View source for Anti-Chavez Radio is Raided in Venezuela

====Date: [[:Category:2003|2003]]====

====Region: [[:Category:Central America and the Caribbean|Central America and the Caribbean]]====

====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]====

====Medium: [[:Category:Radio|Radio]]====
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'''Artist:''' Alberto Federico Ravell

'''Confronting Bodies:''' Venezuelan Information Minister, Jesse Chacon

'''Date of Action:''' October 2003

'''Location:''' Caracas, Venezuela

'''Description of Artwork:''' Globovision is a 24-hour news station that is known for anti-government content. <P>

'''The Incident:''' On October 3, 2003, Venezuelan officials confiscated transmission equipment from the radio station in Caracas.  Jesse Chacon, Information Minister, said that the siezure was part of a routine inspection in response to Globovision operating on frequencies illegally.  Last year President Hugo Chavez accused Globovision of supporting a coup against him and threatened to revoke the station's license as well as the licenses of other private stations that he views as biased against him. <P>

'''Results of Incident:''' The news channel remained on the air. <P>

'''Source:''' www.nytimes.com

[[Category:2003]]
[[Category:2000s]]
[[Category:21st century]]
[[Category:Central America and the Caribbean]]
[[Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]
[[Category:Radio]]
[[Category:Alberto Federico Ravell]]

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