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Censorship in Venezuela refers to all actions which can be considered as suppression in speech in the country. Reporters Without Borders ranked Venezuela 137th out of 180 countries in its ''World Press Freedom Index 2015'' and classified Venezuela's freedom of information in the "difficult situation" level.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://rsf.org/index2014/data/carte2014_en.png )〕 The Constitution of Venezuela says that freedom of expression and press freedom are protected. Article 57 states that "Everyone has the right to freely express his or her thoughts, ideas or opinions orally, in writing or by any other form of expression, and to use for such purpose any means of communication and diffusion, and no censorship shall be established." It also states that "Censorship restricting the ability of public officials to report on matters for which they are responsible is prohibited." According to Article 58, "Everyone has the right to timely, truthful and impartial information, without censorship..."〔("Constitution of Venezuela in English" ) 1999 Constitution of Venezuela〕 Human Rights Watch said that during "the leadership of President Chávez and now President Maduro, the accumulation of power in the executive branch and the erosion of human rights guarantees have enabled the government to intimidate, censor, and prosecute its critics" and reported that broadcasters may be censored if they criticize the government.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/12/venezuela-halt-censorship-intimidation-media )〕 Reporters Without Borders said that the media in Venezuela is "almost entirely dominated by the government and its obligatory announcements, called ''cadenas''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://rsf.org/index2014/en-americas.php# )〕 According to the Venezuelan government in 2012, 70% of media in Venezuela is private, 5% is government owned and 25% is community media, though there is "systematic self-censorship" encouraged to private media due to pressure by the Venezuelan government. ==Media buyouts== Soon after Nicolas Maduro became President of Venezuela, ''El Universal'', ''Globovisión'' and ''Últimas Noticias'', three of some of the largest Venezuelan media organizations, were sold to owners that were allegedly sympathetic to the Venezuelan government. Soon after, employees of the affected media organizations began to resign, some supposedly due to censorship enforced by the new owners of the organizations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://cnpcaracas.org/2014/03/noticias/renuncia-jefa-de-investigacion-de-ultimas-noticias-por-censura/ )〕 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「Censorship in Venezuela」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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