The Latest: Venezuelan media not covering opposition events [View all]

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Opposition leaders spent the day in front of cameras giving election updates and outlining their plans for the new congress.

But Venezuelans had to go to YouTube to find them. No national channel was broadcasting the opposition's statements.

Venezuelan media have almost completely blacked out opposition events. In response, anti-government parties created a special YouTube channel for the elections.

On Sunday night, after the opposition swept the polls in an unprecedented victory, state television briefly broadcast the celebratory press conference. But then it was back to pro-socialist party roundtables and reality TV shows about social safety net programs