Venezuela Lawmakers Rework Controversial Media Law
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By Patrick Markey CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan lawmakers backingleft-wing President Hugo Chavez said on Thursday they wereworking with opponents to rewrite parts of a media law that hascome under fire from critics who fear it will muzzle dissent.
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An opposition-aligned TV station forced off the air by President Hugo Chavez is considering taking its programming to cable, the channel's top executive said.
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Governmental sites need to be revamped so people can find what they need, experts tell a Congressional committee.
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U.S. lawmakers worked on Friday to push through a last-minute compromise to hike fines for indecent radio and television broadcasts, but they made changes to previous proposals that could stymie the measure.
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- JesÃÂºs Vivas drives a 26-year-old clunker with rusted fenders, ripped upholstery and a tattered carpet. With a wheeze, a plume of smoke and a walrus-like roar, the wreck he calls a taxi accelerates down congested streets. About the only thing that works well is a new radio,...
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Justice Department officials are revising controversial guidelines for criminal prosecutions of companies in response to pressure from business groups, civil liberties lobbyists and an influential lawmaker who is expected to introduce legislation on the issue early next week.
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In a a blow to the countryâs two main broadcasters, the Mexican Supreme Court overwhelmingly voted Thursday to declare parts of a new media law unconstitutional.
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A proposed new media law here could weaken Silvio Berlusconi's long-held lock on Italian television, and in the process help Rupert Murdoch.
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An effort by Venezuelan President Hugo ChÃ¡vez to build $20 billion pipeline has generated political and environmental controversy at home and abroad.
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Politicians clear first hurdle toward approving sweeping legal rewrite that would crush lawsuits alleging illegal cooperation between the government, communications companies.
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Lawmakers are talking about rewriting the eight-year-old landmark law governing the nation's telephone, cable and media businesses.
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MEXICO CITY, Sept. 2 -- President Felipe Calder?n, blocked from delivering the traditional state-of-the-nation address to Congress, called Sunday for changing the format of an annual rite that has become a chaotic embarrassment for Mexico.
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New information minister encourages more critical media in a country known for its censored press.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan pro-government  lawmakers began a final drive on Thursday to push through a  media content bill that international watchdogs and opposition  leaders warn could gag the press.
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Energy company Harvest Natural Resources encounters problems in Venezuela.
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Venezuela shut down an opposition television channel on Monday and replaced it with one promoting President Hugo Chavez's self-proclaimed socialist revolution in a move widely criticized as a threat to democracy.
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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.