Friday, May 22, 2009

Venezuelan Police Raid TV President's Office

On Thursday night, Venezuelan intelligence police raided the office of Guillermo Zuloaga, president of the Globovision television network, the New York Times reported.  Globovision is widely seen as an opposition network and has been under attack by the government recently for its reporting on an earthquake a few weeks ago.

The raid came after the government became aware of 24 Toyotas belonging to Zuloaga that were stored on a property located in the eastern part of the country.  Zuloaga maintains that the cars were moved there for safekeeping following a robbery at the dealership he owns.  "I don't know if they're trying to find something to try to shut me up.  They won't shut us up," Zuloaga told reporters.


Online sources: New York Times, Associated Press, The Latin Americanist

1 comment:

m. trigos said...

The Venezuelan dictator, Hugo Chávez Frías, is beyond crazy. He is a very dangerous man, and the entire Latin America should take note of that. In Venezuela if you are rich and against his dictatorship, your life is in serious danger that's the case with the Zuloaga family. It is a miracle nothing happened to this family, thank God!