Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Venezuela's Chavez widens attack on opposition media

Venezuela's Chavez widens attack on opposition media (Reuters)

Riot police face off against Venezuelans protesting in the rain in downtown Caracas May 29, 2007 against the decision by President Hugo Chavez to take the country's oldest television channel, Radio Caracas Television (RCTV), off the air and replace it with a state-run channel to promote his socialist programs. (Carlos Garcia Rawlin/Reuters)Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday called opposition news channel Globovision an enemy of the state and said he would do what was needed to stop it from inciting violence, only days after he shut another opposition broadcaster.


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