Open letter to Colombia’s press freedom foundation on promoting free press
Dear Fernando et al, I am writing to express my surprise that the Assembly of the Foundation for the Freedom of the Press (FLIP) has not taken action, i.e. sanctions,…
Dear Fernando et al, I am writing to express my surprise that the Assembly of the Foundation for the Freedom of the Press (FLIP) has not taken action, i.e. sanctions,…
The last thing Colombia’s press freedom foundation FLIP needs is executives stigmatizing journalists. Disgracefully, this is exactly what FLIP executive Juanita Leon did with the investigative journalists who revealed evidence…
I don’t know who believed trying to take down Colombia Reports was a smart move, but attacking the country’s largest website in English only further deteriorates Colombia’s reputation. The only…
Colombia’s ruling party on Sunday began another attack against journalists, this time targeting the director of one of the country’s most renowned television news programs. The latest attack was initiated…
The list of media and journalists who have been “profiled” by Colombia’s military is so terrifyingly long I don’t know whether I am reporting on a mafia state or an…
The freedom of the press deteriorated in Colombia last year as journalists continued to suffer violence and abuse by illegal armed groups, public officials and even their own bosses, according…
Colombia’s mafia is allegedly planning the assassination of three journalists who revealed that the country’s ruling elite conspired with narcos to rig the 2018 elections in favor of President Ivan…
What Colombia’s ruling party calls an “organized, coordinated, aggressive and persistent strategy” against the government and former President Alvaro Uribe is called “journalism.” My colleagues and I pose no “serious…
Colombia’s national army came under fire after on Tuesday after adding journalists, the war crimes tribunal and even the Red Cross to an “opposition” social media monitoring list. The “opposition”…