22. Bolivian lawmaker caught on video allegedly raping an unconscious woman

http://www.salon.com/2013/01/18/bolivian_lawmaker_caught_on_video_allegedly_raping_an_unconscious_woman/

Katie McDonough writes to the Salon on the horrible happening recently occurred in Bolivia. She opens the article by informing the reader details on the happening. The author tells the reader about how Domingo Alcibia Rivera was caught on camera assaulting an unconsciouss woman on the parliament floor. She shows how horrible the act was by narrating how when the lights were back on, he simply sat the woman on a chair beside him and acted as nothing happened. McDonough closes the article by telling the man's current sentence and about the movements in Bolivia to stop violence against woman.

McDonough's purpose through this article is to inform the reader and to bring awareness to the cause. She does so by stating the horrible conditions in which the assault occurred and by displaying a video of the assault in order to impress the reader and shock him, creating a sense of awareness. The author also displays a video of the measures taken to stop this horrible situation and the president's action towards it.