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Brazil & Southern Cone - January 2015 (ISSN 1741-4431)
POLITICS: Ruling FA drives through media law
The government has successfully pushed through congress a wide-ranging new media law, courtesy of the slim majorities enjoyed by the ruling left-wing Frente Amplio (FA) coalition in both chambers. The new legislation seeks, among other things, to end monopolies in the media sector; to regulate radio, television and other audiovisual services; and to allocate free-of-charge advertising spots, according to each individual party’s performance in the previous elections. It faced fierce criticism from the political opposition, which voted against it en masse but lacked the votes to prevent its passage through congress.
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