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25 March 2010
VENEZUELA: 2ND UPDATE: Chavez Defends Arrest of Critical TV Owner For "Offensive" Remarks.
AP/MIAMI HERALD/ 27 MARZO UPDATE/ President Hugo Chavez is defending the recent arrest of Guillermo Zuloaga, owner of the TV channel Globovision, for remarks deemed "offensive" to Chavez. Zuloaga allegedly criticized the Chavez government for limiting freedom of expression at a meeting of media executives in Aruba. Authorities released Zuloaga and prohibited him from leaving the country. Chavez calls him a criminal and denied the government is carrying out an assault on press freedom.
