One Edtior Jailed as Another Newspaper Closes in Venezuela

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The director of Correo del Caroní was thrown in jail for four years as El Carabobeno had to close down because it couldn’t get newsprint. In Latin American Herald Tribune of Caracas Carlos Camacho spoke with Luis Salamanca, a political consultant in Caracas, who argued that “these are Maduro’s contributions to the destruction of democratic media, which Chávez started by shutting down Radio Caracas Television.” “Maduro is adding a new element: manipulating the supply of newsprint. He is just letting newspapers die. Several newspapers have closed because of the very same problem,” he added. Social media is now about the only outlet for criticism, he noted.