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May 28, 2007
Venezuelans Protest Tightening of Chavez's Totalitarian Grip
Posted by Dave Blount at May 28, 2007 10:38 AM
Not everyone is as happy to see Venezuela degenerate into a socialist police state as certain Democrat politicians. This weekend tens of thousands took to the streets in Caracas to protest the closing of Venezuela's most popular television station, RCTV, for not falling in line with Hugo Chavez's thuggish left-wing regime.
On Friday the order came down for the military to seize control of the RCTV's installations and equipment. After 53 years on the air, its license is not being renewed for explicitly political reasons.
Meanwhile Chavez's goons spray-painted the headquarters of Globovision, the last Venezuelan station that is still offering resistance to Chavez. It won't be around for long.
But it's not as if Venezuela is a dictatorship. Chavez was democratically elected. Just ask Jimmy Carter.
On a tip from Jeff.
