It only took 26 years after the military dictatorship ended for the media to be democratized, but on Saturday at 3am the new law was finally passed. The debate lasted for over 18 hours in the Senate. I went to Congreso around midday to see the manifestaciones (demonstrations?) in favor of the new law. It has been a huge controversy here ever since the dictatorship ended here because all of the media is controlled by about 4 groups of private owners. Because they have so much power and lobby, the law that was made during the dictatorship hasnt been able to be overturned yet, despite the fact that 75% of all the news comes from one source, which isnt very democratic now is it...
CONGRESO
This is flag of the indigenous groups. Jimena and I interviewed their spokesman for our UBA Radio. He had marched to Congreso all the way from Neuquen (over 1000 km). He said that it is an embarrassment on the entire country to still have in place a law that was made during the times of a military dictator, and that freedom of speech and freedom of press haven't been actually observed yet in Argentina and that hopefully this new law will change that.
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