Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for regulation of the Internet on Saturday, while demanding authorities crack down on a critical news Web site that he accused of spreading false information.

President Hugo Chavez said that Venezuela should boycott the Organization of American States' human rights body, saying the panel wrongly accused his government of political repression.

President Hugo Chavez accused his adversaries on Sunday of sabotaging Venezuela's electricity grid as part of a broader plan aimed at bringing about the system's collapse — and his downfall.

Venezuelan cable television providers have dropped a TV channel critical of President Hugo Chavez from their programming, after a government official said the network violated broadcast laws.

President Hugo Chavez indefinitely suspended rolling blackouts in Venezuela's capital just a day after they began, and sacked his electricity minister saying he was responsible for mistakes in the way the rationing plan was applied.