Venezuela - Media still under attack two months after presidential election

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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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