Honduran journalist pulls radio programme after threats
Honduran journalist pulls radio programme after threats
Posted by
Roy Greenslade
Wednesday 20 March 2013 07.05 EDT guardian.co.uk
A TV and radio current affairs producer in Honduras, Julio Ernesto Alvarado, has suspended one of his programmes because of threats and acts of intimidation.
He stopped the broadcasting of a popular show, "Medianoche", on Radio Globo - based in the capital, Tegucigalpa - after a series of increasingly threatening incidents that began a year ago.
Though Alvarado has previously played down the threats, he became fearful after being stalked by a gang that the station's security guards believed to be "hit men".
His radio programme has often been critical of the Honduran police and armed forces.
Alvarado, 60, who is vice-president of the Organization of Ibero-American Journalists, also produces a television programme, "Mi Nación", on Globo TV.
Threats against media are common in Honduras. Pedro Canales, a journalist with La Voz de Zacate Grande, a community radio station in Amapala, received a death threat a week ago. The radio has been harassed in the past because of its coverage of land disputes.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2013/mar/20/press-freedom-honduras
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