Link Ch. 15 – How Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez Controls Country’s Media

In 2007, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez made heavy use of authoritarian media control by denying the country’s oldest and most watched television network , Radio Caracas Television, a broadcasting license.  In doing so, silenced the government’s sharpest critic.  You can read more about it here:

• Washington Post – Pulling the Plug on Anti-Chavez TV