The Ortega-Murillo regime withdrew from UNESCO after it awarded its press freedom prize to the Nicaraguan newspaper. La Prensa General Manager Juan Lorenzo Holmann Chamorro said the regime’s reaction shows the importance of the paper's work.
El Faro, the leading investigative outlet in El Salvador, says the government is preparing arrest warrants against its journalists following publication of interviews linking President Nayib Bukele’s political rise to support from gangs.
For nearly a year, a team of journalists crossed borders to trace illegal gold mining from Perú to Colombia to Venezuela. They found a web of corruption, violence, and environmental destruction operating with the complicity of those in power.
A new Reporters Without Borders report finds economic instability hurt the media industry in most Latin American countries last year. Nicaragua, under an increasingly repressive dictatorship, overtook Cuba as the region’s worst country for press freedom.
Press advocates say the three branches of the Peruvian government are targeting journalists with legal cases, legislation and verbal attacks.
Mexico’s Aristegui Noticias reports that a major leak shows the powerful Televisa network ran a secret operation to manipulate public opinion and target judges, journalists, and even billionaire Carlos Slim.
With approval ratings at just 4%, President Dina Boluarte enacted a law that places state oversight on media that receive international funding. The law is being compared to similar legislation from authoritarian regimes, in a context of increasing democratic deterioration in Peru.
Although they don't usually represent significant additional income, investigative journalism books offer opportunities for reflection, prestige and editorial support, making them an alternative to precariousness and attacks afflicting journalism in Mexico.
On April 15, the Vatican formalized the dissolution of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, a Peru-based movement investigated by two reporters for sexual abuse, financial mismanagement, and spiritual coercion by top members.
Join the Knight Center for Hands-On Mapmaking for Journalism / 2025 Edition, a four-week online course running from June 2 to 29, 2025, where you’ll learn how to turn raw data into interactive, customizable maps—no coding required.
Brazilian researcher Otávio Daros has released two books on the history of journalism in Brazil—one analyzing how scholars have traced its evolution from shaping national identity to the present, and the other offering his own fresh take.
The line between journalist and influencer is increasingly blurry, raising questions about ethics, credibility and the future of journalism.