CARACAS, Monday July 16, 2007 | Update
Private television channel RCTV Monday resumed broadcasts,
but this time on cable television, following over 40 days
off the air after President Hugo Chávez' refusal to renew
its broadcast license on the allegation that the TV station
backed a failed coup in 2002.
The oldest private television channel in Venezuela went back
on the air at 6:00 am (local time) following discontinuance
last May 27.
After RCTV suspended transmissions, university students and
opposition groups staged a number of street demonstrations
in the streets for two weeks. Simultaneously, foreign legislatures,
media associations, and human rights advocates launched harsh
criticisms against Chávez government, claiming it undermined
freedom of expression in Venezuela, AP reported.
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THE SPECIAL FEATURE ON THE RCTV CASE
10:07 AM. DIPLOMACY. Admired by the Colombian guerrilla after his coup attempt in 1992, the then lieutenant colonel Hugo Chávez Frías received financial support by the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) for his projects after his capture that year. This mostly explains the relationship and "debt" between the parties, as revealed by a paper of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) of the United Kingdom.