Freedom of Expression Silenced in Nicaragua
There are no longer newspapers, opinion programs, radio debates, or television debates; and fewer press conferences or public rallies.
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There are no longer newspapers, opinion programs, radio debates, or television debates; and fewer press conferences or public rallies.
"When the embargo [on ink and paper] started, we began to work hard on strengthening the digital side."
"Doing journalism under a dictatorship… is an act of resistance," says exiled Nicaraguan editor Carlos Chamorro.
The organization of Independent Journalists and Communications of Nicaragua (PCIN) estimates that 34% of Nicaraguan colleagues have stopped practicing the
Memorial lecture at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Oxford University, March 6, 2023