Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Winners and Losers of Venezuela’s Coercive Policy for Presidential Addresses

By COHA Research Associate Matthew Lackey and COHA Senior Research Fellow Denise Stanley

1 Asamblea Nacional de la Republica Boliviariana de Venezuela Decreta, Ley de Responsibilidad Social en Radio y Television, Gaceta Oficial 38.333, December 12, 2005.

2 "Broadcast battles; Venezuela.(Venezuela's broadcasting battles)," The Economist [US], July 21, 2007: 39US. Academic OneFile, (accessed February 23, 2010).

3 Ministerio del Poder Popular para las Obras Publicas y Vivienda, Providencia Administritiva, Directorio de Responsibilidad Social, Técnica sobre los Servicios de Producción Nacional Audiovisual, December 22, 2009, Article 2.

4 Ministerio del Poder Popular para las Obras Publicas y Vivienda, Providencia Administritiva, Directorio de Responsibilidad Social, Técnica sobre los Servicios de Producción Nacional Audiovisual, December 22, 2009, Article 3.

5 RNV Web Press, “RCTV broke the law on repeated occasions,” Correo del Orinoco, January 26, 2010, http://www.rnv.gov.ve/noticias/index.php?act=ST&f=31&t=118336, (accessed 28 February 2010).

6 Christopher Toothaker, “Anti-Chávez TV Channel Removed from Cable,” Associated Press, accessed from Forbes.com, http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/01/24/general-lt-venezuela-media_7298640.html, (accessed February 21, 2009).

7 Tamara Pearson, “Venezuela’s Chavez Calls for Calm after Violent Pro-RCTV Protests,” Venezuelanalysis.com, http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news/5113, February 2, 2010, (accessed February 21, 2009).

8 Fabiola Sanchez, “Venezuelan Police Scatter Protesters as Chavez Supporters Marks Anniversary of his 1992 Coup,” The Canadian Press, February 4, 2010.

9 Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias, “Autorización para marcha opositora del 4F fue negada,” February 3, 2010, http://www.abn.info.ve/noticia.php?articulo=218748&lee=1, (accessed February 21, 2010).

10 Washington Office on Latin America, “WOLA Faults Suspension of Cable TV Stations in Venezuela; Sees Deliberate Effort to Stifle Government Critic,” 29 January, 2009, http://www.wola.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=viewp&id=1048&Itemid=8, (accessed 28 February 2010).

11 Fabiola Sanchez, “Owners of anti-Chavez TV to launch new channel, seek return to Venezuela's television sets,” The Canadian Press, February 22, 2010.

12 Christopher Toothaker, “Venezuela Opposition Protests Domestic Woes, Chavez Supporters Mount Counter Demonstration,” The Canadian Press, January 23, 2010.

13 "Venezuela," World Mark Encyclopedia of the Nations 2007, http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2586700178.html#MEDIA Accessed March 16, 2010.

14 Christopher Toothaker, “Anti-Chávez TV Channel Removed from Cable,” Associated Press accessed from Forbes.com. January 24, 2010. http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/01/24/general-lt-venezuela-media_7298640.html, (accessed February 21, 2009).

15 World Bank. World Development Indicators Online. Subscription available at Http:// http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/DATASTATISTICS/0,,contentMDK:21725423~pagePK:64133150~piPK:64133175~theSitePK:239419,00.html Accessed February 10, 2010.

16 Asamblea Nacional de la Republica Boliviariana de Venezuela Decreta, Ley de Responsibilidad Social en Radio y Television, Gaceta Oficial 38.333, December 12, 2005, Article 6.

17 Federal Communications Commission, “Obscene, indecent, and profane broadcasts,” http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/obscene.html (accessed February 23, 2010).

18 Asamblea Nacional de la Republica Boliviariana de Venezuela Decreta, Ley de Responsibilidad Social en Radio y Television, Gaceta Oficial 38.333, December 12, 2005, Article 10.

19 Personal communication

20 Federal Communications Commission, “The Emergency Alert System,” http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/eas.html (accessed February 23, 2010).

21 Federal Communications Commission, “The Emergency Alert System,” http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/eas.html (accessed February 23, 2010).

22 Cañizález, Andrés. “Media and government in Venezuela: what price freedom?” Media Development 2: 25-48, 2008.

23 Cañizález, Andrés. “Media and government in Venezuela: what price freedom?” Media Development 2: 25-48, 2008.

24 Organization of American States Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Democracy and Human Rights in Venezuela, December 30, 2009, available at http://cidh.org/pdf%20files/VENEZUELA%202009%20ENG.pdf, p. 87 paragraph 343.

25 Organization of American States Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Democracy and Human Rights in Venezuela, December 30, 2009, available at http://cidh.org/pdf%20files/VENEZUELA%202009%20ENG.pdf, p. 97 paragraph 373 .

26 Reporters Without Borders, “Presidential Speeches Should Have to be Broadcast by Just One Station,” February 3, 2010, http://www.rsf.org/Presidential-speeches-should-have.html, (accessed February 21, 2010).

27 David Edwards, "Chavez and RCTV: media enemies at home and abroad, " NACLA Report on the Americas 40.5 (Sept-Oct 2007): 51(2). Academic OneFile. Gale,
http://find.galegroup.com/gtx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T002&prodId=AONE&docId=A168775819&source=gale&userGroupName=vic_regent&version=1.0>, (accessed February 23, 2010).

28 TeleSUR, “El Canal,” http://www.telesurtv.net/noticias/canal/index.php (accessed February 23, 2009).



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