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Venezuela Silences Reporting on Oil
Posted: Tuesday, April 9, 2002

Venezuela's government all but silenced independent broadcast news reporting of a nationwide general strike called Tuesday to support a work slowdown at the state oil monopoly that has roiled international oil markets.

President Hugo Chavez used a law to force all TV and radio stations to transmit dozens of government broadcasts insisting all was normal Tuesday, angering Venezuela's largest labor and business confederations, which called the 24-hour strike. MORE



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