sentences:  In 2007, following the closing of media outlet RCTV in Venezuela, Toledo published an op-ed in the New York Times condemning the action of President Hugo Chávez's government as a violation of free speech.Toledo called for intervention by the Organization of American States, citing its commitment to protecting the development of democratic institutions, including the press.He also called for "continent-wide solidarity" on the grounds that the repression of free speech in a country is felt beyond the country itself.