By Maira Magro
Argentina's president, Cristina Fernández, signed the regulations for a decree that returns exclusivity of newspaper and magazine sales to vendors, known as “canillitas”, selling publications in kiosks or on the street, reported the local press.
The measure prohibits the sale of newspapers and magazines in supermarkets, gas stations and convenience stores, explained La Nación.
Télam quoted President Fernández saying that this is an act of "reparation," returning a right that had been taken away from newsstands, and that this is an attempt to "restore equality" and move toward a greater cohesion in Argentina.
Página 12 said that the The Association of Argentine Journalistic Entities rejected the measure, which also established Nov. 7 as a holiday for newspaper vendors.
The head of the Newspaper and Magazine Vendors Union, Omar Plaini, said that 25,000 union workers support the decree, reported Clarín.
Note from the editor: This story was originally published by the Knight Center’s blog Journalism in the Americas, the predecessor of LatAm Journalism Review.
