[HIGHLIGHTS] Nicolás Maduro describes television station Deutsche Welle as a “Nazi medium”

Nicolás Maduro describes television station Deutsche Welle as a “Nazi medium”. The government has banned the station from broadcasting.

In 2017, CNN's Spanish-language affiliate was shut down in Venezuela amid allegations of involvement in a "conspiracy" The national journalists' association SNTP and organizations defending freedom of expression also complain about an increasing "escalation" against Venezuelan media. According to them, around 200 newspapers, radio stations and television channels were closed within two decades.