Venezuela replaces opposition TV with state network
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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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ARACAS, Venezuela, Aug. 17 - Venezuela&#39;s opposition movement, crushed by its failure to oust President Hugo Chávez in a recall referendum, pressed ahead Tuesday with efforts to delegitimize the results of an election it insisted was ...
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reshuffled key members of his government, naming as foreign minister the current head of Venezuela's state-owned oil company and handing the oil minister the helm of the company.
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Text of report by Indian newspaper The Telegraph on 5 March  [Unattributed report: "Militant Axe on 'Obscene' Channels"]  Srinagar, March 4 - Cable operators in the Valley have switched off some entertainment channels after militant groups Al Madina and Al Badr issued a diktat.
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The press freedom group Reporters Without Borders on Tuesday condemned Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's removal of an opposition TV station from the airwaves, accusing him of seeking to tighten his grip on the media.
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President Hugo Chavez's government moved to nationalize Venezuela's largest private electric company on Thursday, signing an agreement to buy a controlling stake in Electricidad de Caracas from its U.S.-based owner, AES Corp.
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The Carter Center called for dialogue Thursday between President Hugo Chavez and opponents protesting his decision to force an opposition TV channel off the air, while relative calm returned to the streets after three days of demonstrations.
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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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Radio Nacional de Venezuela was observed not to broadcast the scheduled Hello President programme on 3 March. It carried a musical programme instead. Radio Nacional de Venezuela did not explain why it did not air the regularly scheduled programme.
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L'emittente Rctv chiudera' domani dopo contrasto con Chavez
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- In the 1990s, Venezuelan journalist JosÃÂ© Vicente Rangel hosted a television talk show whose aggressive style and muckraking led to the downfall of President Carlos AndrÃÂ©s PÃÂ©rez. Now, after eight years as President Hugo ChÃÂ¡vez's deputy, Rangel is back on television, interviewing...
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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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PANAMA CITY, June 4 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Venezuela's foreign minister on Monday fired verbal broadsides at each other here over the closure of a television station in Venezuela that has been critical of the government.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced a major cabinet reshuffle on Thursday after a poll defeat last month wrecked his hopes of winning new powers to push ahead with his declared socialist revolution.
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Venezuela's opposition-aligned RCTV says it will start cable broadcasts from Monday after losing its terrestrial licence.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan lawmakers backing  left-wing President Hugo Chavez said on Thursday they were  working with opponents to rewrite parts of a media law that has  come under fire from critics who fear it will muzzle dissent.
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The Carter Center called for dialogue Thursday between President Hugo Chavez and opponents protesting his decision to force an opposition TV channel off the air, while calm returned to the streets after three days of demonstrations.