Temporary Refuge for a Colombian Journalist

From June 11 to August 7, as part of its temporary asylum program, CADAL received the journalist Julián Martínez, author of the book Stab Wounds: Eight Years of Espionage and Barbarism (In Spanish, ChuzaDAS: Ocho años de espionaje y barbarie) , which won the 2017 Simón Bolívar Prize for the best book in literary journalism.

A Visit from a Prestigious Paraguayan Journalist

Journalist Cándido Figueredo Ruíz, a correspondent for the newspaper ABC Color in the city of Pedro Juan Caballero on Paraguay’s border with Brazil, visited the City of Buenos Aires from May 31 to June 30. He has found himself obligated to live under permanent police protection for the past two decades to protect him from the criminals he exposes in his coverage. He won the 2015 International Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) for his work investigating criminal activities. On June 2, 2012, the New York Times ran an article profiling him entitled «Exposing Drug Secrets, From a Well-Guarded Bunker». During his stay in Argentina’s capital, he was declared a Guest of Honor of the Independent City of Buenos Aires by its legislative body.