Venezuelans Facing Jail Time for Tweeting About Banks

Just days after Vice President Elias Jaua warned that generating rumors
about Venezuela's in-crisis banking system is a "crime punishable by
imprisonment from nine to 11 years," Luis Enrique Acosta and Carmen
Cecelia Nares were detained as a result of their tweets, the

LA Times reports.

A total of 12 banks in Venezuela have been seized
since December. Acosta (@leaoxford) warned his 225 followers to remove money from a bank he
suspected was facing takeover. (His Twitter account...