Florencia Pagola, Author at LatAm Journalism Review by the Knight Center

Florencia Pagola is a freelance journalist in Uruguay with a diploma in Human Rights from the Inter-American Court. She investigates and writes about human rights, gender and press freedom in Latin America. She collaborates with La diaria.

Periodista freelance en Uruguay y Diplomada en Derechos Humanos por la Corte IDH. Investiga y escribe sobre derechos humanos, género y libertad de prensa en América Latina. Colabora en La diaria.

Jornalista freelancer no Uruguai com diploma em Direitos Humanos pela Corte Interamericana de Direitos Humanos. Pesquisa e escreve sobre direitos humanos, gênero e liberdade de imprensa na América Latina. Contribui para o La diaria.

Recent Articles

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In Cuba, independent journalists are not entitled to a pension. Crowdfunding campaign tries to help a 84-year-old writer

Cuban independent journalist Tania Díaz Castro dedicated 60 years to her profession, was a political prisoner, and published four books of poetry. Now 84 years old, she lives alone in Cuba without a pension or retirement. The Casa Palanca collective is carrying out a crowdsourcing campaign to obtain a dignified retirement for the journalist.

A man in a suit and a woman in a blue dress wave to the crowds when being inaugurated as president and vice-president of Uruguay. A horse and soldier to the right and a man follows along on foot to the left.

The Astesiano case: How the press covered one of the most talked-about criminal cases of recent times in Uruguayan politics

Alejandro Astesiano was chief of security of the current President of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, until he was arrested by the Police for leading an organization that falsified documents to obtain passports for Russian citizens. Very quickly, the Uruguayan press obtained the investigative folder of the case which contained more than a thousand Whatsapp chats by the accused.

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Judicial harassment of feminist journalists: Two current cases in Latin America

Journalists Catalina Ruiz-Navarro, from Colombia, and Graciela Tiburcio Loayza, from Peru, share personal testimonies about judicial harassment they have been subjected to for years for practicing their profession. These are the consequences of making public allegations of abuse and sexual harassment against powerful men.

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Model Law for the Protection of Journalists: A South American proposal for the world

Faced with an increase in violence against the press in Latin America, two South American journalists are promoting a Model Law for the protection of journalists that could be applied worldwide. Chile is the country that has made the most progress in this regard. Paraguay, Mexico and Brazil follow.

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The Baez Sosa case in Argentina shows how Latin American media don’t know how to cover racism, experts say

All Argentine media and news outlets covered the criminal trial for the murder of Fernando Baez Sosa, the son of Paraguayan immigrants in Argentina. It was the most shared news of the last few months in this South American country. However, very few media reflected on the racist nature of the crime.