Reporte Confidencial

The origin of this media outlet from the state of Nueva Esparta is marked by the need to publish what others censor, explains Yusnelly Villalobos, assistant to the director, Braulio Jatar, considered a political prisoner of Venezuela. Immediacy is its main asset and this is made possible with the work of six people who monitor from the office, television channels and social networks. They have two workers doing local coverage, as well as collaborators in other cities in Venezuela such as Caracas, Maracaibo and Barcelona. The reader's blackboardThis section allows interaction with citizen reporters. There, users have several fields and the option to upload images of a fact that is then verified by RConfidencial. In addition to having the website, Twitter and Facebook, to publicize news and investigations mostly from political sources and events, the RConfidencial team wants to bet on Instagram, a social network widely used by Venezuelan users to find out about daily events. Arrest and release of the director of RConfidencialAccording to the statement from the SNTP, National Union of Workers of the Press, Jatar, the 58-year-old Chilean-Venezuelan lawyer and broadcaster, was arrested on September 3 for being the first to release videos of the thunderous cacerolazo that President Nicolás Maduro received during a tour of the community of Villa Rosa, Nueva Esparta state. However, Venezuelan authorities said that the businessman was detained for alleged money laundering and spent almost 9 months in the Detention Center for Prosecuted Persons Judicial on July 26 in the state of Guárico. After an intense international campaign with the participation of the Chilean government, the Organization of American States and organizations dedicated to the defense of freedom of expression, on May 24, 2017, Jatar received a precautionary measure instead of house arrest.