Chavez to start using Twitter...

Hugo Chavez to join Twitter

Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan President, has announced that he will start using Twitter, the microblogging site which will test his ability to deliver a concise message.



By Nick Allen in Los Angeles
Published: 6:30AM BST 27 Apr 2010

Mr Chavez is the latest leader to start using Twitter. US President Barack Obama has nearly 3.8 million followers on the social networking tool Photo: AP




Mr Chavez speaks to the nation for hours every Sunday on his radio and television program but on Twitter he will be limited to much shorter messages of just 140 characters each time.



His use of Twitter also marks a new tactic in his approach to the internet and social networking.



In January Mr Chavez said that using Twitter, the internet and text messaging to criticise his regime was "terrorism."



He has now decided to use the social networking tool for his own purposes.

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