May 24, 2014 -- Updated 1137 GMT (1937 HKT)
A CNN team was turned away from Venezuela this week as it attempted to
pick up journalists' credentials to cover upcoming local elections. FULL STORY
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CNN team denied right to cover Venezuela local elections
May 24, 2014 -- Updated 1427 GMT (2227 HKT)
In Spanish: Venezuela niega credenciales a CNN
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- CNN's Fernando del Rincón and his producer are denied accreditation in Venezuela
- The CNN team intended to cover municipal elections in San Cristóbal, scene of protests
- CNN has been criticized by Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro for its coverage
- Students first took to the streets to protest in San Cristóbal in February
A CNN en Español
correspondent and producer appeared Friday at the Ministry of
Communications in Caracas, and an official told them their credentials
were denied.
When the crew asked for
an explanation, the official said that "they didn't understand why CNN
needed to send an anchor to cover local elections when there are two
correspondents accredited in Venezuela."
The CNN team, including
reporter Fernando del Rincón, intended to travel to the state of
Táchira, where the most violent protests erupted in February in the
southwestern city of San Cristóbal.
Opposition Mayor Daniel
Ceballos was accused of civil rebellion and conspiracy after the
government said he failed to stop violent protests in his city. He was
jailed in March and given a 12-month sentence. The city of San Cristóbal
has never had a pro-government mayor.
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San Diego Mayor Enzo
Scarano was also jailed for 10 months after the government accused him
of ignoring an order given by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice to stop
the protests.
The wives of both the
mayors are running in the municipal elections Sunday. Ceballos' wife has
no political experience, while Scarano's spouse is a city councilwoman.
CNN has been reporting on
the protests since February when the attempted rape of a young student
on a San Cristóbal university campus galvanized students, who took to
the streets to speak out against crime, shortages, blackouts and a dire
economic situation.
Students were jailed and, in solidarity, protests began in other cities.
In the course of CNN's
coverage of the protests, del Rincón has been criticized by both
President Nicolas Maduro and the president of the National Assembly,
Diosdado Cabello.
An investigative piece
by CNN showed that Cabello lied about alleged weapons found at a retired
general's home. The picture that he used as evidence of the weaponry
was of a gun shop in Wisconsin.
Human Rights Watch voiced concern in February that Venezuela was censoring the news media and highlighted Maduro's efforts to take CNN off the airwaves.
Clashes between
anti-government protesters and security forces have left more than 40
people dead and around 800 injured since February, according to
officials.
Maduro has said
protesters are "fascists and extreme right thugs" who are trying to
destabilize the government to promote a coup. Protesters call Maduro a
dictator who has ruined the Venezuelan economy with failed socialist
policies.
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