Augusto Alvarez Rodrich has been fired from Peru 21, one of the most successful newspapers in Peru. It is unfortunate that one of the most independent journalists in Peru has stopped being Peru 21 editor. Alvarez Rodrich has mentioned that there have been some editorial discrepancies with El Comercio newspaper stockholders.I'm hearing through the grapevine that he has being fired because Alvarez was a pain in the neck for Peruvian President Alan Garcia. As a result, his dismissal has been part of a negotiation between the newspaper and the government.
This along with Fernando Ampuero has been the second dismissal from El Comercio Group in a very short time.
Alvarez Rodrich was able to put together a great team of columnists and writers and this made his newspaper a very interesting medium to display a great array of opinions.
This blog (My English Times) and hundreds of thousands of Peruvian newspaper readers are going to miss him a lot. Let's hope there's a brave investor who can give Alvarez Rodrich the opportunity to be in charge of a newspaper soon!
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