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Derechos Digitales y Democracia: Censura en Inte...
Por David Aragort Para la versión en inglés, consulte aquí. Durante los últimos años Venezuela ha experimentado diversas crisis en las que el acceso a información confiable y oportuna ha sido fundamental, pero no siempre posible. En 2019, los cortes eléctricos a nivel nacional afectaron la... |
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Digital Rights and Democracy: Online Censorship ...
By David Aragort For the Spanish version, see here. In recent years, Venezuela has experienced many crises during which access to reliable and timely information has been essential, but not always possible. In 2019, nationwide power outages affected most of the country’s telecommunications in... |
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State-Sanctioned Freedom of Expression: Russia a...
Guest post by Ariana Szepesi-ColmenaresRussia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, has just returned from a three-day trip to Latin America, where he met with government officials from Cuba, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Colombia. This tour comes only a month after the visit of Sergei Shoigu, Russia... |
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The Media is Silenced in Venezuela and Ecuador
Guest post by Ariana Szepesi-ColmenaresIn Ecuador, 254 arbitrary sanctions were made against the press in 2014: that’s a 46 percent increase since 2013, according to data produced by the Ecuadoran organization Fundamedios. For January and February 2015 alone, 46 new direct attacks have challeng... |
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Information becoming toughest commodity to get i...
With their country’s economy in crisis, Venezuelans are facing shortages of just about everything – milk, flour, toilet paper, cooking oil–and information. The Venezuelan government’s “communications hegemony is silencing the media and journalists,” said Sergio Dahbar, the former editor ... |