Although president Chavez is a big critic of the media, on Wednesday he sent his first twitter message from his own twitter account named "chavezcandanga." His message read "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!!" As many others, Chavez has joined the group of those who say "If you can't beat 'em, tweet 'em." according to the LA Times Already, the president's Twitter account, "chavezcandanga," is one of the most popular accounts in Venezuela, with more than 79,000 followers in less than 24 hours after he sent his first message.
"Candanga" roughly translates to "devil" in some Latin American countries, though in Venezuela it can mean "rabble-rouser." More than 8.7 million Venezuelans were regular Internet users as of January, or about 30 percent of the population, up from 25 percent in 2008, according to Tendencias Digitales.Some 350,000 of those users were registered on Twitter, a tenfold increase from 2009. More than 5.4 million Venezuelans were registered as Facebook users.
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