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Article: Chavez pulls plug on broadcasters.(VENEZUELA)
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- Caribbean Update
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- September 1, 2009
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CHAVEZ PULLS PLUG ON BROADCASTERS. Thousands of demonstrators gathered around the offices of 34 broadcasters that were taken off the air in Venezuela after President Hugo Chavez argued they abused free speech, reports AFP (Aug. 3, 2009):
Protestors railed against what they described as censorship, denouncing Chavez's leftist government as a "dictatorship" in chants. Earlier crowds gathered in front of national telecommunications regulator Conatel, which announced the closures. Conatel's head, Diosdado Cabello, said that 32 radio stations and two TV stations would be shut down. "It is not that we have shut some radio stations, we are implementing the law. We have ...