Venezuela TV shutdown sparks criticism of Chavez
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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.
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Venezuelan authorities accuse a TV channel of inciting the murder of the president, a day after closing another station.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other regional leaders are expected to criticize Venezuela's recent crackdown on independent media at a regional meeting next week, a U.S. official said on Friday.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's  fence-mending visit to Spain sparked political uproar on  Tuesday when Madrid for the first time backed his allegations  that the previous government supported a coup against him.
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Venezuela passes a strict media law condemned by the opposition and human rights groups.
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President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that the United States suffered a humiliating defeat in its move to condemn Venezuela internationally for forcing an opposition-aligned TV station off the airwaves.
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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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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Taking a cue from the Cuban-American exile community, Venezuelans in South Florida are turning to radio to slam their homeland's controversial leader and unify their community.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela's opposition on  Tuesday presented a video laying out details of its allegations  that leftist President Hugo Chavez won a recall referendum last  month by massive vote rigging.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned to the national spotlight Wednesday, saying in a tongue-in-cheek manner that he missed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's criticism.
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Police broke up an opposition protest using a water cannon and tear gas after hundreds took to the streets on Sunday condemning a decision by President Hugo Chavez to force Venezuela's most widely watched channel off the air.
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A majority of Venezuelans support student protests over the closure of an opposition television channel, a poll showed on Sunday, despite President Hugo Chavez insisting the demonstrations were part of a U.S. plot to topple him.
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Venezuelan police on Sunday used water cannons and what appeared to be tear gas to break up thousands of demonstrators protesting the government's decision to close the country's most-watched television station.
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President Hugo ChÃ¡vezâs decision not to renew the license of RCTV, Venezuelaâs oldest broadcaster and a vocal critic, effectively shut it down.
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President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that foreigners who publicly criticize him or his government while visiting Venezuela will be expelled from the country.
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Venezuelan troops have seized the anti-government television channel's broadcast equipment, the station said on Sunday, ahead of a controversial midnight EDT/0400 GMT takeover by President Hugo Chavez that will take the broadcaster off the air.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's visit to Spain sparked a political feud Tuesday after Spain's Socialist foreign minister accused Madrid's previous conservative government of backing a failed coup against Chavez in 2002.