Edited sentence: May 27- A popular television station, which has been broadcasting for 53 years in Venezuela,  is cancelled by Hugo Chavez for not supporting him, and he replaces it  with a state-run program, leading to massive protests.Riot police  fire tear gas and shoot shotguns into the air and spray a water hose on  the crowd, but the people come right back and attack the riot police with garbage.The protesters see the closing of the TV station as a step towards a totalitarian state.This lasts a couple of days, into the 28th