VENEZUELA: 1ST UPDATE: TV Boss & Chavez Critic Sought For Arrest.

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MIAMI HERALD/ 15 June/
   Prosecutors are still looking for Guillermo Zuloaga, head of the Globovision channel and a vocal critic of President Hugo Chavez, to arrest him for "business irregularities." A warrant has also been issued for his son.
"We are seriously concerned in Venezuela about the arrest order for Guillermo Zuloaga," State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Monday in Washington. "This is the latest example of the government of Venezuela's continuing assault on the freedom of the press."

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.