Video: Venezuelans March To Protest RCTV Closure

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"Tens of thousands of Venezuelans marched Saturday to support a TV station aligned with opponents of President Hugo Chavez, whose government plans to kick the channel off the air next week by not renewing its license.The protesters set off from four points of the capital, converging downtown in the biggest show of support yet for Radio Caracas Television, or RCTV, a network that has been critical of Chavez's government.RCTV is scheduled to go off the air at midnight May 27. The channel and its supporters argue Chavez is trying to silence criticism, while the government says it will be replaced by a public-service station and that freedom of expression is being respected."If [Chavez] shuts down the channel, he's crazy," said Rafael Velasquez, a 27-year-old construction worker who traveled 150 miles from the city of Puerto La Cruz to attend the protest. "I don't think it's fair. He has to ask the people whether they want it or not.""

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