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Suppressing a Free Press in the Time of Corona

Published: April 14, 2020, 8:50 p.m.

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Many have praised Puerto Rico governor Wanda V\\xe1zquez for establishing a strict curfew early in the COVID-19 crisis, but at what costs? The last few days have been tumultuous for V\\xe1zquez and the island\'s government, as they try to manage the outbreak while being accused of suppressing a free press that can\'t cover coronavirus task force sessions on Puerto Rico\'s government-funded television. Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela talks to Armando Vald\\xe9s of Radio Isla\'s Sobre La Mesa\\xa0about this and other events that are clouding the V\\xe1zquez administration\'s attempts to fight COVID-19.

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Featured image: A scene from Saturday\'s coronavirus special on WIPR in Puerto Rico. (Via La Fortaleza)

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