In 2009, RSF published an open letter to Hugo Chavez in which it stated that Globovision was being "hounded" by the Venezuelan government for its reporting on the 2009 earthquake. The Venezuelan government said that Globovision's reporting on the earthquake was inciting disruption to public order. In an article published by "Axis of Logic" website, Salim Lamrani, criticised Globovision and said RSF had "tried to turn a serious outrage of journalistic ethics and a serious failure of the responsibilities of the media into a violation of the freedom of the press".