Program: 17th August, Sol de Oro Hotel

8:30 AM
FINANCING OF ELECTION CAMPAIGNS
The financing of election campaigns is one of the darkest aspects of Latin American politics. Examples of successful investigations in Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador.
La mafia de los medicamentos y el financiamiento de la campaña de los Kirchner (The medicines mafia and the financing of the Kirchners’ campaign):
» Daniel Santoro, Clarín, Argentina
Empresas públicas financiaron la campaña electoral del partido de gobierno (Public companies financed the ruling party's election campaign):
» Luis Bareiro, Última Hora, Paraguay
La conexión venezolana de Ollanta Humala (Ollanta Humala’s Venezuelan connection):
» Oscar Libón, Correo, Peru
Las cuentas del referéndum para la reelección de Álvaro Uribe (A referendum for Alvaro Uribe’s reelection):
» Carlos Eduardo Huertas, Semana magazine, Colombia
Oscuros aportes para la campaña de Rafael Correa (Dubious contributions to Rafael Correa’s campaign):
» Arturo Torres, El Comercio, Ecuador

10:30 AM
DRUG TRAFFICKING AND ORGANIZED CRIME
Different ways of investigating the drug trafficking phenomena are explained by journalists who carry out or lead investigations in this field. The panel will present the challenges to be faced when investigating organized crime in several countries.
La investigación posible en México (Possible investigation in Mexico):
» María Idalia Gómez, author of Con la muerte en el bolsillo, Mexico
Investigaciones de comercialización de droga en Rio de Janeiro (Investigations into drug marketing in Rio de Janeiro):
» Fabio Guzmao, Extra, Brazil
Radiografía del narcotráfico y el contrabando en el Este (X-ray of drug trafficking and smuggling in the East):
» Andrés Colman, Última Hora, Paraguay
El extraño asesinato del jefe de investigaciones contra el crimen organizado (The strange murder of the chief of investigations against organized crime):
» Adela Satiel, Panama America, Panama

12:00 AM
A report of the work presented at the last Investigative Reporters and Editors Conference in Baltimore, 2009.
IRE 2009: The best investigations in the United States
» Lise Olsen, IRE
» T. Christian Miller, PROPÚBLICA, USA

1:00 PM
LUNCH

2:00 PM
INVESTIGATIONS ON THE ENVIRONMENT
Three cases: the plundering of a protected area, the ravages of the cellulose industry and evidence that this issue also leads to major false accusations.
Historia de una gran depredación (History of a major plundering):
» Lucio Vaz, Correio Braziliense, Brazil
La destrucción del Petén (The destruction of Peten):
» Marvin del Cid, El Periódico, Guatemala
Una empresa víctima de falsas acusaciones por contaminación (A company is falsely accused of contamination):
» Jorge Ávalos, El Diario de Hoy, El Salvador

3:00 PM
CORRUPTION CASES
From the Catholic Church in Costa Rica to American companies in Iraq, via corrupt policemen in Brazil, illicit businesses are daring and diversified. They are occasionally discovered by journalistic investigators.
Las cuentas ilícitas de la Iglesia Católica (The Catholic Church’s illicit accounts):
» Ernesto Rivera, La Nación, Costa Rica
Dossier Milicia (Militia dossier):
» Joao Antonio Barros, O Dia, Brazil
Investigación de fraudes en Irak (Fraud investigations in Iraq):
» T. Christian Miller, PROPÚBLICA, United States

4:00 PM
PUBLIC CONTRACTING
Five cases of journalistic investigations about suspect public contracting. The panel will explore the methodology applied to each situation and results will be compared.
Irregularidades en la licitación del Registro Civil (Irregularities in the bid for the Civil Registry):
» Francisca Skoknic, CIPER, Chile
The TELECSA case:
» Mónica Almeida, El Universo, Ecuador
El alcalde de Chinautla y su red de ONG constructoras (Chinautla’s mayor and his network of building NGOs):
» Lesly Véliz, Siglo XXI, Guatemala
The Koji case:
» Daniela Arbex, Tribuna do Minas, Brazil

5:00 PM
INVESTIGATION AND THE INTERNET
The practice of journalism in the Internet requires speed that could be incompatible with investigation. But several Latin American media outlets do this. And some have been created to do just that.
Investigando contra la corriente (Investigating against the tide):
» Carlos Dada, editor of El Faro, El Salvador
Dos años de CIPER (Two years of CIPER):
» Mónica González, editor of the Center for Journalistic Investigation, Chile
El parlamento bajo la lupa (The parliament under the magnifying glass):
» Sylvio Costa, editor of congresoemfoco, Brazil

8:00 PM.
PRESENTATION OF THE DOCUMENTARY “EL DIARIO DE AGUSTÍN” (AGUSTIN’S DIARY)
And of the book by the same name, about the role of the newspaper El Mercurio during Pinochet's dictatorship.
» Claudia Lagos (University of Chile)
» Fernando Villagrán, producer.