John Otis/CPJ Andes Correspondent reports to Committee to Protect Journalists: Forced out of jobs and sidelined, Bolivia’s independent journalists see their audience slipping away Amalia Pando was once a ubiquitous presence on Bolivian radio and TV, hosting some of the country’s most popular news and political commentary programs. At age 66, she’s still at it, but her…
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PolitiFact taught fact-checking skills to Bolivian journalists. Here’s how it went.
Daniel Funke and Susan Benkelman write for Poynter: Teaching fact-checking in Bolivia One of the greatest strengths of the fact-checking community is its commitment to collaboration and knowledge-sharing across borders. Such was the case last week when Miriam Valverde, a fact-checker covering immigration for (Poynter-owned) PolitiFact (and Daniel’s colleague), traveled to La Paz, Bolivia, to teach fact-checking…
ANP registers 631 attacks on the press
Ismael Luna reports for El Dia: Between 2010 and 2018 The document is part of one of the five civil society reports sent for the UN Universal Periodic Review In an average of 71 cases per year, the Monitoring and Surveillance Unit for Press Freedom and Expression in Bolivia from 2010 to 2018 has cataloged…
Sexual harassment and violence on female journalists! evo fails AGAIN!
Pagina Siete reports: Three organizations condemn harassment of journalists in Palacio Communicators reported that they suffered sexual aggression and violence during the inauguration of Casa Grande del Pueblo. The guild of the press asks for explanations. Three organizations of the journalistic union expressed “their strongest protest” for the aggressions and sexual harassment suffered by some…
Thanks, But Goodbye: Why Many of Evo Morales’ Supporters Want Him to Move On
As you read the article below, please remember that over 700 Bolivians fled Bolivia due to political persecution over the last twelve years. Same time in which corruption and narcotrafficking bloomed under the coca caudillo leadership. Over $160 billion dollars were wasted and our foreign debt is reaching $10 billion dollars. There are many journalist…
Freedom of the Press under peril in Bolivia!
It is a total shame that prestigious journalists like Amalia Pando, Raul Penaranda, Carlos Valverde, Andres Gomez, Humberto Vacaflor had suffered political persecution, and their right to work had been curtailed by the coca caudillo government! Bolivia is experiencing political persecution, blackmail and extortion! The above is the opinion of Bolivian Thoughts. El Diario reports:…
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