our steve harrigan is following the story and joins us now live from caracas, venezuela, hi, steve. >e, it might get difficult or even impossible in the near future to play golf inside venezuela. here is why. >> you could pay $50,000 to join venezuela's finest golf course. or $5 an hour to beat balls into a mountain until now. the man who won the right to run for president the rest of his life is now taking on golf. >> golf is a bourgeoise support. the bourgeoise little golf carts, they're so lazy, they don't walk. >> there were 30 golf courses in venezuela when hugo chavez came to power a decade ago, now there are seven fewer with three more scheduled to close. this at the same time socialist countries like cuba are building new courses. >> take these golf courses out, it's not logical. >> but chavez is already finding golfers less sub verb yent than the supreme court or parliament. plans to bull doze one course was blocked by workers. >> there are about 120 people that depend on this golf course to make a living, including me. >> another attempt was stymied by insiders. the mayor of

steve harrigan reports on the only t.v. station still holding out. >> just one television channel left in venezuela that criticizes the president and it's no easy place to work. last month, a pro-government gang attacked globovision, a 24-hour news network. >> we're suffocated. it was horrible. we started to cry and ran to everywhere. >> hugo chavez now in power to run for re-election indefinitely is cracking down on the media. >> the media are against the judges, the courts, the public officials, against the state, the country, against justice. we will not tolerate it anymore. >> in addition to his own television show, chavez routinely orders all channels to care his his statements which can run several hours long. even his critics say chavez is a master of the medium. >> he knows how to handle the t.v. language. >> the closing of globovision would make chavez's monopoly over t.v. news in venezuela complete. >> i don't know what will happen if we are slutdown and can't sensor his programs. i don't know what is going to hap

steve harrigan joins us from caracas. >> reporter: good morning, golf is an endangered sport in venezueland we went out to try and find out why. you could pay $50,000, to join venezuela's finest golf course. or, $5 an hour to beat because into a mountain, the man who won the right to run for president the rest of his life is now taking on gulf. golf is a bourgeois support and they are -- in little golf carts are so lazy, they don't even walk. >> reporter: there were 30 golf courses in venezuela when he came to power a decade ago and now there are 7 fewer, with three more scheduled to close. this at the same time socialist countries like cuba are building new courses. >> take these golf courses out. if -- it is not logical. >> reporter: but he's already finding golfers less subservient than the supreme court or parliament and plans to bulldoze a course were blocked by workers. >> there are about 120 people that depend on the golf course to make a living including me. >> reporter: another attempt was stymied by insiders. the mayor of caracas tried to shut down the course a few years ago to

threatening to close venezuela's last independent tv station, joining us from caracus is our own steve harriganod morning, steve. >> good morning. of all the tv channels here in venezuela, there's only one left that criticizes the president. they're having a tough time of it. sometimes what should be a typical day at the office turns into a war zone. there is one television channel left in venezuela that criticizes the president. and it's no easy place to work. a pro-government gang attacked the 24-hour news network. >> suddenly a lot of smoke came inside to the office. we were suffocated. it was horrible. we start to cry and run to everywhere. >> hugo chavez now in power to run for president indefinitely is cracking down on the media. >> with their media attacks, against the judges, against public officials, they're against the state, the country, justice. we will not tolerate it anymore. >> 34 radio stations were closed last month. globavision stands accuse -- d of inciting violence against the government. now their reporters seem to be the ones taking the beating. some people think hugo chav

steve harrigan joins us live from caracas with details, hi, steve. >> reporter: gregg you can still playthe near future it very well may change and here's why: you could pay 50,000 today's join venezuela's finest golf course... or $5 an hour, to beat balls into a mountain, until now. the man who won the right to run for president for the rest of his life is now taking on golf. >> translator: golf is a bourgeoise sport and the budge was in little costly carts are lazy and they don't walk. >> reporter: there were 34 golf courses when he came to power and now there are 7 fewer with three more, scheduled to close and this at the same time socialist countries like cuba are building new courses. >> these golf courses, taking them out is not logical. >> reporter: chavez is already finding golfers less subservient than the supreme court or parliament. plans to bulldoze one course were blocked by workers. >> translator: there are 120 people that depend on the golf course to make a living including me. >> reporter: another attempt was stymied by insiders and the mayor of caracas tried to shut down