Thousands of opponents marched on Sunday in Caracas to commemorate the first year of the exhaust air television channel RCTV, which generated a debate over freedom of expression and affected the popularity President Hugo Chávez.
The demonstrators marched through the center of the capital until the seat of the station after a heavy rain, to request the return of the open signal channel, the grant was not renewed by the government and forcing him to only pay television broadcast.
"Everyone can not have (TV) cable. The most humble people I saw was the Radio Caracas and this has hurt us all. We hope to return soon," he said during the march to Globovisión Mrs. Josefina Núñez .
The cessation of RCTV broadcasts, one of the most critical of the government-was marked by controversy, opinion polls said that affected the widespread popularity of Chavez among the country's poor majority. Student groups
led the protests could not stop the measure, protected by a new local telecommunications legislation. Artists
RCTV staff and public speeches addressed the audience from a platform installed on the doors of the station.
Source: Reuters
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