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Global Voices photomontage. Photo by Jose R. Zamora in Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0 DEED) This story was written by Simón Antonio Ramón in Prensa Comunitaria on May 14, 2024. An edited version is republished in Global Voices under a media agreement. The Board of Trustees of the foundation created by the late journalist, writer and Nobel prize winner, Gabriel García Márquez, awarded the Gabo 2024 Awards for Excellence in Journalism to Guatemalan journalist Jose Rubén Zamora Marroquín. The 13 journalists, writers and scholars on the Gabo Foundation's Board recognized Zamora as “the paradigm of a...
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A Parisian metro station. Photograph used with the permission of its author, Kelvik Pineda. Whether forced or not, there is no denying that migration causes different types of ailments not only for migrating people but also for the families, friends, and various personal connections they leave behind. Many of us know how, or rather, learn how to cope with its multiple burdens. Otherwise, our circumstances force us to prioritize survival over emotions. However, sooner or later, bouts of homesickness often overwhelm migrants to varying degrees. These feelings stem from dates that take us back, t...
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Illustration made by Global Voices. The administration of El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele has been marked by the adoption of measures that restrict citizens’ fundamental freedoms, censor open and inclusive debate on public matters, and limit freedom of expression, association, and assembly. Additionally, there has been excessive interference in the regular functioning of state bodies. This situation worsened in March 2022 with the declaration of a state of emergency, initially for one month, but periodically extended until May 25, 2024. How is the state of emergency experienced in El Salv...
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Vice President Delcy Rodríguez introducing the Law Against Fascism in the National Assembly of Venezuela on April 2, 2024. Photo by The National Assembly of Venezuela. Open License. Last Tuesday, April 2, from the podium of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Vice President Delcy Rodríguez presented, on behalf of Nicolás Maduro, a proposed Law against Fascism that hides in its 30 articles the total legalization of censorship, repression, and the curtailment of the right to protest. The law is considered a legal strategy to minimize the last freedoms of citizens in the face of the presidential el...
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Ilustration made by Connectas. Used with permission. This article was written by Cristian Ascencio and published in CONNECTAS on March 20, 2024. An edited version is republished in Global Voices under a media partnership. The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, does not like to compete. When he sees an electoral threat, he imposes sanctions or new rules on its adversaries. He doesn't let go of the ball of power. It even seems like he would rather puncture it than risk losing the match. Faced with this scenario, there is an opposition that has historically struggled uniting and standing up ...
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Women demonstrate in support of the decriminalization of Abortions outside the Colombian Constitutional Court house in Bogota, Colombia on January 20, 2022 This article written by Isabella Camargo is part of the #MarchWithUs campaign – one full month of stories from gender justice activists from across the globe. You can listen to the podcast episode with Ilex in Spanish here.A translated and edited version is published in Global Voices under a media partnership agreement. It's February 2022 and the streets of Colombia are flooded with green. After years of struggle, the feminist movement, led...
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Image by Fabio Rodrigues-Pozzebom/Agência Brasil, used with permission. This text, written by Fernanda Diniz, was originally published on Agência Pública's website on January 31, 2024 in the section ‘Entrelinhas do Poder’. An edited version is republished on Global Voices under a partnership agreement. The Annual Report on Violence Against Journalists and Press Freedom in Brazil, by the National Federation of Journalists (FENAJ), revealed a considerable reduction in cases of direct violence against media professionals across 2023 but showed greater use of lawsuits by those trying to hinder jou...
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Marielle Franco at the Maré Complex, where she grew up. Photo by Bernardo Guerreiro/Mídia Ninja on Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED) For 2,202 days, Brazilians asked who killed and who ordered the killing of Rio de Janeiro city councillor Marielle Franco on March 14, 2018. After six years, this March 24, the federal police arrested three men suspected of being the ones responsible for planning the crime and hiring gunmen to execute it: Domingos Brazão, a politician and adviser for Rio's Court of Auditors, his brother, Chiquinho Brazão, a federal congressman, and Rivaldo Barbosa, former head of Rio de...
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Image by Unesco. Open License. This article was written by Gesa Steeger of CORRECTIV, edited by Romina Cáceres and published in El Surtidor on September 26, 2023. An edited version is republished by Global Voices under a media partnership agreement. A joint investigation by El Surtidor, a Paraguayan digital media outlet, and CORRECTIV, an independent media outlet from Germany, shows how Deutsche Investitions und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG), a subsidiary of a public institution, and the German Development Bank (KfW) ) invested EUR 25 million in the Paraguayan Agricultural Corporation (PAYCO)...
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