3 by the National Guard while she was covering a demonstration by the opposition to the Government in Valencia. That same day, during a demonstration by opponents of the government in Caracas, a military policeman shot a tear gas bomb at Johnny Ficarella, a journalist for Globovisión; o) on May 9, 2004, during transmission of the “Aló Presidente” program, the President of Venezuela stated that “the owners of the private media […] Venevisión, Globovisión, Radio Caracas Televisión[,…]El Nacional [and…]el Universal […] [we]re involved with terrorism and destabilization, and [were] enemies of the people of Venezuela.” In this regard, he stated that said media had declared war on the “Venezuelan people, on the Constitution, […] on the government, […] on the [a]rmed [f]orces, […] on the Venezuelan people [and] on the institutions;” p) on May 19, 2004 a tear gas bomb was shot against the team in charge of Globovisión’s program “Primera Página”, during its broadcast, which led to interruption of the broadcast. The smoke affected the director of the program and the audio operator, and even affected children and patients who were at a clinic in the area; and q) on May 29, 2004 two teams of Globovisión journalists were attacked by government supporters while they were covering, in various parts of Caracas, a “process of gathering signatures for the request for a Presidential recall referendum” in the Republic. 3. In view of all the above, the Commission asked the Court to order the State of Venezuela to: a. Adopt such measures as may be necessary to protect the lives, safety, and freedom of expression of the journalists, management, and other employees of Globovisión who are in the facilities of the Globovisión broadcasting firm or who are associated with the journalistic operation of said broadcaster. b. Adopt such measures as may be necessary to protect the perimeter of the main office of Globovisión channel. c. Arrange participation of the beneficiaries of the measures of protection or their representatives in the planning and implementation of the measures of protection so as to ensure their effectiveness and pertinence. d. […I]nvestigate the facts that gave rise to the instant request, with the aim of investigating and punishing those responsible. 4. The July 21, 2004 note by the Secretariat of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Secretariat”) in which, under instructions by the President of the Court (hereinafter “the President”), it granted up to July 28, 2004 for the State to send its observations on the request for provisional measures filed by the Commission in the instant case (supra Having Seen 1). The State sent no observations on the matter. 5. The August 3, 2004 order of the President of the Court in which, in consultation with all the judges of the Court, he decided: 1. To order the State to adopt, forthwith, such measures as [might] be necessary to safeguard and protect the lives, safety, and freedom of expression of the journalists,