Updated 05-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about LA PATILLA!
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My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: La Patilla is a Venezuelan news website that was founded by Alberto Federico Ravell in 2010 . the website is based out of Venezuela and according to Alexa it is one of the top 600 websites visited in the in 2010, Ravell created the news website, La Patilla . by 2017, it was among the top 5 most visited websites in Venezuela . it is also the top visited news website in Venezuela behind El Nacional . journalists say news websites like La Patilla “helped fill a gap” since Venezuelan government bought media organizations . la patilla CEO: “there’s little they can do to squeeze us” one of primary browsing visitors to la patilla reported “irregularities” and thought it was just technical problems . later it was discovered that the website was blocked by the government-run CANTV . the website’s visitors were readers of la patilla criticized the blockage by CANTV saying it was a “violation of their right to information” readers also assumed the government was due to the coverage of the prison clashes . a photojournalist from la patilla was assaulted by the national police . he was hit in the head with the butt of a shotgun while covering protests in Las Mercedes . on 27 may 2014 diosdado cabello says he will take control of website if it is unable to pay . website fined $5 million after publishing article implicating the president of the pro-Maduro party . Nathalie southwick: the measure against La Patilla is an “attempt to bankrupt and shut down a critical outlet” the measure provides an “example of how the Venezuelan judicial system is being used