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Media Freedom Hero: Angel Ramírez from Guatemala

Angel Ramirez fights daily for greater transparency in Congress. He insists that more information being made available to people means higher political participation, which means less corruption.

  • Angel Ramirez Geschäftsführer der NGO Congreso Transparente

    What motivates you to keep going?

    I still believe in our political institutions - despite the corruption scandals. But we need to improve them. As executive director of the NGO "Congreso Transparente", it's my task to ensure that people are given clear information about the political activities of Congress. We want Congress and civil society to work better together.

  • Angel Ramirez Geschäftsführer der NGO Congreso Transparente

    What do you do to support press freedom?

    "You understand congress better than anyone else!" - this was a comment we got via Facebook. People trust us because we're providing them with objective, comprehensible information. For example, we keep a check on how individual members of Congress vote. So that people know how the representative from their district voted on any given piece of draft legislation.

  • Angel Ramírez arbeitet in einem Co Working Space

    What does your workplace look like?

    I share a co-working space with our three full-time employees and the three part-time workers. It's a very practical arrangement: There are also several civil society organizations working here who make good use, in various ways, of the data we collect. We also profit from their input. They tell us what information they still need us to get hold of, what's missing.

  • Angel Ramirez Geschäftsführer der NGO Congreso Transparente

    How do you stay up to date?

    I generally get my news from the social networks. That does mean you have to be a little careful but I've got quite good at knowing which sites can be trusted. I also know many of the Congress members personally. If they are part of some news story, I can go to them and ask them about it myself. We use the social networks too, that works really well for us. It's evident that the users trust us.

  • Guatemala Parlament Kongresssitzung

    Where does your inspiration come from?

    I'm actually inspired by the government buildings themselves. They remind me of the impact of the decisions made there every day on the lives of individual citizens. Especially Congress, which is where all the visions people have of our country come together in ways that determine the future of our society.


  • Angel Ramirez Geschäftsführer der NGO Congreso Transparente

    What motivates you to keep going?

    I still believe in our political institutions - despite the corruption scandals. But we need to improve them. As executive director of the NGO "Congreso Transparente", it's my task to ensure that people are given clear information about the political activities of Congress. We want Congress and civil society to work better together.

  • Angel Ramirez Geschäftsführer der NGO Congreso Transparente

    What do you do to support press freedom?

    "You understand congress better than anyone else!" - this was a comment we got via Facebook. People trust us because we're providing them with objective, comprehensible information. For example, we keep a check on how individual members of Congress vote. So that people know how the representative from their district voted on any given piece of draft legislation.

  • Angel Ramírez arbeitet in einem Co Working Space

    What does your workplace look like?

    I share a co-working space with our three full-time employees and the three part-time workers. It's a very practical arrangement: There are also several civil society organizations working here who make good use, in various ways, of the data we collect. We also profit from their input. They tell us what information they still need us to get hold of, what's missing.

  • Angel Ramirez Geschäftsführer der NGO Congreso Transparente

    How do you stay up to date?

    I generally get my news from the social networks. That does mean you have to be a little careful but I've got quite good at knowing which sites can be trusted. I also know many of the Congress members personally. If they are part of some news story, I can go to them and ask them about it myself. We use the social networks too, that works really well for us. It's evident that the users trust us.

  • Guatemala Parlament Kongresssitzung

    Where does your inspiration come from?

    I'm actually inspired by the government buildings themselves. They remind me of the impact of the decisions made there every day on the lives of individual citizens. Especially Congress, which is where all the visions people have of our country come together in ways that determine the future of our society.