U.S., Spain demand Venezuela lift TV station ban
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The United States and Spain on Friday demanded Venezuelan President Hugo reopen an anti-government television station he banned and accused him of repressing free speech.
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Venezuela's top court allows the state to seize transmitters belonging to a private opposition TV station.
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Venezuelan authorities accuse a TV channel of inciting people to kill the president, a day after closing another station.
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Venezuela's quest for a U.N. Security Council seat, in the teeth of U.S. opposition, is approaching the decisive moment and putting increasing pressure on Latin American and Caribbean countries to choose sides.
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The United States is lobbying hard to block Venezuela's bid for a seat on the U.N. Security Council, fearful that Hugo Chavez, its fiercely anti-American president, will disrupt the body as it confronts hot issues such as Iran and Sudan.
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The United States government should lift  its ban on publishing literature from countries like Cuba, Iran  and Sudan without special permission, Europe's biggest rights  watchdog said on Thursday.
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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 top court on Friday ordered the Defense Ministry to take control of installations of an opposition television station amid a show of military force before the station's controversial closure.
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Venezuelan officials say the arms acquisitions are needed to circumvent a ban on sales of American weapons to the country and to counter potential military aggression from the United States.
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A law that gives the government control over the content of radio and television programs in Venezuela took effect Thursday.
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Venezuela's most-watched television station -- and outlet for the political opposition -- went off the air after the government refused to renew its broadcast license.Leading up to the deadline, 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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The State Department is accusing Cuba of training Colombian rebels and says it is troubled by a large presence of Cuban personnel in Venezuela, whose president, Hugo Chavez, is a close ally of Cuban President Fidel Castro.
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The FCC is expected to slap U.S.  Hispanic network Univision with a record $24 million fine that  will allow the broadcaster to proceed with a $12 billion  private equity buyout, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
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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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CARACAS, Venezuela  - The U.S. government must  respect Venezuela's sovereignty and stop meddling if it wants  to improve ties with its fourth-largest oil supplier, Foreign  Minister Ali Rodriguez said on Wednesday.
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CARACAS, Venezuela - 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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The United States government should lift its ban on publishing literature from countries like Cuba, Iran and Sudan without special permission, Europe's biggest rights watchdog said on Thursday.