His worry declares the German presidency of the European Union before the cessation of the emission of the most ancient channel of Venezuela, RCTV, which also was also the last big television of opposition of the country

"The EU notices with worry the decision of the government of the Republic Bolivariana of Venezuela to allow to expire the license of emission of Radio Caracas Television on May 27 without opening contest so that he could continue", it indicated the European presidency in a bulletin published in Berlin.

After underlining that "the European Union (EU) and the Republic Bolivariana of Venezuela are compromised by the democratic values", the German presidency needed that "the freedom of speech and of press essential elements of the democracy are".

"To this intention, the European Union hopes that Venezuela should protect these freedoms and should support the pluralism in the information dissemination", he added the note of the EU.

Acquaintance in the whole Latin America for his programs of entertainment and his soap operas, the chain RCTV must have faced to the hard criticism of the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, on the critical tone of his news and the support that the channel gave to the frustrated coup d'état against the chief in 2002.


(29/05/07)