Well, well. What a Surprise.

You don't think Chavez got this idea from Fidel Castro, do you?

Press freedom group accuses Venezuela govt:
"CARACAS, Venezuela -- A U.S.-based press freedom watchdog is in Venezuela to investigate complaints that President Hugo Chavez is using news laws and the courts to silence journalists critical of his leftist government.

Several Venezuelan journalists are under investigation for charges from libel to murder, cases critics say were trumped up to intimidate independent media."