Media Crack-Downs Follow Resources Nationalism In Venezuela & Co.(Radio Caracas Television banned )

This phenomenon is seen elsewhere in the petroleum producing world, particularly in countries like Venezuela where resource nationalism has been on a steady rise in recent years. More than two-thirds of the Venezuelan population approve of President Hugo Chavez as a visionary leader for Latin America's poor. But on Radio Caracas Television (RCTV), a different portrait emerges. In the daily morning show "The Interview", the Venezuelan leader is ridiculed as "that guy" who should be "thrown out" before he becomes a dictator. Now, after more than 50 years on the air, Chavez is…