Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Foreign and Bolivian journalists attacked
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 12 October 2003, three photographers, all of whom are correspondents for international news agencies, came under attack when a group of soldiers that was patrolling the Santiago Segundo zone, in the city of El Alto, fired in their direction. The incident occurred around midday (local time), when soldiers used teargas to break […]
Community radio station’s equipment destroyed
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 11 October 2003, at 9:30 a.m. (local time), five individuals destroyed equipment belonging to the Parroquiana 90.1 FM community radio station. The station is based in the town of San José de Perijá, Machiques de Perijá municipality, in south-western Zulia state, near the Colombian border. Station director Hercilia León blamed the attack […]
Journalist harassed by government officials
(IPYS/IFEX) – Journalist Luisa Marinés López, of the daily “El Tiempo”, in Puerto La Cruz, Anzoátegui state, eastern Venezuela, has been pressured by government officials after reporting on an event in which the state governor participated. On 20 September 2003, López, who has been covering Anzoátegui state government activities for “El Tiempo” for six years, […]
Journalist harassed
(IPYS/IFEX) – Journalist Yirilí Pérez informed IPYS that she is being harassed by Douglas Lago, coordinator of the Caroní Decide (Cadecide) political association. Pérez reports on political affairs for the Guayana regional newspaper “Nueva Prensa”, in Ciudad Guayana, Bolívar state, southern Venezuela. Lago is running for the mayoralty of Ciudad Guyana, in Caroní municipality. According […]
Radio station attacked
(IPYS/IFEX) – During the night of 27 September 2003, unidentified individuals attacked Horizonte 1260 AM radio station, located in Yaracuy state, in the country’s west central region. The details of the attack were provided to IPYS by station manager Félix Morillo. At 3:30 a.m. (local time), a crowd began to throw stones and bottles at […]
Television station’s equipment confiscated
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 3 October 2003, National Telecommunications Commission (Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones, CONATEL) authorities confiscated equipment belonging to Globovisión television station. The authorities explained that they went to the television station to complete a “routine inspection” and then proceeded to confiscate the station’s microwave frequency transmission equipment. The officials said that they were carrying […]
Delays in defamation trial of “El Impulso” journalist
(IPYS/IFEX) – Journalist José Ángel Ocanto, managing editor of “El Impulso” daily, in the city of Barquisimeto, located in the west central region of the country, has complained that a defamation case being brought against him by Major Arnaldo Certaín is being delayed. Certaín is a former director of the Security and Public Order Unit […]
Journalist faces charges for defamation and insult
(IPYS/IFEX) – Journalist Gustavo Rodríguez, of the Caracas-based daily “El Universal”, is facing charges for “defamation” and “insult”, filed against him by Luis Alberto Mosquera Ciano, an advisor to Sucre District Mayor José Vicente Rangel Ávalo. In June 2003, during a demonstration called “El Petarazo” that was organised by the opposition, Mayor Rangel Ávalos spoke […]