McGrath, I'll ask my Rog to come in later tonight if he has time, but it is my understanding this is a move to quash ANY kind of opposition to Chavez and most of the Venezuelans are against it. (Kind of like what George Bush has tried to do, with some success, to our media.) As you may remember, Rog worked down there for several years as a television broadcast engineer and came to know many very well. he is also on a daily blog with Venezuelans, both living in their country and elsewhere, with front row seats to this latest action by Chavez. I asked him how the situation was, today, from those people he is in contact with. His reply was an understated "pretty bad." If he doesn't have time to come in, I'll ask him for some links to other thoughts on the subject and post them.