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IACHR alert newsprint shortage in Venezuela
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Catalina Botero, expanded polystyrene foam Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, said he was concerned about the situation faced by newspapers in Venezuela due to the shortage of paper presented several weeks ago and the consequences it can bring to society.
Botero said that "the expanded polystyrene foam shortage of paper represents a very serious problem, not only for the media and journalists who face serious limitations in the performance expanded polystyrene foam of their work, but for the whole society, which affected his right to receive information ".
He indicated that, in these circumstances, it is essential that all necessary measures to ensure the full, effective and secure supply of newsprint to all means are adopted. He mentioned that they have received disturbing reports that several media outlets in Venezuela have great difficulty getting the material.
"The newsprint is fundamental to the exercise of freedom of expression input. In fact, the matters referred to newsprint are so important to the American system that the article 13 of the Convention refers to the issue. " The said Article provides in paragraph 3 that "you can not restrict the right of expression by indirect methods or means, such as the abuse of government or private controls over newsprint, radio broadcasting frequencies, or equipment used in the media dissemination of information, or by any other means tending to impede the communication and circulation of ideas and opinions. " expanded polystyrene foam
Indirect censorship. The director of the Public Space, Carlos Correa, said some bureaucratic mechanisms that disrupt the production of a newspaper responding to a dynamic of censorship, when there are other means that do not have to go through these obstacles. "This government has demonstrated a hypersensitivity to criticism. We have recorded several lines daily criticism of government expanded polystyrene foam policies have serious problems for currencies that are under state control, "he said.
He stressed that the official printed media that are assigned to ministries will have no need to request certificates for nonproduction currencies and buy the newspaper. Correa added that it is nonsense to silence a critical means of communication because the problems that are reported in them will continue to happen. "It's hard not to think that this attitude of the government is a way to reduce the critical opinions."
He stressed that a government can exercise censorship mechanisms in various ways, such as restrictions on the purchase of essential material for the development expanded polystyrene foam of the daily, visits warning government authorities, the output air spaces opinion, legal prohibitions touch certain topics in journalism.
Paper for 30 days. Regional print media are is critical condition due to lack of inputs to produce. On average, a number of respondents have daily inventory of paper 30 days. Juan Carlos Escare, editor of World Oriental and administrator of The News of East, said that both newspapers are working at 50% capacity. "We had to reduce paging to save paper. We get three or four weeks of reserve. expanded polystyrene foam "
Escare indicated that only in the Eastern World work on average 60 people. "This is a very serious stage not only for information but for the work of everyone." Romulo Herrera, director of Advance newspapers and Truth says that they have difficulties paper stocks. "We have lowered the number, and reduced the number of pages and yet we can only withstand about 30 days." The Daily Advance is 27 years circulating in Mirandinos Altos and La Verdad has 17 years of uninterrupted movement.
There are some newspapers that do not have the ability expanded polystyrene foam to print products in their shops. Gustavo expanded polystyrene foam Urbina, director of Urbigráfica Corporation in Maracay, Aragua state, offers the print service to newspapers Jornada and El Clarín, including weeklies and magazines. He confirmed that the paper shortage seriously limits their work. "Urbigráfica is responsible for supplying the paper and printing to Day, we have an inventory of 30 days maximum. In the case of El Clarín, they are in charge of searching for your paper, but I also find it difficult to achieve. " Daily Medano, Falcon, had to borrow a coil no other means to stop

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