Guatemala - Officials reject all criticism, harass newspaper

Reporters without borders

The authorities have been gunning for José Rubén Zamora, the editor of the Guatemala City-based daily elPeriódico, for the past year. Although President Otto Pérez Molina withdrew his lawsuit, Zamora is still accused of “crimes against women” by Vice-president Roxana Baldetti. elPeriódico also suffers the consequences of Zamora's critical editorial line: the authorities suddenly stopped giving it any of the state's lucrative advertising in 2013. The authorities targeted the newspaper again this (...)

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