"They are people paid to say what they say. Answering to them has no sense," said Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs when asked about the remarks made by the head of the Latin American Parties Union and former Salvadorian President Armando Calderón Sol, who urged the Venezuelan Government to reconsider its move not to renew a broadcast license for private television station RCTV.
 
Regarding the criticisms of Ignacio Álvarez, the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), rejecting the move against RCTV, who claimed that "decisions (in connection with broadcast license renewals) shall not be made based on the media's editorial stance or on discriminatory criteria," Maduro replied that IACHR should take into account the cases of "previous censorship" in the United States, adding that in this country there exists a "media dictatorship."

"George W. Bush' administration has drafted manuals to control television broadcasts and does not allow disclosure of the bodies of the young US soldiers killed in Iraq."

Regarding claims that next May 27 -the date when RCTV license expires- violent events and riots are to occur in Venezuela, Maduro said "the people, institutions, security corps, Armed Force and everybody are ready to preserve peace."