Many other opposition media outlets continue to operate in Venezuela, including the major newspapers and TV channels, making up the clear majority of the Venezuelan media.

His reply to these attacks was given widespread attention in the Venezuelan media.

A 12-year-old boy was shot dead by classmates at his school in Caracas - but the Venezuelan media have been banned from reporting it.

Chavez controls the Venezuelan media with an iron fist and use energy as a political weapon etc etc and he is a model of social democracy.

On 5 July, Venezuelan media showed Hugo Chávez watching Zelaya's attempt to land.

To make the news public on Venezuelan media, Rodriguez called a press conference, supposedly to announce his own resignation.

"I now have a lot of psychopaths on the account and it's best I start another one, kisses," she signed off, according to Venezuelan media.

Most Venezuelan media are still staunchly anti-Chávez.

Three days later, according to the Venezuelan media, Cerati underwent surgery to relieve pressure on his brain due to the ischemic stroke he suffered.

Venezuelan government-owned media claimed that an elite unit of the police, the Cobras, stationed as sharpshooters in the Toncontin airport tower.