Colombian journalists say death threats reflect 'ugly' climate since presidential election

[Judi Lynn]

Journalists say ‘dangerous new atmosphere’ has emerged since Iván Duque, a fierce opponent of the peace process, won election

Ed Vulliamy in Bogotá
Sat 28 Jul 2018 03.00 EDT

Prominent Colombian journalists have warned that a string of death threats over their coverage of the country’s peace process reflects an “ugly and dangerous new atmosphere” in the country since the election of its new president.

María Jimena Duzán of the weekly magazine Semana was threatend on Twitter with a message urging she be “raped, spat upon, chopped up with a chainsaw and hung in the Plaza de Bolívar” – the main square in the capital, Bogotá.

Minutes after the threat was sent, the account which posted it and the IP address were closed.

Duzan said threats to her and other journalists have escalated since the election of conservative Iván Duque, a protégé of former president Álvaro Uribe – who viscerally opposes the peace deal with the Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the Farc. Duque, who will be sworn in on 7 August, has vowed to “overhaul” the peace accord.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/28/colombia-journalists-death-threats-duque

[democratisphere]

1. Journalists have an extremely difficult job when a corrupt so-called president is elected.

What the hell is wrong with the voters that elect these maniacs?