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Argentine writer and journalist Tomás Eloy Martínez, who died on Monday after a long battle with cancer, was ranked among
Martínez understood the difficulties journalists face while working on dangerous assignments or under repressive regimes. In 1975, he was forced to flee
Soon after I came to CPJ in 2002, I learned to appreciate
Martínez’s efforts on behalf of Latin American journalists. He was a key
supporter of a 2004 CPJ campaign for the release of jailed Cuban journalist Manuel Vázquez Portal,
a recipient of CPJ’s 2003 International Press Freedom Award, and the other 28
imprisoned Cuban journalists. On March 24, CPJ sent more than 600
appeals—including more than 50 from some of the most renowned journalists in
Martínez was keen to support the campaign, and he was responsible for bringing some of the most influential Latin American intellectuals—including Mexican author Carlos Fuentes—onto the petition. In June of 2004, Vázquez Portal was released from jail. The Cuban author and journalist said that CPJ’s campaign was instrumental in getting him out.
Martínez supported another CPJ campaign calling for the
release of Cuban imprisoned journalists on the fifth anniversary of
Castro’s crackdown on dissidents. In late 2008, Martínez send me an e-mail
expressing concern about the Nicaraguan government’s harassment of the
country’s most influential journalist, Carlos Fernando Chamorro: “It seems like
the persecution of journalists in
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Mr.Martinez is a famous person in Argintina.He wote several novel in his time and he got many punishment but he was a strangth writer.I really appreciate his activity.