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'Criminalising journalism': Famous Salvadoran outlet to relocate
The Salvadoran news outlet El Faro says the Bukele government has attacked the country’s press and eroded rule of law.
14 Apr 2023
The digital news outlet El Faro, founded in El Salvador in 1998 and hailed for its independent investigative reporting, has decided to move its administrative and legal operations out of the country amid what it describes as a campaign of government harassment.
In an editorial on Thursday, the outlet said that it registered on April 1 as a non-profit in San Jose, Costa Rica, though it stressed that its newsroom remains in El Salvador and plans to continue work as usual.
“Under the government of Nayib Bukele, campaigns originating in Casa Presidencial [the Presidential House] have sought to defame and discredit El Faro and its employees,” the editorial states.
“We have faced physical surveillance and threats, Pegasus spyware attacks, harassment of advertisers, and defamation from public officials and ruling-party legislators.”
More:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/14/criminalising-journalism-famous-salvadoran-paper-to-relocate
