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Venezuela: Argentina can't "disappear" leftist TV network
In this July 24, 2005, file photo, workers set up for the inauguration of Telesur in Caracas, Venezuela
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j: In this July 24, 2005, file photo, workers set up for the inauguration of Telesur in Caracas, Venezuela. Argentine Minister of Communication Hermann Lombardi announced on March 28, that the country is pulling out of the Spanish-language television network started by the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as a vehicle for promoting leftist politics in Latin America. (AP Photo/Leslie Mazoch) (AP Photo/Leslie Mazoch)
In this July 24, 2005, file photo, workers set up for the inauguration of Telesur in Caracas, Venezuela. Argentine Minister of Communication Hermann Lombardi announced on March 28, that the country is pulling out of the Spanish-language television network started by the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as a vehicle for promoting leftist politics in Latin America. (AP Photo/Leslie Mazoch)
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Monday that Argentina would not be able to "disappear" the Telesur regional television network as it erased the lives of people during the country's military dictatorship.
"The same actors who disappeared 30,000 young people in Argentina are trying to disappear Telesur," Maduro said of the conservative Argentine government that announced Sunday it would pull its nearly 20 percent stake out of the Spanish-language network.
Argentina said it was leaving because it had been shut out of financial and editorial decisions.
Maduro said the left-leaning network started by his predecessor President Hugo Chavez would continue to inform the Argentine people and stand for truth and freedom of expression in Latin America.
Venezuela's socialist president said in televised remarks on Monday that Argentine President Mauricio Macri could not make the network go away, or prevent people from accessing Telesur's reporting online.
Argentina's Minister of Communications Hernan Lombardi said on Twitter that Maduro's statements did not merit a response.
Argentina is the first partner to pull out since a coalition of governments launched the channel in 2005.
As many as 30,000 people were killed or disappeared during a crackdown on leftists by Argentina's military dictatorship from 1976-83. (ags)
