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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Thousands of red-clad supporters of President Hugo Chavez strode through the Venezuelan capital Saturday seeking to counter a national outcry over the government's removal of an opposition TV station from the air.
The march was in response to a week of large, sometimes violent protests by students who warned that freedom of expression is threatened by Chavez's refusal to renew Radio Caracas Television's broadcast license, which forced it off the air May 27.
In a speech to thousands of supporters Saturday, the leftist leader threatened to terminate the broadcast licenses of other private media outlets seen as sowing unrest in Venezuela.
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