Bolivian media under governmental control?!

Los Tiempos editorial which reflects current pressures to freedom of speech and free press: Step by step towards media control As in other cases, a just cause is being reduced to the status of pretext for purposes as ignoble, as they are required to be masked A common feature of the Governments of the countries…

Totalitarian fashion

Humberto Vacaflor describes wonderfully what happens here and there… from El Deber: Totalitarian fashion It is inevitable. Dictators hate freedom of the press. When they have decided to be dictators, the first thing they do is put an end to freedom of the press. So did Mussolini in 1924, Hitler in 1933, Chávez in 2004….

Freedom of expression in Bolivia under governmental scrutiny!

Pagina Siete writes about Reporters without Borders findings: Bolivia occupies 108 position in the ranking freedom of the press METHODOLOGY the countries that have low note top the list, while those with a higher score are those with severe restrictions on the journalistic work. Bolivia ranked 108 in the world classification of the freedom of…

Current Bolivian government is wrong!!

Jose Gramunt de Moragas has written for many years a weekly column “¿Es o no es verdad?” [is it true or is not?], which is also broadcasted in radio Fides from La Paz; over the years this Jesuit priest has proven his intelligence, clarity and above all professionalism; he is one of the best and…

In Bolivia, the freedom of expression is threatened, August, 2012

Like Venezuela and Ecuador, Bolivia is under fire, our ability to express freely is under attack, the following news is from hoybolivia.com: ANF trial threatens freedom of expression FIDES-the President of the La Paz Association of journalists, Antonio Vargas, in statements to Radiofides.com said that the lawsuit initiated by the Government against the Fides News…