Less than a month after a mixed congressional commission threw out a piece of legislation widely condemned as a ‘ley mordaza’, or ‘gag law’ [WR-16-15], President Michelle Bachelet is facing further accusations of seeking to muzzle the media following her decision to file a defamation lawsuit against the magazine Qué Pasa. The move follows the publication of a wiretap transcript linking her with the so-called ‘Caval case’ – a corruption case which first made headlines in February 2015 and implicates Bachelet’s son Sebastián Dávalos and daughter-in-law Natalia Compagnon Soto [WR-15-08]. End of preview - This article contains approximately 1078 words.
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