Félix García, a correspondent for several online media outlets and Radio ORO in the southern state of Oaxaca, has reported being attacked by alleged members of the state’s investigative police force, El Universal reports.
In a contentious environment heading into the second round of presidential elections taking place Oct. 31, several media outlets have entered the battle.
The police have indicted journalist Amaury Ribeiro Júnior for violating the financial privacy of opposition candidate José Serra and are asking his former editor Josemar Gimenez to discuss the case, Terra reports.
One day after the sudden death of former Argentine president Nestor Kircher, the stock of the country's largest media conglomerate, the Clarín Group, jumped an unusual 34 percent in Buenos Aires, reported Reuters. The Buenos Aires stock market was closed yesterday for a national holiday.
A group of journalists demonstrated during a state legislative session in Tlaxcala to demand an investigation into actions taken by the municipal police of Apizaco city against Pedro Morales González, Notimex reports.
The states of Ceará, São Paulo, Mato Grosso, Bahia, Piauí, and Alagoas are considering creating communications monitoring agencies, Folha de S. Paulo and O Globo report.
Veteran foreign correspondent Mort Rosenblum doesn't like where international news coverage by U.S. media outlets seems to be headed.
The Circle of Paraguayan Judicial Journalists, a group of reporters who cover major court issues, released a statement reporting harassment and intimidation from officials at the country’s top prosecutor’s office who are unhappy with the coverage of several cases.
The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) has called on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to act on its denunciation of the 1997 killing of Mexican journalists Benjamín Flores González. The newspaper editor's killing remains unpunished.
Brazil's National Federation of Journalists (Fenaj) and the Federation of Radio Broadcasters (Fitert) have petitioned the Supreme Court to rule that Congress must regulate articles of the Constitution dealing with communication. The articles specifically deal with the right of reply, the prohibition of media monopolies, and the creation of quotas for regional content on radio and TV broadcasts.