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# The Venezuelan revolution was saved by computer hackers!
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/19131/
- Published: 2006-02-08T21:02:48.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:34:46.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:15

'The Third International Forum on Free Knowledge' is [currently being held](http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/free%5Fissues/issue%5F10/professional%5Fservices%5Fvenezuela/index%5Fp1.html?ref=opendemocracy.net) in Venezuela. Most interesting is the proposition that the Venezuelan Revolution "is perhaps the first revolution in history saved by computer hackers." [here](http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/free%5Fissues/issue%5F10/professional%5Fservices%5Fvenezuela/index%5Fp4.html?ref=opendemocracy.net)