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    <description>Venezuela</description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:50:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Journalists attacked by men at funeral]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2012/02/08/journalists_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Six men attacked a group of journalists seeking information pertaining to the killing of a 16-year old girl.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Journalists' Twitter accounts hacked after posting controversial photos]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2012/02/07/twitter_hackers/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Alberto Rodríguez and Orian Brito posted images of armed children on their Twitter accounts and have, in the past, been critical of President Chávez.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2012/02/07/twitter_hackers/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Journalist briefly detained after covering oil spill]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2012/01/27/oil_spill/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Giselle Almarza and cameraman Dali Gomez had travelled to La Rica in Monagas state, in response to a complaint by local farmers who claimed to have lost part of their harvest because of an oil spill.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2012/01/27/oil_spill/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Globovisión news crew denied entry to swearing-in of defense minister]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2012/01/25/globovision_denied_entry/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to the Globovisión journalist, only state-owned, and therefore pro-Chávez media, were permitted to attend the ceremony.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2012/01/25/globovision_denied_entry/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Journalist threatened via Twitter]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2012/01/16/diaz_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The hacker group "N33" claimed they would attack Luis Carlos Díaz because of his statements about cyber attacks. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2012/01/16/diaz_threats/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Radio stations closed, equipment seized]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/12/20/equipment_seizure/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CONATEL has seized equipment from three radio stations in the state of Nueva Esparta, alleging that they were "operating clandestinely" without the proper permits.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/12/20/equipment_seizure/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Court rejects Globovisión journalists' intervention against US$2.1 million fine]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/12/16/caracas_court_denies_depositions/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The TV station's legal department says the fine is a breach of its right to freedom of speech.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/12/16/caracas_court_denies_depositions/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Media Social Responsibility Law violates freedom of expression, says ARTICLE 19]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/12/13/media_law/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On the one-year anniversary of the amendments to the law, ARTICLE 19's analysis concludes that the law places illegitimate restrictions on freedom of expression and information.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/12/13/media_law/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Police attack mayoral candidate's press team in Caracas]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/12/07/urea_descargas_electricas/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Police hit photographer Jesús Urea, shocked him with taser guns and confiscated his camera and memory card. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/12/07/urea_descargas_electricas/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Journalist's Twitter account hacked after reporting on military]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/12/06/barraez_twitter_hacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sebastiana Barráez said that she believed the aggression was a response to investigations she published about the alleged murders of peasants of the Alto Apure region committed by a group of members of the military.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/12/06/barraez_twitter_hacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Authorities drag heels in investigation of two burglaries at offices of free speech NGO]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/12/05/second_robbery/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[During the second robbery, video recordings that were evidence of the first burglary at Espacio Público were stolen, along with computer equipment. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/12/05/second_robbery/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Construction Workers' Union issues threats, encourages censorship in state of Barinas]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/12/02/amenazas_de_sindicato/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Union leaders threatened radio presenter José Luis Machín Machín in an attempt to get him to stop interviewing people who are critical of their members.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/12/02/amenazas_de_sindicato/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Court urged to acquit editor following his conditional release]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/11/24/garcia_released_conditionally/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Leocenis García had been held for nearly three months for publishing a photo montage that poked fun at six female government officials.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/11/24/garcia_released_conditionally/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Freedom of expression NGO robbed]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/11/23/espacio_publico_robbery/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On 17 November, office supplies and electronic equipment, including eight desktop and two laptop computers, were stolen from the offices of the NGO Espacio Público.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/11/23/espacio_publico_robbery/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecuador - New laws could undermine free speech, warns IAPA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2011/11/21/advertencia_atropellos_legales/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IAPA expresses concern over a Communication Law being debated in Ecuador's National Assembly and a proposed law which would regulate how community media operate in Venezuela. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2011/11/21/advertencia_atropellos_legales/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - RSF calls for release of editor, now on hunger strike; five radio stations suspended]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/11/16/garcia_hunger_strike/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CONATEL ordered the stations' closure and had their broadcast equipment seized for alleged "clandestine and illegal use of the radio waves."]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/11/16/garcia_hunger_strike/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - TV journalists attacked in front of National Guard officers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/11/11/globovision_journalists_assaulted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Globovisión reporter Daniel Guillermo Colina, a camera operator and an assistant were covering a protest in Caracas when several people pushed and kicked them. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/11/11/globovision_journalists_assaulted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - US$2 million dollar fine could bankrupt Globovisión]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/10/20/globovision_fine/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The National Telecommunications Commission announced that it will fine Globovisión for its coverage of riots that took place in the El Rodeo prison in July.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/10/20/globovision_fine/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Government rejects UPR recommendations on free expression]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/10/12/upr_recommendations/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On 11 October, the Venezuelan government rejected all requests to improve aspects of freedom of expression recommended by IFEX members and included in the final report of the United Nations Human Rights Council during the 12th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/10/12/upr_recommendations/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Venezuela rejects UN Human Rights Council freedom of expression recommendations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/10/12/recommendations_rejected/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The final report presented at the conclusion of the Venezuela UPR process contained 148 recommendations, of which 95 were accepted, 15 deferred to the next stage and 38 rejected.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/10/12/recommendations_rejected/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Follow @IFEXALC at the UN's Universal Periodic Review of Venezuela]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/10/05/ifex_alc_delegation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IFEX's contingent of 17 Latin American and Caribbean (ALC) freedom of expression organisations is calling on supporters to tune in to their coverage of the United Nation Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Venezuela by reading IFEX-ALC's live blog and following @IFEXALC on Twitter and encouraging others to do the same.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/10/05/ifex_alc_delegation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - IFEX-ALC delegation submits recommendations on freedom of expression during Venezuela's UPR]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/10/03/alc_submission/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IFEX-ALC calls on the UN Human Rights Council members to urge the Venezuelan government to uphold the right to free expression.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/10/03/alc_submission/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Hackers use Twitter to intimidate reporters]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/09/27/twitter_hackers/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Berenice Gómez noted that the hackers now "know who gives me information. They could take advantage of that and intimidate, prosecute or even kill my sources."]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/09/27/twitter_hackers/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Editor detained pending trial]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/09/07/garcia_detained/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Leocenis García has been accused of defamation and "incitement to hatred". ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/09/07/garcia_detained/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - News agency director assaulted, camera operator's equipment destroyed]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/08/31/solano_vegas_assault/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Wilmer Solano and William Vegas were assaulted while they were covering an event in which the leader of the Primero Justicia political party was speaking.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/08/31/solano_vegas_assault/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Weekly allowed to reopen, executives still charged]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/08/31/ban_lifted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The weekly "6to Poder" has been prohibited from referring to the case against it in print and from publishing anything deemed offensive to women or public officials.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/08/31/ban_lifted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Human Rights Watch calls on government to protect human rights defender]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/08/29/prado_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Humberto Prado, director of the Venezuelan Observatory of Prisons NGO, has been repeatedly threatened and publicly discredited. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/08/29/prado_threats/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - IAPA protests ban on weekly, calls for editor's release]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/08/24/sexto_poder_ban/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Publication of "Sexto Poder" was banned after the magazine published photos depicting government officials as cabaret dancers.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/08/24/sexto_poder_ban/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Newspaper reporter beaten, briefly detained]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/08/18/tarazona_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Óscar Tarazona was assaulted after he identified himself as a journalist and questioned a group of police officers about what they were doing.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/08/18/tarazona_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Radio journalist kidnapped briefly, robbed]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/08/15/sanchez_robbed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to reporter Carlos Sánchez, his assailants told him repeatedly that the radio station for which he works should "stop broadcasting certain information".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/08/15/sanchez_robbed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Journalist's programme cancelled because of political pressure; reporter faces defamation complaint]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/08/12/viola_programa/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Henry Viola was the host of "Magazine Informativo", which was cancelled only 15 days after it premiered.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/08/12/viola_programa/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - State-owned television station attacked]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/08/03/vivetv-attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Vive TV-Occidente has broadcast reports about the exploitation of subsistence farmers and indigenous peoples that may have displeased organised crime groups.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/08/03/vivetv-attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Opposition leader convicted for criticising government]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/07/18/alvarez_paz_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The conviction of Oswaldo Álvarez Paz for disseminating "false information" is a move against free speech in Venezuela, says Human Rights Watch.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/07/18/alvarez_paz_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Photojournalist assaulted, briefly detained]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/07/12/altuve_detained/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[José Altuve was assaulted by police while taking photographs of a student rally in Venezuela's capital.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/07/12/altuve_detained/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Globovisión faces new accusation over coverage of a prison riot]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/07/06/punitive_process/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The TV station is accused of having broadcast images that "incite hatred" during its coverage of a riot in El Rodeo prison.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/07/06/punitive_process/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - IAPA university forum highlights Declaration of Chapultepec principles]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/07/06/chapultepec_sign-on/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Caracas mayor and the Carabobo state governor committed to the principles of press freedom emanating from the Declaration, which has also been signed by 59 Western Hemisphere heads of state.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/07/06/chapultepec_sign-on/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Armed men chase photographer, attempt to seize his camera]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/06/27/perez_attempt/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A group of armed men on motorbikes pursued César Pérez and attempted to seize his camera when he was covering the alleged kidnapping of a regional government representative.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/06/27/perez_attempt/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Regional newspaper journalists threatened and assaulted]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/06/24/protestas_ferrominera/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalists from the "Correo del Caroní" newspaper have been subjected to insults, attacks and threats while covering violent incidents at a state-owned company's facilities.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/06/24/protestas_ferrominera/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Armed youngsters attack and threaten journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/06/22/garces_and_bastidas_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Naiyelis Garcés and Jesús Bastidas, of the newspaper "De Frente", were attacked by about 50 young people who burst into a public university in the state of Barinas in western Venezuela.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/06/22/garces_and_bastidas_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Television station taken off the air, radio programme cancelled allegedly on mayor's orders]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/06/20/barinas_cancelaciones/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to personnel affected by the actions, Pedraza TV and the "Contrapunto" radio programme were taken off the air due to pressure exerted by the mayor of Pedraza.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/06/20/barinas_cancelaciones/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Two journalists killed in one week]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2011/05/25/found_dead/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Last week, a Guatemalan television journalist who had been repeatedly threatened for his reporting was found dead and a Venezuelan political journalist was gunned down, report the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 15:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2011/05/25/found_dead/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Authorities attempt to seize warehouse owned by newspaper critical of the government]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/05/25/el_nuevo_pais/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The officials tried to impound a warehouse which houses a printing press owned by the newspaper "El Nuevo País".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 14:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/05/25/el_nuevo_pais/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Honduras - IAPA angered by journalists' murders, calls for prompt investigations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/honduras/2011/05/24/mendoza_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In Honduras, Luis Mendoza, owner of Canal 24 and a coffee grower, was killed by unidentified masked assailants who intercepted him near the television station.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 10:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/honduras/2011/05/24/mendoza_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Journalist assaulted, presumably in retaliation for his critical reports]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/05/18/molina_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Manuel Isidro Molina believes the attack may have been prompted by his reports on alleged acts of corruption by government officials and their accomplices. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 15:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/05/18/molina_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Journalist receives death threats after revealing irregularities in health system]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/04/29/dominguez_death_threat/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The threats were in response to Laura Domínguez's coverage of accusations regarding the use of allegedly expired H1N1 vaccines and contamination in the pediatric area of the Hospital Pedro Emilio Carrillo.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - School headmaster dismissed after informing press of H1N1 flu cases]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/04/15/aldana_dismissed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The measure was taken after Manuel Aldana told the "Correo del Orinoco" newspaper that two of the children in his Mérida-based school were carriers of the virus.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/04/15/aldana_dismissed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Presidential decree grants vice-president additional powers over radio and television frequencies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/04/07/vicepresidencia_concesiones/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Vice-Presidency has now been granted the authority to grant, revoke and suspend frequencies and cancel administrative orders in matters related to radio and open television broadcasting.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/04/07/vicepresidencia_concesiones/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - CONATEL shuts down radio station, seizes its equipment]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/04/05/musicable_closed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The National Telecommunications Commission imposed precautionary measures against the Musicable 93.7 FM station, which is accused of operating clandestinely.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/04/05/musicable_closed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Police hinder television crew's work, accuse journalist of organising demonstration ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/03/28/televen_journalists_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gina Caldera and Johan Gómez, of the Televen television station, were assaulted by police officers while they were covering a student protest.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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