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the digital newspaper The lighthouse announced this Thursday that its administrative and legal structure “he moves” to Costa Rica after 25 years in The Saviora country in which the medium “will continue doing journalism“, Due to the “lack of conditions to continue operating”.
An editorial published today in the newspaper explains that “from April 1 of this year, The lighthouse is administered by the periodical foundationin Saint Joseph, Costa Rica“, before “operated administratively under the ownership of the Salvadoran company TripodSA de CV, with which he was born”, he pointed out.
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He indicated that hiswriting will continue San Salvador“and what will follow”doing journalism in El Salvador”, but his “administrative and legal operation no longer” and what now “are a Central American newspaper based in San José”.
Those who did not read, did not understand anything (or did not want to). We moved the administrative structure of the country. We journalists will continue here, holding out as long as possible, revealing, investigating, as always, just wait and see. https://t.co/Vz5f02WQFB
— Oscar Martinez (@CronistaOscar) April 14, 2023
Furthermore, he noted that “is the culmination“of a process they undertook”a few months ago due to the lack of conditions to continue operating in El Salvador”.
El Faro assured that during the administration of the president Nayib Bukelethe publication and its employees were “object of delegitimization and defamation campaigns originated in the Presidential House” and faced “physical tracking and threats“, in addition to “espionage with Pegasusharassment of advertisers and defamation of officials and deputies of the official party”.
But above all it indicates, “we have faced multiple audits of the Treasurywith fabricated accusations to which we continue to respond and appeal in all the corresponding administrative and judicial instances, despite knowing that in El Salvador there is no longer a division of powers”.
El Faro published in September 2020 that “Tax authorities is currently auditing the accounting of this newspaper in the years 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018″, but that the Treasury has not notified its representatives that they face said investigation.
In April 2021, El Faro denounced through an editorial that the Salvadoran government allegedly “make another case” against him after an audit in which the Ministry of Finance accuses the investigative outlet of evading taxes.
In addition, in July 2021, the editor of the Salvadoran newspaper El Faro, the Mexican journalist Daniel Lizarragaleft El Salvador within the period ordered by the Government after denying him a work permit and temporary residence.
El Faro is considered one of the most important newspapers in El Salvador and internationally recognized for the value of its investigations.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) granted in February 2021 precautionary protection measures in favor of 34 members of the media who, it warned, “they would be subjected to harassment, threats, intimidation and stigmatization”.
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“The dismantling of our democracy, the lack of controls on the exercise of power by a small group, attacks on freedom of the press, and the closure of all transparency and accountability mechanisms in El Salvador seriously threaten the citizen’s right to be informed. beyond the large public resources allocated today to disseminate propaganda and false news”, the newspaper points out in its editorial.
He adds that “The criminalization of journalism is, unfortunately, increasingly used by the governments of the region, parallel to the accumulation of power and the weakening of democratic institutions and civil movements. Autocrats do not tolerate other narratives”.
Source: Elcomercio
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