Venezuelan Supreme Court rejects lawsuits against Chavez

[Judi Lynn]

Venezuelan Supreme Court rejects lawsuits against Chavez
AFP
Thursday, June 11, 2009

CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) - Venezuela's Supreme Court yesterday rejected two suits brought by the embattled private television network Globovision in a legal struggle with President Hugo Chavez over control of the news media.

The court dismissed as "inadmissable" a challenge to a law requiring the broadcast of government informational messages, which the station argued were
"clearly political propaganda."

The court also threw out a suit by Globovision against the National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) for putting up for public bidding two broadcast frequencies that the station had sought.

Last week, the 24-hour news network was fined $3.1 million for allegedly using unauthorised antennas for direct broadcasts in 2003 and for allegedly not reporting "hidden donations" in its 2002 and 2003 tax returns.

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