Nicaragua
Prominent journalist under investigationPosted Dec 17 2008
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, Carlos Fernando Chamorro Barrios has been the target of politically motivated investigations. The administration of President Daniel Ortega accused the Center for Media Investigations, which is headed by Chamorro Barrios, of money laundering and getting money from foreign governments to Nicaraguan civil organizations that are not authorized to receive those funds.
Chamorro Barrios is also the host of the radio show “Onda Local,” and editor of the newsweekly, Confidencial.
Known for his criticism of the Ortega administration and his investigations into corruption, Chamorro Barrios is the son of Violeta Barrios (who defeated the then-incumbent Ortega in the Nicaraguan presidential election in 1990 and served until 1997) and Pedro Joaquín Chamorro, the editor of the Managua-based paper, La Prensa, who was assassinated during the dictatorship of Anatasio Somoza.