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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tom Phillips and Patricia Torres in Caracas

‘Being on camera is no longer sensible’: persecuted Venezuelan journalists turn to AI

The AI newsreaders La Chama and El Pana
The AI newsreaders La Chama and El Pana have been providing daily updates on the Venezuelan president’s post-election crackdown. Photograph: Connectas

The Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez, who spent some of his happiest years chronicling life in Caracas, once declared journalism “the best job in the world”.

Not so if you are reporting on today’s Venezuela, where journalists are feeling the heat as the South American country lurches towards full-blown dictatorship under President Nicolás Maduro.

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