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Final days at El Carabobeño: The story of the disappearance of print media in Venezuela

"In the last eight years, the print versions of 100 media have disappeared as a result of the shortage of newsprint in Venezuela and state regulations. This is the story of El Carabobeño, a newspaper that was printed for 83 years, and now only can be read digitally."   Read original article (in Spanish)

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In the midst of a press crisis, Venezuela reinvents itself to smell like a newspaper again

"The disappearance of print media in Venezuela, as a result of the crisis, has led publishers to reinvent themselves to go back to their origins and recover the smell of ink and paper of yesteryear, from the hand of the 'town crier,' as the traditional newspaper delivery man is known in the country. Starting on […]

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CAPIR calls on local media and independent journalists from Venezuela for investigative journalism project

"The Consortium to Support Journalism in the Region (CAPIR, for its acronym in Spanish) calls on independent local media and independent journalists from Venezuela to participate in a national or local journalistic investigative project that will be carried out between July and December 2021. You can submit more than one proposal per media outlet, group […]

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Venezuelan journalist Martí Hurtado and his wife released after temporary arrest

"Venezuelan journalist Martí Hurtado and his wife, Nelly Pulgar, were released on Saturday night (May 29), after they were arrested on Friday and detained at a police headquarters in the city of Coro, as reported by the National Union of Press Workers of Venezuela (SNTP, for its acronym in Spanish). […] The couple 'were accused […]

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Luz Mely Reyes and José Luis Sanz win LASA Media Award

Luz Mely Reyes, director and co-founder of Venezuelan digital media outlet Efecto Cocuyo, and José Luis Sanz, Washington correspondent, of Salvadoran site El Faro, are the winners of the 2021 Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Media Award. María Teresa Ronderos, co-founder and director of Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism (CLIP) received an honorable mention. "The LASA […]

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Venezuelan authorities seize headquarters of newspaper El Nacional due to lawsuit from Diosdado Cabello

“Members of the Venezuelan National Guard carried out the embargo on ‘all property’ of newspaper El Nacional. The seizure of assets and the headquarters of the historic Venezuelan newspaper in Caracas is part of the compensation ordered by the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ, for its acronym in Spanish) for "moral damage" to the senior […]

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Fire at headquarters of Venezuelan journalists association was intentional, according to report from firefighters

“The National Association of Journalists (CNP, for its acronym in Spanish) [of Venezuela] reported that the fire at the Sucre state headquarters was intentional, as established by a firefighters' investigation. The CNP classifies the incident as one more attack on freedom of expression that violates the legacy of all journalists, [as it said in a […]

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Proposed Venezuelan foreign funding law could have ‘huge impact’ on independent outlets

“'The foreign aid law will be approved this year,' Maduro declared in a March 2 speech. 'It’s very important. It’s critical.' Venezuela’s proposed legislation follows similar laws passed by authoritarian and repressive governments elsewhere in the world that have cut off funding for nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and independent media outlets. [...] It’s unclear what the […]

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Diosdado Cabello threatens journalists who cover the confrontations on the border with Colombia: 'They must be considered enemies'

"The number two of Chavismo, Diosdado Cabello, launched a threat this Wednesday [April 7] against Venezuelan journalists who want to cover the armed conflict that is unfolding in the border state of Apure. 'Whoever enters there to play the enemy's game must be considered an enemy. They are waiting for some Venezuelans to be murdered […]

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Venezuelan journalists detained for 24 hours while reporting in conflict zone

Updated entry: "However, this Thursday [April 1] Venezuelan journalists Luis Gonzalo Pérez and Rafael Hernández were released, more than 24 hours after they were detained. The alarms went off at night, after having lost communication with all of them. After more than 20 hours without communication, the National Union of Press Workers (SNTP, for its […]

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CNP: Reform of Ley Resorte in Venezuela would legitimize censorship in media and social networks

"The [Venezuelan] National Assembly reported this Monday [March 29] that the Communication Commission was debating the Law of Social Responsibility in Radio and Television and Electronic Media, better known as the Ley Resorte. 'The National Association of Journalists (CNP, for its acronym in Spanish) has not received any information on the bill to change the […]

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YouTube closes channel of Venezuelan news outlet El Pitazo for video broadcast in 2019

"On the night of March 24, El Pitazo received notification of a new YouTube sanction against a video published by this native digital media outlet. This action, the third in three months, led to the definitive closure of the channel, which had more than 102,000 accumulated followers since Dec. 8, 2014, the date on which […]