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Thousands of Venezuelans have taken to the streets of Caracas in protest at the president's decision to close the country's oldest private TV network.


Mr Chavez's supporters say Radio Caracas Television (RCTV) backed a 2002 coup which briefly ousted him.

But the country's opposition say the decision to close the network is an attempt to silence Mr Chavez's critics.(more)

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ZHP said…
A very complicated topic my friend! I did not want to comment here before having an array of dots connected but truth be told, the more I read the more difficult it becomes.

What I know is that it would not be productive to analyze this much-ballyhooed event isolated without considering the whole context (like corporate media approach does it).

There´s a video (Google)that you might have already seen entitled "The revolution will not be televised" that gives you certain hints... never enough though.

Good post my friend!

ZHP

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