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	<title>What&#039;s Next Venezuela? &#187; Freedom of the Press</title>
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		<title>ICYMI: Venezuela keeps rooting for Syrian dictator</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/press-freedom/icymi-venezuela-keeps-rooting-for-syrian-dictator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Miami Herald
September 18, 2013
By Andres Oppenheimer
Courtesy of: AFP
Much of the world is demanding greater pressure on Syria following a United Nations inspectors’ report hinting that Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons in his country’s civil war, but — amazingly — Venezuela and some of its Latin American allies are still]]></description>
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		<title>In Case You Missed It…Articles Roundup Week of 8/30/13</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/press-freedom/in-case-you-missed-itarticles-roundup-week-of-83013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2013 20:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of: Associated Press
This week: Nicolás Maduro airs his own hypocrisy by seeking enhanced powers to “tackle corruption;” leading Venezuelan TV news channel Globovisión receives a volley of resignations amid government censorship; the Venezuelan daily newspaper Versión Final is sold to a government supporter,  likely leading to staff dismissals; and ex-managers for Venezuelan oil-giant]]></description>
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		<title>ICYMI: Venezuela Opposition Comes Under Siege</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/press-freedom/icymi-venezuela-opposition-comes-under-siege/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wall Street Journal
August 9, 2013
By José de Córdoba and Ezequiel Minaya
Courtesy of: Associated Press
CARACAS—Venezuela&#8217;s President Nicolás Maduro, the political heir to late populist Hugo Chávez, is ratcheting up intimidation of his political foes as his government prepares for key municipal elections amid a deteriorating economy.
Oscar López, a senior aide to]]></description>
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		<title>In Case You Missed It…Articles Roundup Week of 8/2/13</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/news/in-case-you-missed-itarticles-roundup-week-of-8213/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2013 19:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of: El Universal
This week: The Venezuelan government tightens its control over the media as authorities freeze the assets of “El Nacional” owner Miguel Henrique Otero; Otero then accuses the government of trying to intimidate and silence his paper; pro-government deputies in Venezuela revoke the immunity of opposition lawmaker Richard Mardo and drum up]]></description>
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		<title>ICYMI: Venezuela Government Trying to Silence Media</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/press-freedom/icymi-editor-venezuela-government-trying-to-silence-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2013 16:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Associated Press
July 30, 2013
By Fabiola Sanchez and Frank Bajak
Courtesy of: Periodista Latino
The head of one Venezuela&#8217;s last two nationally circulating opposition newspapers accused the leftist government on Monday of trying to intimidate and silence it.
Miguel Henrique Otero, editor and publisher of El Nacional, was responding to a weekend announcement by]]></description>
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		<title>Nicolás Maduro off to an inauspicious start as Venezuela’s dubiously-elected president</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/press-freedom/nicolas-maduro-off-to-an-inauspicious-start-as-venezuelas-dubiously-elected-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 19:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of: Agence France Presse
Almost immediately after Venezuela’s partisan electoral authority declared Nicolás Maduro the winner of last month’s presidential election, he and his ruling PSUV party faced a choice that may yet define Venezuela’s future for years to come. Reports of thousands of irregularities in the voting process, including suspicions of fraud, sparked]]></description>
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		<title>ICYMI: Venezuela, the bane of human rights</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/news/icymi-venezuela-the-bane-of-human-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post
November 11, 2012
By Editorial Board
Courtesy of: Reuters
ON MONDAY, new members will be selected for the United Nations Human Rights Council, the top-level group for the protection and promotion of human rights. Its members have not always been paragons of respect for human dignity. Those leaving the 47-member council at]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuelan Assembly Considers New Media-Control Law</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/news/venezuelan-assembly-considers-new-media-control-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of: Reuters
Having secured reelection, Hugo Chávez has signaled his intention to pivot back to his most extreme socialist policies. After presenting a more moderate face as a candidate, Chávez has pledged to deepen his socialist revolution as president. The pace of expropriations slowed in the politically crucial months before Oct. 7, but now]]></description>
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		<title>In Case You Missed It… Articles Roundup Week of 10/19/12</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/news/in-case-you-missed-it-articles-roundup-week-of-101912/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of: AP
Less than a week after winning reelection, Chávez swore in his new Vice President, former Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro and six other cabinet ministers. On Monday Chávez will submit his fiscal year 2013 budget to the National Assembly, largely based on his socialist model. According to the National Institute of Statistics (INE),]]></description>
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		<title>ICYMI: Venezuela’s government begins process of withdrawing from OAS human rights bodies</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/news/icymi-venezuelas-government-begins-process-of-withdrawing-from-oas-human-rights-bodies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post via Associated Press
September 10, 2012
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela has begun the process of pulling out of two human rights bodies by formally withdrawing from a regional human rights pact, the Organization of American States said Monday.
Venezuela&#8217;s government notified OAS Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza that it is renouncing the American]]></description>
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