Venezuela Deports Journalists to Block Coverage of Massive Anti-Socialist Protest

In anticipation of a major rally against the socialist government Thursday, Venezuelan police rounded up and deported journalists affiliated with the Miami Herald, Le Monde, Al Jazeera, and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). “As soon as I stepped off the plane at the Caracas airport, immigration officials confiscated my passport, then ordered me to take the next flight back to Bogotá,” the CPJ’s John Otis, who is based in Colombia, writes in NPR. He notes that, as he writes the article awaiting his flight, “alongside me… are Marie-Eve Detoeuf of the French daily Le Monde, and Cesar Moreno, a reporter for Colombia’s Radio Caracol. A few days ago an Al-Jazeera TV crew was turned back at the airport.” -- More...