Laura Vidal

A special feature on new legislation aiming to defend women's safety in the digital space in Colombia plus the latest free expression news from the region, produced by IFEX's Regional Editor Laura Vidal.

We are shining a spotlight on a dangerous increase in attempts to censor cultural voices and artistic expression in the region. In Brazil, an electoral judge attempted to censor artists who were critical of President Bolsonaro onstage; and in the United States, new legislation aims to influence classrooms and pull books from public library shelves. Meanwhile, in Cuba, the government is using the trials of protesters to punish artists they have been targeting for years; and a report from PEN International and UNESCO highlights inequalities in the literary world.

This is the story of a Festival that jumped at the opportunity of opening the door to many more languages.

Privacidad, خصوصية, siri, privacy, privacidade. Finding the word in different languages might look simple. The contexts in which privacy plays out around the world, however, is definitely not. What does privacy mean for people in countries around the world? How are new technologies and widespread data aggregation impacting societies, politics, and cultures? What are the stories of the activists working to protect privacy rights and advocate for adequate laws, regulations and practices to ensu...

Hear more from the creators and contributors of Mozilla’s 2020 Internet Health Report. In this series of audio explorations we learn more about the year’s healthy and unhealthy stories from around the world as a few of our 110 contributors expand on their ideas.

A profile as part of my participation in the Internet Health Report 2020

This is part of my work as the Outreach Coordinator of Mozilla's Internet Health Report 2020.

Screen capture from “Ramita Seca,” produced by Elisa Portela via YouTube, featuring choreography and interpretation of “Bartolina Xixa” a drag persona inspired by Andean indigenous aesthetics.

In the middle of a large garbage dump, surrounded by fog, a figure in a wide pastel pink skirt and long braids dances a vidala, a form of traditional poetry accompanied by music typical of Argentinian folklore.

It has been a long time since the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has known political stability. From the 2013 death of Hugo Chávez, to the 2017 political de-fanging of legislative powers, to Juan Guaidó's open challenge to President Nicolás Maduro's legitimacy in January 2019, Venezuelans have endured what feels like a never-ending cycle of uncertainty and political turmoil.

This a special coverage page with several articles and blog posts.

Amid widespread protests in response to Venezuela's social, political and economic crises, state control over information has reached new heights.

In June 2018, Venezuelans have seen online newspapers, pornography sites, and the Tor network blocked, in what appears to be the latest move in an ever-evolving strategy to limit access to information for the general public.

The road has been long and steady. What began with limitations on access to radio and television spectrum during the administ...

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Con la expansión del COVID 19 aprendimos que no solo el virus se propaga rápido, también lo hace la desinformación. En tiempos en los que incluso lo que dicen las autoridades sanitarias está en evolución constante, no parece exagerado afirmar que el derecho a la información también es cosa de vida o muerte.

Con Tour Delirio, María Juliana Soto cruzó aspectos del problema de la privacidad que se ven poco en los debates sobre la tecnología. Con una serie animada acompañada de paseos de salsa en bus por Cali, Colombia, se pone sobre la mesa la cultura que le da potencia a la vigilancia sobre las mujeres. De este modo, y aunque se le ayude poco, Tour Delirio participa en la necesaria innovación educativa que busca incluir un enfoque de género a la cuestión de la privacidad dentro de las nuevas alfab...

I wonder how much most Venezuelans knew about Iran when presidents Chavéz and Ahmadinejad began to get politically cozy, and Venezuelan and Iranian workers started flowing back and forth between Caracas and Tehran.