Venezuela - Carabobo state radio station shut down illegally and without explanation

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Carabobo Stereo 102.3 FM, a radio station based in the northern state of Carabobo, has been off the air since the evening of 18 March when around 30 representatives of the National Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL) turned up unannounced with soldiers, shut it down and seized its equipment. Claiming to be carrying out a routine inspection when their arrived, the CONATEL officials asked the station's representatives to accompany them to the Cerro Copey transmission centre, giving them (...)

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