Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in a speech compulsorily broadcast on radio and television speech Thursday said citizens in the country have the right to express freely. Further, he assessed the way journalism should be exercised in Venezuela and how newspapers should write their headlines.

"Let it be full freedom of expression," he said.

Chávez was reacting to reports he said he watched in foreign media regarding the suspension of Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz's concert in Caracas.
 
Chávez invited Sanz to sing together at the Bicentennial Square, in the presidential palace of Miraflores, downtown Caracas.

Chávez rejected some related remarks by Argentinean singer Fito Páez.

"I think there was a manipulation. Do you see how far the media war can get? Long live the singing, the free ideas, and the debate. I would like to think that Fito Páez is a victim in this media war."

Chávez also rejected the headlines of two mass distribution newspapers in Venezuela, as both published an interview where a healthcare official conceded that public healthcare services in Caracas collapsed.

The Venezuelan ruler claimed that the media are plotting against his government.

"Let us be careful about all of the media," Chávez.