Venezuela (2006-2018)

[SWJED]

29 May LA Times - Venezuelan TV Station Goes Dark by Chris Kraul.

Venezuelan folk music, a Cuban documentary and heavy doses of government propaganda glorifying "21st century socialism" highlighted the first day of a new television channel that on Monday took over airspace of this nation's oldest and most popular station, a frequent critic of leftist President Hugo Chavez.

At midnight Sunday, Radio Caracas Television, or RCTV, went dark for the first time in 53 years after the Chavez government refused to renew its broadcast license, alleging violations of telecommunications law. That decision, announced in December, has been slammed by international press freedom groups, several governments and even some Chavez supporters.

Protests that began Sunday night around the national telecommunications regulatory commission's office continued into the morning at several universities in the Caracas area...

[Steve Blair]

Ol' Hugo reminds me more and more of ol' Adolf (or kindly Uncle Joe) every day.

[goesh]

I wonder if there will be some book burning too?

[tequila]

Reminds me more of this guy.

[John T. Fishel]

Way to go, tequila! Parallel is great in more ways than one.

[Steve Blair]

Ah, yes...too true.

[Tom Odom]

Does his wife look like Madonna?

Tequila, that is a great comparison. Chavez seems to have those iconic qualities for those inclined to despise the Yankees.

Tom

[Steve Blair]

And now he's going after another one....BBC story.

Venezuela's government has accused a TV station of inciting a murder attempt on President Hugo Chavez, hours after taking another network off the air.