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Caribbean-Latin America
Venezuela court: Anti-Chavez channel to stay up
2007-08-02
Venezuela's Supreme Court ruled that an opposition-aligned TV channel will remain on cable for now, acting just hours before a government-set deadline that could have yanked it from the cable lineup.

The Supreme Court of Justice said in a statement Wednesday that it suspended the telecommunications commission's order for Radio Caracas Television and other cable channels to register as national producers, a category that would require them to interrupt programming to carry some of President Hugo Chavez's speeches.

With its ruling, the court - which was selected by the Chavez-dominated National Assembly - defused a political standoff and opened the way for it to consider which cable and satellite channels should be bound by rules requiring domestic stations to transmit government-mandated programming.
Posted by:Fred

#3  Look for hugo to start his own guardian council or something to overrule the supreme court. Or just declare himself grand chancellor and dismiss the entire national assembly.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2007-08-02 09:20  

#2  Whazzat? The countdown to the Supreme Court being replaced?
Posted by: Bobby   2007-08-02 07:16  

#1  10...9...8...
Posted by: gorb   2007-08-02 01:46  

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