After the interview was interrupted by the dictator, the most famous Latino news anchor in the world and his crew were detained for hours, his equipment taken and then ordered to leave the country.
As the crackdown on what’s left of independent media in Venezuela continues, a new study establishes how the government also shifts the public conversation to its advantage.
Broadcasting authority Conatel informed four journalists of website Armando.Info that they’re now legally gagged. They can’t say or report anything related to CLAP businessman Alex Saab.
Photojournalists are jailed, injured or robbed for committing what the government perceives to be the worst of crimes: truthfully reporting this country’s reality.
Still haven't caught the fútbol bug? Here is the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's answer to all those schnazzy capitalist World Cup promos, courtesy of the genius and overfunded producers over at Televisión Venezolana Social (TVes), who, by the way, are celebrating today seven years since RCTV went off the air.
That last phrase did not make it on air, but I’m willing to bet it was the first question Vladimir Villegas asked Diosdado Cabello during this stellar example...
You know the country’s well and truly down the rabbithole when random illegal media outlet shutdowns don’t even register as a blip on N24! Dígalo ahí, RSF: Carabobo...
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