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The International Association of Broadcasting noted the expansion of the "Bolivarian model to control the press"
The shutdown of 32 radio stations was reported by the International Association of Broadcasting (IAB) in Brazil (Photo: Kisaí Mendoza)
POLITICS
On Wednesday, during the 39th General Assembly of the International Association of Broadcasting (IAB), in Brasilia, the Venezuelan delegation urged both the international community and the hemispheric organization to request Hugo Chávez's government to meet its duties.
Oswaldo Quintana, an adviser of the Venezuelan Chamber of the Radio and TV Broadcasting Industry and legal representative of private TV channel Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV), as well as Nelson Belfort, the president of the Chamber, took the floor to present the case of Venezuela.
Quintana told reporters that they suggested calling for the international community to "demand the Venezuelan government to meet with its obligations under the Organization of American States (OAS), the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Democratic Charter."
He highlighted the "double standard" of the Venezuelan government regarding the crisis in Honduras, because it "purports to be a champion of justice" requesting the Central American country to fulfill its international commitments, but "it has not allowed the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to visit Venezuela and it is also refusing to enforce the decisions of the IACHR."
The Venezuelan delegates also urged the international community to demand Chávez's government to restore the open signal of RCTV and the 32 closed radio stations.
Daniel Slaviero, the Brazilian vice president of IAB, said that other Latin American countries have the clear intention "to expand the Bolivarian model" which, in his view, seeks to "increase control" over the media.
theis@eluniversal.com
Reyes Theis
EL UNIVERSAL
http://english.eluniversal.com/2009/10/01/en_pol_esp_iab-urges-venezuelan_01A2821617.shtml
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