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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | July 2007 
Mexican President Denies Government Role in Closure of Radio Show That Highlighted Rival
 Associated Press
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| | Radio host and news commentator Jose Gutierrez Vivo. |
Mexico City – President Felipe Calderón on Saturday denied allegations that a reduction in government advertising forced the closure of radio program that devoted significant air time a political rival.
Radio host and news commentator Jose Gutierrez Vivo ended his long-running radio program, known as Monitor, on Friday after it was unable to meet financial obligations. Gutierrez Vivo claimed the drop in revenues was due to a “boycott” of his program by advertisers, including the government.
Gutierrez Vivo devoted more air time than many competitors to leftist former presidential candidate Andres Manuel López Obrador, whom Calderón defeated in a hotly contested election on July 2, 2006. López Obrador claims the elections were marred by fraud, and has refused to recognize Calderón's victory.
Speaking in the Central American nation of Belize, where he signed agreements to speed up work on a new border bridge, Calderón expressed “admiration and respect” for Gutierrez Vivo and said his administration tried to help keep the Monitor program on the air.
“My administration has done everything legally possible to help Monitor,” Calderón said at a news conference. “It is not true that official advertising has been cut off; on the contrary, we have given him all the advertising we could during my administration.”
Calderón said he had no grievance with the program's coverage of him or his administration.
Gutierrez Vivo transmitted his program for more than three decades. |
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