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CARACAS, Venezuela — Thousands of Venezuelans held separate protests Saturday to support and condemn an opposition-aligned TV station that President Hugo Chavez’s government has threatened with closure.
In recent weeks, the government has stepped up its confrontation with Globovision — the only strongly anti-Chavez channel remaining on the open airwaves. Earlier this month, the president urged Globovision’s executives to reflect on the station’s tough criticism of his government or face shutdown.
