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A man, Anselmo Xunic from Cultural Survival, is inside a radio studio, sitting in front of a microphone. Behind him, a banner reads "las radios comunitarias, los pueblos indígenas."
Press Freedom
Central American community radio stations, facing criminalization and persecution, are fighting for recognition and protection

Community broadcasters in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras face repression, economic hardship, and lack access to radio frequencies. They’re seeking help from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

Participants of Cari-Bois' inaugural Youth Environmental Journalism Project listen attentively during the project's closing ceremony in October 2023.
Innovation
Citizen journalists try to fill gap in environmental reporting in Trinidad and Tobago

In a region that’s especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change, environmental content platform Cari-Bois is training teenagers and adults to report on their communities.

Man and woman take photo. Woman holds photo of another man at typewriter.
Violence Against Journalists
‘A historic sentence’: After 40 years, former Peruvian military officer is convicted for forced disappearance of journalist

Journalist Jaime Ayala Sulca disappeared on Aug. 2, 1984 after entering the Navy Headquarters in the municipality of Huanta, Peru. After two years of trial, one of the defendants has been sentenced.

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Special Reports
How two reporters found 63 political candidates wanted by courts in Brazil

After publication of a G1 investigation, federal police arrested 36 candidates for municipal elections who were wanted by Brazilian courts.