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Once a booming music hub, Venezuela’s industry has faced years of economic instability, censorship, and emigration of talent.
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Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2026
Zand said chants supporting Pahlavi during recent protests reflect genuine sentiment, not fabrication, though such claims are difficult to independently verify amid internet shutdowns and state censorship.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 10 Jan. 2026
The law has sparked debate about censorship and LGBTQ+ expression.
—Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
Threets says that being an author hasn’t changed his stance on book censorship, even as incidents continue to rise.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
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suppression
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Cambodian workers who power the country’s export economy remain exposed to unsafe working conditions, poverty wages and systematic union suppression.—
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Because the chemistry is non‑flammable and doesn’t undergo thermal runaway, projects can be sited closer to the load with simpler fire suppression, changing the economics of distribution‑level storage.—
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“Censorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censorship. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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