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Radio Caracas Televisión's terrestrial broadcasting license expired in 2007. The Chavista government refused to renew it because of it being anti-government and its participation in the 2002 coup. |
Radio Caracas Televisión's terrestrial broadcasting license expired in 2007. The Chavista government refused to renew it because of it being anti-government and its participation in the 2002 coup. |
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| + | Hugo Chavez's administration was quick to ban any show that they disliked, such as the Colombian soap opera ''Chepe Fortuna,'' whose subplot corncerned two middle-aged sisters, Colombia and Venezuela. Colombia was depicted as an industrious, honest and long-suffering lady, while Venezuela was depicted as a fat woman who believes to be gorgeous and constantly getting into ill-fated get-rich-quickly-schemes and loves excessively her tiny dog named Hugo, which the Chavista government found unflattering. |
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==Books censorship== |
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Revision as of 07:59, 8 October 2021
Venezuela is a South American country whose majority religion is Christianity.
Internet censorship
Websites publishing unofficial (black market) exchange rates are blocked in Venezuela as the government believes they are causing economic disaster and very high rates of inflation. The El Nacional newspaper is even blocked occasionally by the Venezuelan ISP CANTV for its frequent criticism of the Maduro government.
Movies censorship
TV censorship
Radio Caracas Televisión's terrestrial broadcasting license expired in 2007. The Chavista government refused to renew it because of it being anti-government and its participation in the 2002 coup.
Hugo Chavez's administration was quick to ban any show that they disliked, such as the Colombian soap opera Chepe Fortuna, whose subplot corncerned two middle-aged sisters, Colombia and Venezuela. Colombia was depicted as an industrious, honest and long-suffering lady, while Venezuela was depicted as a fat woman who believes to be gorgeous and constantly getting into ill-fated get-rich-quickly-schemes and loves excessively her tiny dog named Hugo, which the Chavista government found unflattering.
Books censorship
Video games censorship
Most video games containing substantial impact of violence are easily banned and confiscated by Venezuela.
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