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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...western border of the Argentine Republic, next to Chile, lies the province of La Rioja (pop. 110,000). Fortnight ago La Rioja's legislature passed a bill setting up a strict press censorship. It banned publication of anything which the chief of provincial police may consider "subversive, seditious, obscene, immoral," or which "lowers, attacks or demerits the majesty of justice." Offending editors, publishers, distributors, even newsboys may be fined or jailed, and the law applies not only to La Rioja's own press, but to papers brought in from outside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Provincial Gag | 9/23/1940 | See Source »

This is a necessary provision because: in all of La Rioja's 33,394 square miles there is not one local newspaper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Provincial Gag | 9/23/1940 | See Source »

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