The new rules passed in December require stations to air Chavez's speeches, among other mandates. RCTV spokeswoman Gladys Zapiain said all Venezuelan cable television providers dropped the station ...

RCTV, the Andean nation’s oldest television outlet, has transmitted via cable and satellite since it was forced off the public airwaves in 2007. The Chavez administration declined to renew the ...

Here is a look at the life of the late Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela from 1998 to 2013.Personal:Birth date: ...

May 28, 2007 – Chavez creates a furor when he refuses to renew the broadcast license of Radio Caracas Television (RCTV), Venezuela’s oldest television network. His decision to shut it down ...