active on the Web than his supporters.
Cabello said on Monday that Chavez's supporters plan to "take over by assault" social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook.
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