EPISODE · May 16, 2023 · 9 MIN
A Quarter Century of Journalism
from Central America in Minutes · host El Faro English
As democracies deteriorate across Central America, conditions for the free exercise of journalism have become increasingly dire. Sadly, our 25th anniversary comes on the very day the final edition of elPeriódico of Guatemala goes to press, as the paper shuts down operations in the face of government persecution and a political and judicial system that is corrupt, intolerant of criticism, and radically anti-democratic.
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As democracies deteriorate across Central America, conditions for the free exercise of journalism have become increasingly dire. Sadly, our 25th anniversary comes on the very day the final edition of elPeriódico of Guatemala goes to press, as the paper shuts down operations in the face of government persecution and a political and judicial system that is corrupt, intolerant of criticism, and radically anti-democratic.
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