Freeing the Press in Guatemala
Bill Cosford Cinema 5030 Brunson Drive, Dooly Memorial 225, Coral GablesOrganizers: Reporters Without Borders, The UM Hanley Democracy Center and the Department of Journalism and Media Management in the School of Communication Josรฉ Rubรฉn Zamora is a Guatemalan journalist, publisher and founder of three newspapers. His work has exposed political corruption for two decades, but he was arrested and sentenced to six years in prison for a trumped up money laundering charge. Zamora's imprisonment is emblematic of the outgoing administration's crackdown on press freedom, but also an opportunity for a new president to turn over a new leaf. This panel [...]