Venezeulan Media Crackdown

Published May 30, 2007

The streets of Caracas were far from peaceful last Sunday night after Radio Caracas Television (RCTV), the only nationwide TV station with opposition views, was closed down at midnight. In a move condemned by Reporters without Borders and Human Rights Watch, the nation's oldest private channel was denied renewal of its broadcast license amid accusations it had supported a 2002 attempted coup, was involved in "subversive" activities...