]> 2026-05-04T14:24:54+00:00 Freedom of the Press/History/Country sources/Colombia 0 en The first legal reference to press freedom in Colombia arose in Title 1, Article 16 of Cundinamarca’s Departmental Constitution in 1811 (Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes). Article 156 of the 1821 Constitution of the Republic of Colombia protected freedom of the press: "All Colombians have the right of freely recording, printing, and publishing their thoughts and opinions, without the necessity of any examination, revision, or censorship, previous to publication. Those, however, who commit any abuse of this inestimable privilege, shall incur the punishments which they have deserved, conformably to the Laws." Today, Title II, Article 20 of Colombia’s [[Probable year:: 1991]] Constitution protects press freedom: “Every individual is guaranteed the freedom to express and diffuse his/her thoughts and opinions, to transmit and receive information that is true and impartial, and to establish mass communications media (Constitute Project, “Colombia's Constitution of [[Probable year:: 1991]] with Amendments through [[Probable year:: 2005]]” ). References: 1811 Cundinamarca Departmental Constitution: Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/constitucion-de-cundinamarca-30-de-marzo-de-1811-y-promulgada-el-4-de-abril-de-1811--0/html/ 1821 Constitution of the Republic of Colombia: English translation of the Spanish original text of the Constitution of 1821 718 (2009) Title VIII: General Regulations: https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.cow/zzco0007&id=21&collection=cow&index=# 1991 Colombia Constitution (rev. 2015): https://constituteproject.org/constitution/Colombia_2015 1991 2005 2448257.5 2453371.5 What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right? 2024-06-10T02:37:05Z 2460471.6090857 Freedom of the Press/History/Country sources/Colombia Page name 102 en Page name