Criminalization of free speech: Social protest and local administration in Guayaquil

Through a case study of the detention of thr ee people for protesting in opposition to the M etr o vía, this article analyzes the authoritative natur e of the public politics in G uayaquil. T o do so, the facts are narrated as they wer e seen by the local press, and fitted inside a widespread political practice. F inally , they are contrasted to contemporar y theories of human rights as for freedom of speech. The ar ticle demonstrates the authoritarian and undemocratic character of the local authorities and the need to create spaces that r espect and propitiate the critical debate in r elation with the public politics betw een the authorities and the civil society .

• Главный автор: Flores Aguirre, Xavier (author)
• Формат: article
• Язык: spa
• Опубликовано: 2007
• Предметы: criminalization of protest; freedom of speech; public policies; public space; civil society; criminalización de la protesta; libertad de expresión; políticas públicas; espacio público; sociedad civil
• Online-ссылка: https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/194