Pro-Chavez Lawmakers Push for Venezuela Media Curbs
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By Patrick Markey CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan pro-governmentlawmakers began a final drive on Thursday to push through amedia content bill that international watchdogs and oppositionleaders warn could gag the press.
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan police fired tear gas and plastic bullets yesterday into a crowd of thousands protesting President Hugo Ch&#xE1;vez's decision that forced a television station critical of his leftist government off the air.
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PRAGUE, Jan 17 (IPS) - In the midst of a war between government and the  media, a new and controversial press bill will force media  outlets to publish anyone's reactions to articles considered  offensive.
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U.S. communications regulators are expected to approve on Tuesday a plan to loosen media ownership restrictions, despite objections from consumer groups and a threat by some U.S. senators to revoke the action.
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By CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER     CARACAS, Venezuela  -- The high-tech thumbprint devices were meant to keep people from voting more than once in the recall ballot against President Hugo Chavez. Instead, they often wound up working fitfully - even when Chavez himself voted - contributing to huge delays in Sunday's historic referendum...
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Senate Democrats pressed the Republican-controlled Federal Communications Commission this week to slap tighter controls on media ownership, public-interest broadcasting and television violence. But after a sometimes contentious two-hour hearing Thursday, some lawmakers expressed little hope of...
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With the backing of President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela is setting up a state-owned telecoms firm to challenge dominant foreign owned operators.
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The latest crackdown comes before a protest planned this week against new government curbs on the news media, a government official acknowledged Wednesday.
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Venezuela readies for protests as a TV station opposing President Chavez is set to be taken off air at midnight.
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Venezuelan police fired tear gas and plastic bullets Monday into a crowd of thousands protesting a decision by President Hugo Chavez that forced a television station critical of his leftist government off the air.
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Superman Chavez, your days are numbered Venezuela's National Electoral Council last week proposed a Bill that would prevent parents giving their offspring "names that expose them to ridicule, are extravagant or difficult to pronounce", AP reports.â¦
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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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Venezuela&#39;s opposition threatened on Friday to boycott regional elections following President Hugo Chavez&#39;s referendum win, which they say was fraudulent but which international observers say appeared legitimate.
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Protest curbs to be reviewed and greater protection for investigative journalism.
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CARACAS, Venezuela &#151; Supporters of President Hugo Chavez marched through Caracas on Sunday, demanding respect for Venezuela's sovereignty following U.S. criticism and Colombia's acknowledgment that it paid a bounty to capture a rebel on Venezuelan soil.
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Venezuela's leading opposition candidate called Wednesday for President Hugo Chavez's government to play clean in Sunday's presidential election amid signs of a widening political divide in the country.
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Venezuela's replacement of an opposition television station on Monday with a state network promoting President Hugo Chavez's socialist revolution drew sharp criticism that the former soldier is attacking democratic freedoms.