Press censorship in Colombia, 1949-1957

In Colombia, between 1949-1957, mass media censorship was established in order to prevent the population from knowing the real situation of public order and avoid criticism against the political system; a strategy for homogenizing public opinion. The methodology used in this review article is that of social and political history, which allows an understanding of how spaces of opinion are created or limited, what Roger Chartier calls the fourth estate. Control over mass media information enabled the transformation of the democratic regime into an authoritarian regime in Colombia.