(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 14, 2019 The General Manager of Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional Jorge Makriniotis speaks during an interview with the AFP, at its printing press in Caracas. - Due to the shortage of paper and scarce personnel, the Venezuelan press was pushed to internet as a way to survive in a country with precarious connectivity. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP)
CARACAS: Starved of advertising revenue and battling a stranglehold on the newspaper industry by the government, Venezuela’s independent media have been decimated by the country’s years-long crisis – with many migrating online to survive.
“It was a course we couldn’t get away from,” Jorge Makriniotis, manager at the 75-year-old El Nacional, told AFP.
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