Latin America is no stranger to governmental opposition to the media. Over the years, a number of governments and their leaders have used their power in attempts to reign in media outlets and supervise the information their citizens receive.
Latin America is no stranger to governmental opposition to the media. Over the years, a number of governments and their leaders have used their power in attempts to reign in media outlets and supervise the information their citizens receive.
Latin America is no stranger to governmental opposition to the media. Over the years, a number of governments and their leaders have used their power in attempts to reign in media outlets and supervise the information their citizens receive.
On August 13th Cándido Ríos Vazquez, a Mexican journalist, uploaded a video to his Facebook page. In it, he denounced a number of suspected corrupt government officials for illegal utilization of government funding and electoral fraud.
Earlier this month, journalist and “Primera Emisión” news anchor Carmen Aristegui was let go from her position at Noticias MVS after exposing alleged Mexican government corruption. Aristegui, named the second most powerful woman in Mexico last year, is the central figure in this scandal, begging questions of silencing opposition in the Mexican media.1 She is known for respectable yet dangerous journalism marked by a 25 year stock of accolades; she is known to have quite the ego to match her career.
While many eyes are turned towards the humanitarian crisis engulfing the Middle East and extending into Europe, many have lost focus on the humanitarian crisis that is taking place in the United States, Mexico, and Central America. Although less immigrant children from the Central American countries of Guatemala due to tougher border control, Honduras, and El Salvador are being apprehended at the U.S./Mexico border, that does not mean less children are attempting the journey.
