Tamara Taraciuk Broner who is a Senior Americas researcher, with the help of Univision news published this news article (March 19, 2018 9:00 am EDT to be exact) titled, Venezuela’s Journalists Can’t be Silenced. Broner goes on to describe various real life journalists that are exiled, thrown in prison for as long as twenty years, and forced to turn in their resignation letters when their voices are threatened to be silenced. This reinforces the idea that some journalists such as Rayma Suprani who still to this day creates cartoons and posts them on social media, depicting Venezuela’s crisis , are so patriotic and loyal to their countries citizens that they risk their lives on a daily basis. “She left in 2014 after she lost her job at El Universal after nearly 20 years. It had been sold to people thought to be close to the government. Suprani was fired for a cartoon showing an electrocardiogram of a healthy heartbeat, juxtaposed with President Hugo Chavez’s signature morphing into a flatlined EKG—representing the death of the Venezuelan health system” (Broner, March 2018). Basically these journalists put their lives in danger just to ensure that the public deserves justice. In the end, the battle the journalists are fighting for always prevails (to seek the truth and make sure the public has access to it.
Venezuelans commemorate journalists' day in Caracas on June 27, 2017.
© 2017 Francisco Bruzco
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