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Newspaper director threatened with death by local mayor

MARCH 22, 2006 Posted May 5, 2006 Manuel Da Silva, El Zondino THREATENED Da Silva, editor and director of the bimonthly publication El Zondino in the western province of San Juan, was threatened with death by the local mayor Francisco Porra.

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Attacks on the Press 2005: Argentina

ARGENTINA The Argentine press continued to work freely and largely without fear of physical attacks. But several provincial administrations and the national government have manipulated the allocation of state advertising to punish critical reporting and reward supportive media. Two new studies determined that the politically based distribution of government advertising undermines the free press in…

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Threats target reporter who exposed police abuses

Dear Governor de la Sota: The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned about the safety of Argentine journalist Mariano Saravia, who has been threatened and harassed repeatedly since the publication of a book describing provincial police abuses.

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CPJ Update

CPJ Update December 2006 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists Return to front page | See previous Updates

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Radio host accuses government of censorship for canning show

New York, January 4, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by an allegation of government censorship by a prominent Argentine journalist whose radio show was abruptly taken off air. José “Pepe” Eliaschev told CPJ that government- controlled Radio Nacional informed him on December 30 that his contract would not be renewed on January 1…

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CPJ Update

CPJ Update December 16, 2005 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists Return to front page | See previous Updates

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Attacks on the Press 2004: Argentina

Argentina In a disappointing development, the press freedom organization PERIODISTAS (Journalists) dissolved on November 11 amid internal differences. The group, which was established nine years ago and has done extremely important work uniting the Argentine media, defending local journalists, and promoting press freedom in Latin America, said in a press release that “after a long…

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Por Carlos LauríaRevista Noticias (Argentina)26 de abril del 2003

Fidel y Duhalde Por Carlos Lauría Revista Noticias (Argentina)26 de abril del 2003

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Por Sauro González RodríguezRevista Noticias (Argentina)11 de abril del 2003

La mordaza de Fidel Por Sauro González Rodríguez Revista Noticias (Argentina)11 de abril del 2003

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CPJ disappointed by dissolution of local press freedom group

New York, November 12, 2004—The noted Argentine press freedom organization PERIODISTAS dissolved yesterday amid internal differences. The group, which was established nine years ago to defend local journalists against press freedom abuses, said in a press release that, “after a long internal discussion about the association’s main goals, it was impossible to find a consensus…

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