"If the channel changes its editorial line after this sale, Venezuelans will have even more limited information in the coming weeks before the elections, " Vivanco added.

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Indeed, Jose Miguel Vivanco, director of Human Rights Watch-Americas, says he has evidence in contradiction of what the army says showing that, in some of Colombia's most violent areas, military units directly promote or support paramilitary activity.

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