The NarcoSphere's Jeff Simpson quote of Eva Golinger at Venezula Analysis includes the statement:

South Florida's Hispanic population seems to have placed its votes up for grabs; the candidate with the firmest stance on Cuba and Venezuela is likely to acquire its support

Venezuela Analysis should know better than I, but I can't believe that Venezuelans in South Florida, or the whole U.S., are anywhere near as solidly oligarch or pro-oligarch as our beloved Cuban population (and willing to vote first, foremost, and maybe only on that issue).  I know it isn't true of the Hispanic population in general.  Did you notice how the Puerto Ricans, including the half that live in the continental U.S., loved getting bombed, even for target practice?  The U.S. military is leaving Puerto Rico's tiny Vieques island, not because it wants to, but because of a big campaign waged by Hispanic activists.  I don't think any politician even tried the argument 'Bombing Vieques is good practice for getting rid of Castro or Chavez some day'.  I've even read that Cuban-Americans are slowly beginning to become less single-issue and monolithic in their vote.

Here's another piece of info from the Golinger's article to ponder:

The Univision network is part of the Cisneros Group of Companies, owned by Gustavo Cisneros, a Venezuelan billionaire of Cuban descent and outspoken Chavez opponent who has been implicated in the April 2002 coup d?etat against Chavez.

My interpretation, then, is that bashing Chavez has a lot to do with doing favors for Gustavo Cisneros, on the assumption that he can help 'deliver the hispanic vote', and it is not a statement poll-tested to be popular with Hispanics.  (Not to mention that the pro-democracy camp in Kerry's campaign is losing, or forfeiting, this fight.  The answer to 'Is Chavez a dictator' -- interesting question to ask -- "Chavez is fast on the road of becoming exactly that" is the clearest statement he makes in the May 5 interview with Univizion anchor Jorge Ramos.  Ramos, a thoughtful guy judging from his preface to The Other Face of America, does not seem to be a friend of any government of any country people choose to leave, case in point 'Venezuelans who distrusted their populist, authoritarian governments' {page xxvii} — plural?  What was the other populist gov't?  Ramos reports on the U.S., mind you, not Latin America — but I still see Cisnero's hand in even asking "Is Chavez a dictator".)

A new Financial Times story confirms that Univision is the largest Spanish language broadcaster - TV, radio, and Internet - in the United States, and it's growing.  It also mentioned something that's got to tick off Cisneros and put him in play for tilting coverage for either would-be elected president:

Ray Rodriguez, president of Univision Television Networks, called the network "the primary source for developing Spanish language ad budgets", but noted that Univision was not benefitting from political advertising like English-language broadcasters.

Not that this has hurt Univision's profitability, (especially as it has bought itself an FCC-blessed monopoly in the Spanish radio market).  Associated Press reporter Alex Veiga wrote today:

Net revenue rose 35 percent to $352.9 million, compared to $261.7 million in the first quarter of 2003, the company said. The total includes net revenue from Univision Radio, formerly Hispanic Broadcasting Corp., which Univision acquired in September for $3.2 billion.

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The company said its three networks - Univision, Galavision and Telefutura - delivered the largest total audience numbers in the company's history during the quarter.