Pressing for Transparency: Media Platform Mexicoleaks Threatens to Blow the Whistle Paula Martinez Gutierrez and Camila Ruiz Segovia - BPR Magazine | |
go to original May 5, 2015 |
Carmen Aristegui, a widely respected Mexican journalist who has investigated the president’s hidden properties, came under attack by her employer for forging an alliance with the whistleblower site Mexicoleaks. (Octavio Gomez/Proceso)
From a country dripping with corruption has come Mexicoleaks, a media platform that seeks to engage Mexicans in the safeguarding of their country’s democracy. Launched on March 10th, the website is based on the principles and format of Wikileaks. By allowing users across the country to openly share vast troves of information, Mexicoleaks creates an avenue for any citizen to be a whistleblower. Though the organization has yet to begin publishing, it creates an inclusive and secure way to hold both the government and the private sector accountable. In a nation defined by rampant insecurity, repeated and unapologetic scandals and media monopolization, the incubation of a public, transparent and independent information platform like Mexicoleaks is an unprecedentedly ambitious project — one that will empower civilians to ensure that the state is serving the public interest.
Mexicoleaks has emerged at a moment of general disillusionment with Mexican governance. Since the mass kidnapping in Ayotzinapa last September, where state authorities were involved in the disappearance of 43 teacher trainees, Mexico has undergone a major political crisis. A staggering number of newly unearthed scandals have only fostered the country’s growing discontent, and it has become increasingly clear that the trail of corruption stretches all the way to the top of Mexico’s government. Last November, it was discovered that First Lady Angélica Rivera had mysteriously come into possession of a $7 million mansion built by Grupo Higa — a company engaged in multimillion-dollar infrastructure contracts with the government. As shady dealings like these come to light, the public demand for transparency and honesty is growing increasingly robust.
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