World Report 2009: Venezuela
22 January 2009
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This is part one of a series. Part two focuses on the legacy of Venezuela’s state surveillance.
Eight people are detained by Nicolás Maduro’s government for carrying out their journalistic duties.
President Nicolás Maduro’s regime has increased surveillance, persecuted political dissent, and blocked the flow of information online. Venezuelan journalists, activists and political dissidents are looking for ways to circumvent and report the abuse.