Venezuela's Last Opposition TV Owner Arrested

WrongSizeGlass writes "AP is reporting the owner of Venezuela's only remaining TV channel that takes a critical line against President Hugo Chavez was arrested Thursday. 'Guillermo Zuloaga, owner of Globovision, was arrested on a warrant for remarks that were deemed "offensive" to the president,' Attorney General Luisa Ortega said. This comes on the heels of last week's story titled Venezuela's Chavez To Limit Internet Freedom."

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Re:Argh, you're right

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Lets start with a slightly more accurate link to the story http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100326/media_nm/us_venezuela_detention_3;_ylt=AukeOQVHjzcSw_2rM1SJtXf9SpZ4, briefly detained not locked up indefinitely. I really have to wonder about "pro-opposition TV station" now what exactly does that mean, I know in most of the modern western world where democracy and free speech are respected, you have 'independent' news services that report the news, not opposition TV stations or opposition news shows.

From what I have come to understand a politically biased TV or cable station stinks to high heaven of corruption, whether it be in Italy, the United States or perhaps even in Venezuela.

The whole Venezuelan political scene has that taint of corruption on one side US corporations with those Venezuelans who gained wealth and powers during colonisation days and on the other those who can trust and believe that only they have the answers and the masses who have yet to understand democracy.

A political system that still has a long way to go mature into a modern egalitarian society. One that will benefit form being left alone and not put under more pressure. Should Venezuela destabilise it will likely ignite the whole region with no winners just tens of millions of losers. Keep in mind the country that is receiving the most US aid in South America is also doing by far the worst. Ending the drug war will likely do more to stabilise South America than anything else possible.