Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro on Friday revoked the press credentials of the CNN team in the country, following through on threats he made Thursday to kick the network out of the country for how they're covering the ongoing protests and civil unrest.
Seven of CNN's journalists, including CNN en Español anchor Patricia
Janiot, were notified they are no longer allowed to report in the
country. According to a CNN spokesperson, Janiot has left the country
but other reporters remain there.
On Thursday, Maduro said on state TV he will no longer "accept war
propaganda against Venezuela" and that if CNN didn't "rectify" their
coverage, they'd be kicked out. The government has already kicked out
journalists from NTN-24, a Colombia-based news network.
"We hope the government will reconsider its decision," CNN Español
said in an on-air statement. "In the meantime, we will continue
reporting on Venezuela in a just, accurate and balanced manner that
characterizes us as a journalistic enterprise."
The government has almost complete control of TV in Venezuela, making
CNN one of the few channels broadcasting the protests against
corruption, crime and lack of basic supplies that have rocked the
country recently. Maduro also said this week he was expelling three U.S.
diplomats from the country, saying they were "conspiring against the
government," though the State Department said on Tuesday they hadn't received a formal notification of expulsion
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