Editorial, Los Tiempos: The direct threat made against a journalist from Santa Cruz by a person who identified himself as a member of a family linked to drug trafficking is a serious warning of the risk that hangs over the entire country —and not only for information workers— as result of the incessant expansion of…
Tag: freedom of the press
In defense of independent journalism – En defensa del periodismo independiente
Editorial El Deber: June 29 is marked in history as a disastrous day for journalism. Pagina Siete announced the end of its editions. This bad news opens a wound in Bolivian society, that a media outlet is forced to close is a blow to freedom and democracy. The news was made official in a letter…
Freedom of the Press is in danger – Bolivia – La libertad de prensa está en peligro
Página Siete: End of the road. Letter to the readers of Página Siete “This is a hard moment that fills me with sadness and anguish because I am aware that independent journalism and democracy are losing an important ally” After 13 years of independent journalism at the service of society and democracy, Página Siete publishes…
Local narratives – Chaco – Narrativas locales
Jessica Peñaloza Cladera, Translated byTeodora C. Hasegan, Global Voices: Creating new, local narratives on climate change in the Bolivian Chaco Young Indigenous journalists propose more representative coverage on climate change The group of workshop participants in Charagua. Photo by Jessica Peñaloza for Rising Voices. When the Bolivian media covers climate change in the Gran Chaco…
Los Tiempos in peril | Los Tiempos en peligro
Editorial, Los Tiempos: We won’t bend Los Tiempos has established a clear position regarding the cunning and harmful campaign of economic suffocation that has been applied against it: it will not be bowed down. In other words, this newspaper is aware that the purpose of these attacks is to curtail the right to freedom of…
Record 27 violations of press freedom – Registran 27 vulneraciones a la libertad de prensa
Página Siete: The Observatory of Defenders of Unitas (National Union of Institutions for Social Action Work) registered 27 violations of press freedom in the country, between January and February. The aggression against journalists is the most recurrent type of violation, followed by the impediment of access to information. According to the monitoring carried out by…
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