Argentina: Macri Moves Against Audiovisual Regulatory Agency
- 8 years ago
Newly elected right-wing Argentine President Mauricio Macri decreed an intervention into the Federal Audiovisual Regulatory Agency (AFSCA), removed its chairman Martin Sabbatella, and announced plans to merge it with the Federal Telecommunications Agency. The move is aimed at gutting the 2009 Media Law and "deregulating" the sector. The announcement provoked immediate protests by AFSCA employees, media workers, and the public. teleSUR