State to take over banned TV station
From Times Wire Reports
Venezuela’s top court ordered the Defense Ministry to guard and control transmission equipment and antennas belonging to an opposition television station that President Hugo Chavez has ordered closed. Chavez accuses RCTV of backing a 2002 coup against him, but the order to close it Monday has prompted international condemnation.
The Supreme Court determined that the government must take RCTV’s broadcast equipment to ensure a smooth transfer to a state channel.
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