Spike Lee defends free speech on Venezuela visit (AP)

The director didn't directly refer to the dispute in Venezuela, but he said there are "no circumstances" under which news media should be silenced.

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Chavez has increasingly clashed with Venezuela's private media, endorsing plans to revoke the licenses of 240 radio stations after officials said they didn't update their registrations. Regulators also have begun a series of investigations into Globovision — the only strongly anti-Chavez TV channel on the open airwaves — that could lead to its closure. Lee has never been one to sidestep controversy. Many of his films make bold statements about race relations in the United States, and 20 years after the release of "Do The Right Thing," a film about a race riot in Brooklyn, the message still rings strong.

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