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<p>Venezuelan authorities are demanding that a private television station stop airing a Colombian soap opera that they say is denigrating to their country.</p>
<p>The soap opera Chepe Fortuna features an unscrupulous secretary named Venezuela who has a dog called Little Hugo, an apparent reference to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.</p>
<p>Given recent diplomatic disputes between the neighbouring countries, the satire has not sat well with Venezuela&#8217;s government.</p>
<p>The character Venezuela, in contrast to her sister named Colombia, &#8220;is repeatedly characterised as associated with illegal activities, meddling and vulgarity&#8221;, Venezuela&#8217;s telecommunications regulatory agency Conatel said in a statement.</p>
<p>The regulator accused the soap opera of promoting &#8220;political intolerance&#8221; and notified private Venezuelan TV state Televen on Thursday that it should pull it off the air.</p>
<p>It was not clear if the regulator&#8217;s order included a sanction for the station if it didn&#8217;t.</p>
<p>Filming of the soap opera began in 2009, when relations between Colombia and Venezuela were at a particularly tense moment.</p>
<p>The secretary Venezuela lost her dog in one episode, and another character told her not to worry and that she would be better off without her dog Little Hugo.</p>
<p>Televen is owned by Venezuelan magnate Gustavo Cisneros and maintains a neutral stance with respect to Mr Chavez&#8217;s socialist-oriented government.</p>
<p>Chepe Fortuna is produced by Colombian network RCN.</p>
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