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More Fascist Control, Kill the Journalists Too!

author: Reposts from central America
Jul 06, 2009 15:32

Poor old Sandino must be rolling in his grave. And he probably has the company of Simon B through the long mites, bemoaning "oh what has become of our wonderfull fevolution.

Meanwhile in thugdom...

Radio reporter killed


By the A.M. Costa Rica staff


Assassins gunned down Gabriel Fino Noriega, correspondent for Radio América in San Juan Pueblo, Honduras, Friday when he left Estelar, a local radio station, where he also had a program, said the Comité por la Libre Expresión, a free press advocacy organization in that country. Fino was on a motorcycle when the shooting took place.

 http://www.amcostarica.com/morenews4.htm
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Chávez is now a banker
after Santander payment


By the A.M. Costa Rica wire services


The Venezuelan government took control of the country's third-largest bank Friday amid a wave of nationalizations led by President Hugo Chávez.

The purchase of Spanish-owned Banco de Venezuela allows Chávez to tighten the government's grip on the country's banking sector.

The government agreed to pay Spain's Grupo Santander $1.05 billion for the bank, according to a deal announced in May. The first payment, $630 million, was transferred Friday.

Since 2007, the Chávez government has nationalized other major companies in a number of sectors, including steel and electricity.

Also Friday, the head of Venezuela's telecommunications regulatory agency said that 240 radio stations will have their licenses revoked.

The telecom chief, Diosdado Cabello, a close ally of Chávez, said the stations have failed to submit the required regulatory documents and are therefore operating illegally.

The move comes as Globovision, the last remaining television network on the public airwaves openly critical of the Chavez government, is investigated. Another opposition station (Radio Caracas Television) moved to cable in 2007 when Chávez refused to renew its license.
 http://www.amcostarica.com/morenews5.htm

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