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A few weeks back I posted this article on Comrade Chavez. One of the comments (in deed, the first comment) on this post said:

dude, I am sooo sorry to let you know that prior to Chavez, there had been media censorship. After Chavez, ther was free speech... This doesn't look like a step towards totalitarianism, it just looks like a step away from America and its bad policies in the world.

Well Jazz, I hate to tell you "I told you so," but I told you so. Comrade Chavez has announced plans to terminate the broadcast license of an opposition supported TV station. Comrade Chavez claims that they are plotting a coup against him. From FoxNews:

The press freedom group Reporters Without Borders on Friday condemned a decision by President Hugo Chavez not to renew the broadcast license of an opposition-aligned TV station, saying it will be a major setback for the Venezuelan media.

The Paris-based group called it a "serious attack on editorial pluralism" in a statement e-mailed to journalists, and urged the Venezuelan government to "reconsider its stance and guarantee an independent system of concessions and renewal of licenses."

Chavez said Thursday that Venezuela will not renew the broadcast license of Radio Caracas Television, or RCTV, when it expires next year. The channel is one of the country's main private stations and has been strongly critical of Chavez.

That's right, Comrade Chavez, Jazz's champion of the freedom of the press, intends to shutdown one of the major privately owned broadcast stations solely because it is critical of his rule.

Marcel Granier, president of the corporation that owns RCTV has stated he is mystified by the decision as, according to their records, their license is not due to expire anytime in the near future.

I quess will just have to wait and see what Comrade Chavez, champion of "democracy", does in January. will RCTV be shutdown, or will it continue to operate in Venezuala.