Another Venezuela TV chief fears closure

The closure of Venezuela's last remaining opposition TV station, Globovision, would be "the beginning of the end" of President Hugo Chávez's rule, says the channel's chief, Alberto Ravell. He told Spanish daily ABC: "It would close the escape valve available to Venezuelans." It is "the only station in Venezuela whose editorial line is not set by the government." Last month Chávez refused to renew the broadcast licence of Radio Caracas Television, which expired on May 27, on grounds the network was conspiring to overthrow him. (Via Radio Netherlands/AFP)