Protests over media freedom continued in Venezuela Tuesday, a day after two student protesters were killed in separate clashes.
Venezuelan cable television providers dropped a channel Sunday that has been critical of President Hugo Chavez, citing violation of broadcast laws.
At least 34 private radio stations in Venezuela were closed indefinitely Friday, and 206 more were at risk of being shut down, a government official said.
Latin America political analyst Carlos Caicedo joins CNN to discuss what fueled Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's loss.
Venezuelans, by the slimmest of margins, rejected a constitutional referendum that would have allowed President Hugo Chavez to seek re-election indefinitely and tightened socialism's grip on the oil-rich Latin American nation.
PROTESTERS TOOK TO THE STREETS in Caracas, Venezuela's capital, over a decision by President Hugo Chávez not to renew the broadcasting license of Radio Caracas Television (RCTV), the country's oldest and most popular station. Until the government's action on May 27 to turn the station over to state-backed programming, RCTV featured news and entertainment, including telenovelas. For demonstrators, like the one above, the issue is one of freedom of the press, not protecting favorite shows. Several Latin American governments, as well as Brazil's Senate, condemned the station's removal. But Chávez said the privately owned station violated laws by airing calls for his ouster five years ago, declaring RCTV "coupist." He also called its primetime content immoral. Two other stations that also provided coup coverage had since toned down their criticism, but RCTV had not. A third, Globovisión, is the only remaining station to air criticism of government policies. While renewing the licenses
Protesters take to the streets after the Venezuelan leader denies a broacast license to an opposition TV network
Radio Caracas Television, the station silenced by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, has found a way to continue its daily broadcasts -- on YouTube, the popular video Web site.
As thousands of students marched in the streets in support, a Venezuelan television channel denied accusations that it was inciting violence against the government.
Venezuela's most-watched television station -- and outlet for the political opposition -- went off the air after the government refused to renew its broadcast license.
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