Venezuela - Media still under attack two months after presidential election

Reporters without borders

The situation for freedom of information continues to be extremely tense two months after Nicolás Maduro's election as president on 14 April. Pluralism under threat One of the most high-profile cases is that of Leocenis García, the editor of the weekly Sexto Poder, who began a hunger strike outside the headquarters of the National Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL) in Carabobo on 6 June in protest against privately-owned Atel TV's suspension in Maracaibo (in the northwestern state Zulia) (...)

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