On April 6, 2017, reporter Elvis Flores was arrested while covering the protests during the
constitutional crisis. At the time of his arrest, police took Flores’ equipment and VPItv was subsequently forced to stop the broadcasts for the next 8 hours. The reporter was released 9 hours later and was reportedly beaten. On October 16, 2017, the day following the regional elections, protesters in
Bolívar State attacked VPItv journalist Carlos Suniaga. According to National Union of Press Workers of Venezuela (SNTP), Carlos Suniaga was threatened and beaten by opposition supporters around the Regional Electoral Office, additionally, they forced him to erase the material from the protest and kicked him in the back. Suniaga later said that both the opposition and supporters of the government must respect the work of the press.
DNS blocking is employed to generate the disruptions. Between 29 and 30 January, at least eleven press personnel were arrested. On the evening of 29 January, four journalists were arrested by the Maduro government while reporting near the Miraflores presidential palace—Venezuelan journalists Ana Rodríguez of VPItv and Maiker Yriarte of
TV Venezuela, and Chilean journalists Rodrigo Pérez and Gonzalo Barahona of
TVN Chile. The two Venezuelan journalists were released; the Chilean journalists were deported. During 23 February clashes, there were numerous reports of Venezuelan authorities and paramilitaries attacking press workers, including workers of the Associated Press, Ecos del Torbes, La Prensa de Lara, Telemundo,
TVVenezuela, VIVOplay, VPItv and others. After the events of 23 February to
ship of humanitarian aid to Venezuela, Guaidó and Colombian President
Iván Duque's evening speech in
Las Tienditas Bridge was similarly blocked for CANTV users in Venezuela. More disruptions recurred during the
Lima Group session on the 24th and during the US Vice-president
Mike Pence's speech on 25 February. The livestream of the press conference of US Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo and Colombian President
Iván Duque Márquez on 15 April 2019 was disrupted for CANTV users. == See also ==