"We don't want a totalitarian country. We have the right to defend our freedom," office worker Virginia Montilla, 46.
During a short-lived 2002 coup, RCTV and other private channels broadcast opposition calls for protests to overthrow Chavez while giving scant coverage to Chavez's return to power amid protests by his supporters. RCTV denied wrongdoing, but critics argue that many countries would yank the license of a channel that allows government foes to openly called for a rebellion.
Thousands of Chavez supporters also marched on Tuesday.
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