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2 minute read An employee at the offices of “El Nacional” newspaper, Caracas, Venezuela, 14 June 2019, FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images Venezuelan authorities should ensure that civil defamation suits cannot be abused to censor news outlets, and should return El Nacional ’s headquarters to its owners immediately. This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 17 May 2021. Venezuelan authorities should ensure that civil defamation suits cannot be abused to censor news outlets, and should return  El Nacional’s headquarters to its owners immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. At about 7 p.m. on May 14, National Guard agents executing an order issued by a Caracas court raided the newspaper’s headquarters in the Los Cortijos area of Caracas, evacuated the outlet’s staff, and took control of the building, according to a report by 

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