Lawfare or Democracy: Against Judicial and Media Persecution

The Faculty of Journalism and Social Communication of the National University of La Plata, the Pro-Secretariat of Media and Publications of the UNLP, TV Universidad and the CLACSO Working Group Communication, politics and citizenshipThey produced a documentary that brings together political and academic figures from the region to reflect on what "lawfare" is and the consequences it has for democracy.

In audiovisual micro-production, specialists agree that Latin America has long been threatened by destabilization operations, criminalization and political proscription by the judicial, financial and media powers, which limit the actions of democratically elected popular governments.

In this sense, Gabriela Rivadeneira (Ecuador), Pablo Vommaro (Argentina), Emir Sader (Brazil), Marco Enríquez Ominami (Chile), Omar Rincón (Colombia), Karina Betthyány (Uruguay), Juan Ramón Quintana (Bolivia) and the Argentinians Nora Merlín, Florencia Saintout and Andrea Varela, explain and establish their views to understand what are the mechanisms that are activated in judicial persecution to unduly detain political adversaries, paralyze and discredit opponents, disqualify or provoke popular repudiation towards a person with leadership and/or weaken or depose governments.

We propose a journey through these visions by making click here  for thinking and sharing.

16th September 2022
CLACSO Working Group
Communication, politics and citizenship
Faculty of Journalism and Social Communication;
Deputy Secretariat for Media and Publications and
TV of the from the National University of La Plata

This statement expresses the position of the aforementioned Working Group and not necessarily that of the centers and institutions that make up the CLACSO international network, its Steering Committee or its Executive Secretariat.