We have known fraud from a redoubling study. The organizers of the Copa América de vela that is being held in Barcelona have published a video in which the hearings and visitors fail. The issue is having remarkable social and political relevance, as these falsified data have been the main argument for granting EUR 60 million to the magnates who drive the act. At the same time, they have been awarded benefits and tax exemptions by a decree of the Government of Spain, signed by Yolanda Díaz, which grants the Copa de America the category of Act of Special Public Interest.

One thing has to be made clear. It is not a question of the citation failing, but of the fact that we are dealing with premeditated fraud from the very beginning. Economic impact reports from previous editions in Auckland (New Zealand), Hamilton (Bermuda Islands), San Francisco (USA) The elephant was in the center of the room from the zero minute, but nobody wanted to talk, because of political discomfort, because of economic interests or because they're contractual silenced. TV, Catalunya Radio and Betevé play a particularly shameful role. These media are under the control of the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Barcelona City Hall, which gave the order to hold on to the informative interests of the regatta lords. The Catalan Union of Journalists has had to make a deontological statement to rectify all the information that has been sold as true in "prime time" by the imposition of maximum ones.

As in 2007 and 2010 in the city of Valencia, sooner or later the truth is known, but in the case of Barcelona journalists are making themselves known the truth at the time when the inaugural ceremony of the race, scheduled for 10 October, has not yet been held. The América Koparik Ez platform, composed of 150 social, political and cultural agents, had been denouncing irregularities and lack of transparency for months, but as the sand castle breaks, the critical voices from culture (in the concerts of Ginestà, Ludwig Band and Maria Jaume, in the festivities of La Mercè) and the journalists who still believe in the profession.

The perception of citizenship has changed with respect to this elitist event organized by six of the richest men on the planet. And this has only been possible thanks to the editorial independence of the cooperative media that are outside the control of the government and the economic elites.

What would happen if the Copa América had signed "cooperation agreements" with all the media in Catalonia? No journalist would have been able to devote the necessary time to investigations into the falsehood of the data being announced, and neither of the two journalists would have been able to stop him. The result: the truth would be hidden in exchange for money. That's why it's so important to support independent journalism, not just on social media and in words. The editors of Directo, ARGIA, La Marea or El Salto need subscribers to guarantee editorial independence. In the financing of the media, each new subscription helps to reduce the dependence on subsidies and advertisers. A collective commitment to true and quality information is needed.