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The RCTV protests were a series of protests in Venezuela that began in the middle of May 2007. The cause of the protests was the refusal by the government to renew the broadcasting license of Venezuela's oldest private television network, Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV), instead creating a new public service channel called TVes which began operations on May 28, the same day RCTV's license expired. RCTV had Venezuela's largest viewing audience, with 10 million of the country's 26 million people viewing its shows and soap operas. ==Background== On April 11, 2002, supporters and opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez clashed at the Miraflores Palace during a coup d'état attempt. According to BBC News, a sector of the Armed Forces asked for Chávez's resignation, holding him responsible for a massacre during the demonstrations.〔(Venezuela investiga el "Carmonazo". ) BBC News (October 5, 2004). Retrieved 13 June 2006. 〕〔(Interim Venezuelan president sworn in. ) BBC News. (13 April 2002). Retrieved on 31 August 2006.〕 Commander of the Army Lucas Rincón Romero reported in a nationwide broadcast that Chávez had resigned his presidency,〔 a charge Chávez would later deny. Chávez was taken to a military base while Fedecámaras president Pedro Carmona was appointed as the transitional President of Venezuela,〔 following mass protests and a general strike by his opponents.〔(Upheaval in Venezuela. ) PBS (April 12, 2002). Retrieved on October 29, 2006.〕 Carmona's first decree reversed the major social and economic policies that comprised Chávez's "Bolivarian Revolution", and dissolved both the National Assembly and the Venezuelan judiciary, while reverting the nation's name back to ''República de Venezuela''. Carmona's decrees were followed by pro-Chávez uprisings across Caracas. Responding to these disturbances, Venezuelan soldiers loyal to Chávez called for massive popular support for a counter-coup. The military frustrated from not having received formal proof of Chavez's resignation withdrew their support of Carmona's presidency. Carmona's regime was toppled, and Chávez resumed his presidency on the night of Saturday, 13 April 2002. Over the following months, and again in the wake of the 2002-03 lock-out and general strike, Chávez stepped up his criticism of the country's private media companies, accusing them of having supported the coup. On his weekly television program ''Aló Presidente'' and in other forums, he regularly referred to the leading private media owners as "coup plotters", "fascists", and "the four horsemen of the apocalypse".〔 (Venezuela's war of the airwaves ), BBC News, 19 March 2004, accessed 2007-05-31.〕 He reminded them that their concessions operated at the pleasure of the state and that if they "went too far", their concessions could be canceled at any time.〔 ''"Lo juro por mis hijos... En el momento en que pasen la raya de la ley serán cerrados indefectiblemente."'' ''Aló Presidente'', November 9, 2003, (Program No. 171 ).〕 An article from Reuters mentions the position of the Chávez government that the TV station, among others, "openly supported a coup against him in April 2002 and refused to show the massive mobilization of his supporters that turned the tide back in the president's favor."〔(Venezuela's Chavez widens attack on opposition media ) Reuters (May 29, 2007). Retrieved on May 29, 2007.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2007 RCTV protests」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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