The Spanish ambassador in Guatemala, José María Laviña, considers the role of the EFE Agency for free expression in Central America and worldwide as “fundamental”, within the framework of the entity’s 50 years in the isthmus.
This is how the diplomat referred during an interview with EFE for the 50th anniversary of the EFE Agency in Central America, celebrated this week in Guatemala, with a photographic exhibition that will be in force until July 1.
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“Freedom of the press, or the media, have two main functions: one is to inform and the other is to denounce, denounce with investigations, cases of corruption, or whatever may be behind plots of various kinds”explained Laviña, 59 years old.
The ambassador, born in Oviedo, added that another of the great values of Agencia EFE is the trust it enjoys worldwide.
“The EFE Agency reports, because photography is information that is always truthful. And the information is true, or it is not information”Lavina added.
The diplomat also recalled that a democracy without freedom of expression is “a chimera” and therefore, “It does not exist, I know of no cases.”
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For the Spanish ambassador in Guatemala, currently the freedom of the press “live difficult moments” in a large number of countries, and “I don’t see what” the problem “it will be fixed from one day to the next” in the future.
“On the contrary: all countries are going to have to face new challenges, because the information media are changing, although the content and mission of the press are always the same”stressed the diplomat.
The ambassador was present this Wednesday at the inauguration of the photographic exhibition organized by EFE in commemoration of his 50 years in Central America, together with the director of EFE Strategy, Soledad Álvarez.
The exhibition, made up of 50 historical images of the isthmus, is located in the Cultural Center of Spain in Guatemala, in the center of the country’s capital, and will be open to the public until July 1.
“It has been very good to do this presentation of the EFE Agency, with a very general vision of its news presence in Central America and very particularly in Guatemala”Laviña concluded.
