El Pitazo is a Venezuelan news website that covers current affairs, politics, and social issues in the country. Established in 2014, it aims to provide independent and unbiased news to Venezuelan citizens, creating a space for free expression and democratic discussion. The platform focuses on investigative journalism, highlighting corruption, human rights violations, and economic instability in Venezuela. El Pitazo also covers stories of the Venezuelan diaspora and the impact of the ongoing political crisis on the daily lives of its people. With a digital-first approach, the website provides up-to-date news and multimedia content to its audience.

Founded in December 2014, it started as a YouTube channel, but progressively expanded.ipi.mediaEl Pitazo (“The Whistleblower”) emerged out of the need to fight censorship and bring information to the most deprived segments of the public in Venezuela.

Their most recent newsletter, “Guayabo”, caters to this audience.ipi.mediaEl Pitazo aims to reach not only a local audience but also the Venezuelan diaspora, a potential audience of six million people.

ipi.mediaAs with all independent media in Venezuela, El Pitazo and its staff have been subjected to physical and cyber attacks, as well as legal threats by political leaders and businessmen.