Catia TVe (Televisora Comunitaria del Oeste) is a

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, created and administered by the residents of

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, a major neighborhood in the capital city of

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. Seventy percent of its programming is created by community organizations in the

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s (poor, heavily populated neighborhoods in Venezuela). It can be seen in the city of

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channel 41.

History

Catia TVe began transmission on March 30, 2001. The channel's broadcasts were suspended on April 11, 2002, during the

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by political opponents and Venezuelan businessmen who had ousted the president of Venezuela,

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for two days. Catia TVe's signal wasn't restored until July 10, 2003. Shortly thereafter the then mayor de Caracas,

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, ordered them to move their headquarters into a hospital in the city. It wasn't until July 11, 2004 that Catia TVe once again began broadcasting, currently reaching most of the city from their very own headquarters. On March 30, 2006, Catia TVe went from transmitting 14 hours a day to 18 hours a day because they have started showing programs from TeleSUR and important sessions of the National Assembly from

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History

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