ElPeriódico, a benchmark for investigative journalism in Guatemala, has closed. The newsroom was raided last summer, when its director, José Rubén Zamora, was also arrested on charges of money laundering.
The newspaper published its latest front page today on the Internet with a message that is a declaration of intent: "We say no to power" The closure of elPeriádico has generated an avalanche of reactions both in Guatemala and outside the Central American country. The Inter American Press Association has classified it as a setback for democracy.