Brazil’s presidential candidates are preventing pitched digital battles forward of the election. Plus, Nicaragua’s hostile media area.
In Brazil’s upcoming election, President Jair Bolsonaro just isn't taking place and not using a combat. He has raised the prospect of electoral fraud, used outdated tips from his media playbook to unfold disinformation, and whereas the general public is extra attuned to those risks now than it was in 2018, there may be nonetheless lots at stake.
Contributors:
Natalia Leal – CEO, Agencia Lupa
Luciana Coelho – Deputy managing editor, Folha de São Paulo
Juliana dal Piva – Columnist, UOL
Natalia Viana – Host, The Secret Lifetime of Jair podcast
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Nicaragua’s scattered journalists
Beneath President Daniel Ortega, as soon as a socialist revolutionary, Nicaragua has turn into a dwelling hell for journalists; arbitrary arrests, harassment and demise threats have turn into the day-to-day norm. Producer Tariq Nafi seems into Nicaragua’s nightmarish media atmosphere and the journalists persevering with to indicate resistance.
Contributors:
Freelance Journalist, Nicaragua
Carlos Fernando Chamorro – Journalist and founder, Confidencial
Bianca Jagger – Human rights advocate
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