Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Spanish, interpreted as follows:] In the last few years, journalism in Venezuela has been well recognized internationally. Many journalists have had to exile themselves, and many of those received awards and recognition for their work. We have organizations an

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Spanish, interpreted as follows:] I think you're right, and this is a very difficult question to answer. Right now, the last report was that there are at least 500 soldiers who have crossed the border and left the armed forces. The armed forces have been losing

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Spanish, interpreted as follows:] Our responsibility is to be able to analyze and be critical about the official information, so we can compare what Juan Guaido is saying about humanitarian aid with what Nicolas Maduro is saying about it. That is also part of o

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Spanish, interpreted as follows:] Yes, the sources that we use are official sources. These are sources from the government, for example. But we also use independent outlets. We also have what we call interlocal information; information that emerges from the pla

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Spanish, interpreted as follows:] It's very important for us to provide information that is accurate. The disinformation is so serious that there's not only disinformation about public officials or opposition leaders, there's also a lot of misinformation, as

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Spanish, interpreted as follows:] Yes, the first time that we did it, we saw the response. That's the case in most of the broadcasts we do. It's clear for us that people are applauding for their right to receive information. We are a country with a long democr

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Spanish, interpreted as follows:] None has been arrested. One of them was detained temporarily because there was a police checkpoint and most young people are asked for their ID, but that has nothing to do with their activity as newscasters. Every day, people

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Spanish, interpreted as follows:] Yes. Since last year especially, there has been a policy to restrict and block social media platforms, especially social media that does investigation or has a broad reach, like El Pitazo. There are other outlets, like Runrun

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Spanish, interpreted as follows:] The buses in Venezuela, the buses that we use, are private. These are private co-operatives. In fact, part of the policy is not to use the government-owned buses in order to avoid compromising situations. Especially, we have fe

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Spanish, interpreted as follows:] Yes, perfectly well. Good afternoon.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Spanish, interpreted as follows:] Hello. Good afternoon. I am a Venezuelan journalist, and two years ago two partners and I founded a new journalistic enterprise called Bus TV. We founded it in the midst of the 2017 protests. We did so, because the reality t