National Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL)

Venezuelan’s National Telecommunication Commission (Conatel) has taken rightwing news station Globovision to the Supreme Court for not paying a Bs 9.3 million (US$ 2.2 million ) fine by the due date, 1 January 2012.

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On Monday, violent protests against the temporary suspension of cable channels that violated media social responsibility laws in Venezuela left one pro-government and one opposition student dead, more than twenty police injured, and parts of downtown Merida burnt and damaged, while peaceful protests occurred in other major cities.

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Venezuelan Public Works and Housing Minister Diosdado Cabello has proposed reforms to the Telecommunications Law that would limit the concentration of private radio and television ownership.

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