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robcon

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Sun Dec-03-06 08:28 PM
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14. Chavez wants to end the private press.

He sure sounds like Castro's lapdog...

Chavez backs possible vote to close private TV stations
POSTED: 8:52 a.m. EST, December 1, 2006

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- "Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez backed the possibility of holding a national referendum, if he's re-elected, on whether to shut down private television stations that he has accused of subversive activities.

Chavez's comments late Thursday came amid rising tensions between the government and the country's largely opposition-aligned private media ahead of Sunday's vote..."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/12/01/chavez.venezuela.election.ap/index.html

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