Opposition Newspaper Editor Accuses Venezuelan Official of Censorship

The editor of a Venezuelan newspaper accused the number two official in President Nicolas Maduro’s government of trying to censor his publication with an illegal defamation suit.

Teodoro Petkoff, the editor of the independent newspaper Tal Cual, and a known critic of the current government led by President Maduro, as well as his predecessor Hugo Chavez, asked the country’s prosecutors to investigate Diosdado Cabello, the president of the National Assembly.

This legal spat began even before student protests started sweeping the country in February. But Petkoff now views the incident as a government attempt to control an opposition media outlet Read more…

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