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CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon testified today before the U.S. House of Representatives' Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, saying that while
democracies are prevalent in Latin America , the
press continues to operate with few institutional protections. This statement was submitted into the record on Monday.
Committee to Protect Journalists
Nicaragua
2010
• Ortega administration marginalizes private media.
0: Number of press conferences held by Ortega since taking office.
Three decades after a revolution swept the Sandinistas into power, the government of President Daniel Ortega still cast private media as enemies and moved forcefully to curtail their influence. Ortega—who led the 1979 uprising against the Somoza dictatorship and reclaimed the presidency in 2006 elections—employed a range of tactics to marginalize the press, including legal persecution, smear campaigns to discredit adversaries, and manipulation of state advertising to punish critical outlets.
The sale of private television station Telenica Channel 8, one of
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