Runrunes
Type of site
News site
Available inSpanish
URLrunrun.es
RegistrationNone
Launched2010
Current statusActive

Runrunes (English: Rumors)[1] is a news, opinion and analysis website dedicated to Venezuelan topics. The website was founded by Venezuelan investigative journalist Nelson Bocaranda.

History

Journalist Nelson Bocaranda had a weekday show, "Los Runrunes de Nelson" or "The Rumors of Nelson", which began on Unión Radio in 1998.[2] "Los Runrunes de Nelson" was cancelled in 2009 after the Venezuelan government reportedly said that it would revoke Unión Radio's license if Bocaranda's criticism continued.[1] The following year, Bocaranda and his son created the Runrunes website.[1] The website began as personal columns posted by Bocaranda surrounding the illness of Hugo Chávez, with the coverage being responsible for Bocaranda's increased social media following.[3][4][5]

Demographics

Runrunes' main visitors are from Venezuela, the United States and Spain.[6]

Censorship and attacks

Further information: Censorship in Venezuela

Runrunes has had multiple controversies with the Venezuelan government. Diosdado Cabello, a high-ranking Venezuelan official, intimidated a journalist of the website on his television program, criticizing their work.[7] In January 2016, Bocaranda was detained for nearly 2 hours at Maiquetia International Airport while authorities checked his phone.[8] On 6 May 2016, Bocaranda's Twitter account was hacked with the hacker attempting to discredit the journalist.[9]

Runrunes servers were disrupted from cyberattacks coming from Russia on 28 May 2019.[10]

Access to Runrunes was disrupted by CANTV, the state internet provider on 17 May 2020.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c Marcano, Diego (1 June 2017). "How Venezuela's Independent Digital News Outlets Are Covering the Turmoil in Their Country". Nieman Reports. Retrieved 2023-07-18. "Runrunes" ("Rumors")
  2. ^ "Nelson Bocaranda". Venevisión. 2001-08-03. Archived from the original on 3 August 2001. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
  3. ^ "Venezuelan journalist in eye of Chavez cancer storm". Reuters. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2023. With a daily drip-drip of rumors and details about Chavez's condition, the openly pro-opposition Bocaranda has garnered more than 670,000 followers
  4. ^ "Rumores sobre "fantasma" Chávez estremecen política venezolana". Reuters. 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2023-07-18. Nelson Bocaranda, whose columns of runrunes (www.runrun.es) have raised the anger of the Government
  5. ^ "Venezuela y la conspiración de cada día". BBC News (in Spanish). 2012-05-20. Retrieved 2023-07-18. Nelson Bocaranda, an opposition supporter who in his column "Runrunes" publishes information about Chávez's state of health, said that members of the military leadership are preparing a self-coup if the president does not renew in office.
  6. ^ "Runrun.es Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". Alexa. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Diosdado Cabello intimidó a periodista que elaboró una investigación sobre presuntos "patriotas cooperantes" – IPYS". Press and Society Institute. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Periodista fue retenido una hora y media en Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetía – IPYS". Press and Society Institute. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  9. ^ "Hackearon cuenta de Twitter de periodista Nelson Bocaranda". Press and Society Institute. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  10. ^ "Runrunes recibe ataques desde Rusia tras reportaje sobre las FAES". El Nacional (in Spanish). 28 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  11. ^ "SNTP denunció que Cantv bloqueó el portal Runrunes". El Nacional (in Spanish). 18 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-18.

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