Steps taken by the government to remove Globovisión’s free-to-air licence poses a fresh threat to the country’s independent media. Daniel Duquenal reports
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A Venezuelan minister in Hugo Chavez’s government has announced plans to regulate cable subscription stations, saying the state would be “strict and severe” demonstrating this by fining opposition network Globovisión $2.3 million US dollars. Read more here
In Venezuela hundreds of opponents of President Hugo Chavez marched in support of press freedom in Venezuela on Wednesday, two years after his government refused to renew the concession of an opposition-aligned television station. Read more here
Two Venezuelan radio stations were shut down, their equipment seized and their offices sealed by military personnel on 18 August. Both stations, Rumbera Network 101.5 FM, and Llanera 91.3 FM in the Guárico province, were raided by soldiers. (more…)