The Chairman of the IAPA’s Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information, Rafael Molina, condemned the use of violence and stated, “we watch with concern the continuation in Colombia and Venezuela of the disturbing climate of intimidation in the practice of journalism.”
On the evening of Wednesday, November 13, a car bomb exploded in front of the office of National Radio Channel (RCN) in Cúcuta, 400 kilometers northeast of Bogotá, which left 4 people injured and countless amounts of damage. The explosion also affected the radio station of the nearby Catholic Church in that city.
Molina, director of the Dominican magazine Ahora, also mentioned that violent protests had also taken place on Tuesday, November 12 in Caracas by party supporters of President Hugo Chávez, which left one person dead and a cameraman from RCTV television station, Armando Amaya, wounded. The headquarters of the same station was also attacked, as well as the newspaper Así es la Noticia.
“We deplore the hostile environment affecting the Venezuelan press and
we repeat our request to the government of that country to investigate and offer
fundamental guarantees for the practice of journalism,” Molina concluded.
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