Argentinean ex President Carlos Menem accused Wednesday the government of Argentinean President Néstor Kirchner of keeping "accomplice" silence with regard to non-renewal of a broadcasting license for private TV channel Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV), a move labeled by him as a "fatal blow" on democracy.
 
In a column released Wednesday by daily newspaper Ámbito Financiero, Menem said that renewed operations last Monday on cable TV of RCTV, the oldest TV channel in Venezuela, was "good news," following the decision made by the government of President Hugo Chávez, considered as "arbitrary."

Carlos Menem pointed out that he had recommended the Argentinean Senate a declaration to rebut discontinuance of the RCTV license and "support the forces of democracy and freedom in Venezuela," Efe quoted.

At the present time, "10 out of the 12 signals with nationwide coverage, that is, over 85 percent of the TV spectrum in Venezuela, has turned out to be under the direct or indirect control of the Venezuelan government."