Chávez tightens grip on Venezuelan broadcasting control

The Venezuelan government has intensified its policy of imposing controls on the media with a swathe of new broadcasting rules, regulations and requirements to the point that it is now empowered to tell radio stations what to transmit during at least part of every day. Under a resolution published in the Gazeta Oficial, the Information and Communication Ministry now has the sole responsibility of deciding the content of what goes over the airwaves for three and a half hours a day. Nobody is betting that these are going to be the “graveyard” in the wee small hours of the night.
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Complete story from Latin American Tribune Herald
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=344535&CategoryId=10717
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