Twittocracy

This is how Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez promotes Twitter throughout the country :



Chavez on Twitter :

"It's a form of contact with the world."

"(Twitter is) a weapon that also needs to be used by the revolution."

With an average of about 20,000 people per day signing up to follow Chavez's tweets, the president says he has been overwhelmed by nearly 54,000 messages from supporters, critics and people writing to ask for help with a problem or lodge a complaint. On Thursday, he announced that a new team of 200 aides would help him manage the stream.

"I'm creating a team due to the avalanche of requests, and some grievances," he said.

Can you run a country via tweet?


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