‘Fear cannot be your editor’ Lessons of a defiant journalist

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Gustavo Gorriti has charted the worst of Peru’s recent turbulent history, he exposed human rights abuses committed by the Shining Path guerrillas and the military and later revealed links between drug money and government. His reporting made him extremely unpopular with those in power. Following a coup, he was kidnapped on the orders of the president and the secretive head of Peru’s intelligence services. In later life he has had to battle cancer and also personal attacks for his part in exposing widescale corruption, in 12 different countries across Latin America. He’s now returning to his first love – the literature which inspired him to become a writer, and writing some fiction of his own. Presenter: Julian Siddle Producer: Asya Fouks