Journalists ask Information Minister to condemn attacks on reporters

Alonso Moleiro, the vice-president elect of the Venezuelan Association of Journalists (CNP), Monday asked Communication and Information Minister Andrés Izarra to condemn, on behalf of the Venezuelan government, the attacks against some media workers. 'We are urging Venezuelan top officials, particularly minister Izarra, to condemn these aggressions. The climate of impunity existing in Venezuela is not favorable for the government,' Moleiro said. The vice-president elect of the CNP said that the association's board of directors believes the attacks against reporters 'are happening with the consent of some government officials.'