During a meeting with communicators from different media, the Head of State thanked them for the coverage and work of all these years.
“I want to thank you for all the accompaniment, the criticism, because a democracy cannot be conceived without the plurality of thought and the role of the press,” expressed Mario Abdo Benitez.
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Asked about the censorship that arises from the Coalition, by denying accreditations to Nación Media, he indicated that he firmly believes in press freedom and that he prefers abuse over restriction.
Each April 26 marks the day of the Paraguayan journalist, in homage to the publication of the first edition of the Paraguayan Independent newspaper, a date like today, but from the year 1845.
Coincidentally, the journalist Santiago Leguizamón was also assassinated on a date like today, but in 1991, in Pedro Juan Caballero.
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