Tag: CNN Espanol Venezuela

• Thursday, February 16th 2017 - 11:42 UTC

  Venezuela pulls CNN Spanish off the air; channel accused officials of selling passports to Arab terrorists

  

  Venezuela pulled CNN's Spanish-language television channel off the air on Wednesday, accusing it of spreading “propaganda” about an alleged visa racket at the country's embassy in Iraq. The state National Telecommunications Commission ordered “the immediate suspension of broadcasts by the news channel CNN in Spanish” in Venezuela, a government statement said.