Students protest closing of Venezuelan Channel RCTV
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{{date|May 29, 2007}}

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On May 27th, the Venezuelan government refused to renew the license for public television station [[w:RCTV|RCTV]] to continue broadcasting, sending  troops to shut down the station and seize equipment to ensure the station did not continue broadcasting. 

Thousands of people have been protesting the closure of one of the few public channels within a country in  which a majority of citizens do not have cable television.  The current protests have been led by students from some of the major Venezuelan universities including [[w:Universidad Simón Bolívar|Universidad Simon Bolivar]], [[w:Central University of Venezuela|Universitad Central de Venezuela]], and [[w:Universidad Metropolitana|Universidad Metropolitana]].  

Caracas Metropolitan Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowds. The protests have been going on the whole weekend and have continued through Monday.    

The Chavez government has replaced RCTV with a new pro-government public channel TVes.  Supporters of Chavez cheered in some parts of the country.

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== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-05-28-venezuela-tv-protest_N.htm
|title=Thousands protest as Venezuelan TV station goes off the air
|author=
|pub=USA Today
|date=May 28, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-05-28-venezuela-chavez-tv_N.htm
|title=Chavez pulls plug on critical TV station
|author=
|pub=USA Today
|date=May 28, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN2723008820070527?feedType=RSS&rpc=22
|title=Venezuela TV station says troops seized equipment
|author=Brian Ellsworth and Christian Oliver
|pub=Reuters
|date=May 27, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://blogs.salon.com/0001330/2007/05/28.html#a3499
|title=Students protest as Minister charges Globovision, CNN and Venezueladigital with promoting the killing of Chavez
|author=Miguel Octavio
|pub=The Devil's Excrement
|date=May 28, 2007}}

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On May 27th, the Venezuelan government refused to renew the license for public television station RCTV to continue broadcasting, sending  troops to shut down the station and seize equipment to ensure the station did not continue broadcasting. 

Thousands of people have been protesting the closure of one of the few public channels within a country in  which a majority of citizens do not have cable television.  The current protests have been led by students from some of the major Venezuelan universities including Universidad Simon Bolivar, Universitad Central de Venezuela, and Universidad Metropolitana.  

Caracas Metropolitan Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowds. The protests have been going on the whole weekend and have continued through Monday.    

The Chavez government has replaced RCTV with a new pro-government public channel TVes.  Supporters of Chavez cheered in some parts of the country.
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