WorldcrunchLa Liga Contra El Silencio (“The League Against Silence”) is an alliance of journalists, media outlets and freelance contributors that aims to highlight examples of censorship in Colombia. It was created in 2016 as an initiative from the Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (Foundation for the Freedom of the Press, FLIP).
A new generation of coca leaf growers and pickers is posting video content on social media. They show their life in the fields, how the crops grow, the laboratories where they create the coca paste, and even the exit routes for drug trafficking. And while they used to be stigmatized, and threatened by armed groups, their content is escaping censorship and violence.
In traditionally Catholic Colombia, Protestant preachers have learned to effectively combine marketing and religion to make themselves enormously wealthy. And thanks to political lobbying and religious freedom, they are exempt from the law and taxes.