Amilton Alexander, a Brazilian blogger known as Mosquito was found dead in his house Tuesday, Dec. 13, in the city of Florianópolis, in the state of Santa Catarina, according to Cangablog.
In a landmark decision for the press, the Brazilian Supreme Court of Justice ruled that a suspect's "presumed innocence" does not impede the press from reporting critical facts about the case.
On Dec. 11, the Venezuelan National Association of Journalists (CNP in Spanish) released a statement expressing concern over the $2 million fine the government levied against opposition television station Globovisión.
Brazilian journalist Lúcio Flávio Pinto reported he was threatened by a businessman when he left a restaurant in downtown Belém, the capital of the northern state of Pará, on Dec. 10.
Deputies from the Argentine political party the Front for Victory approved a controversial bill declaring the production and importation of newsprint to be a "public interest," according to the newspaper La Nación.
On Tuesday, Dec. 13, the military used tear gas to repress protesters demonstrating against the killings of journalists in Honduras, according to the Associated Press.
Warning of a "progressive loss of fundamental rights" in Ecuador, the Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organizations, during its half-yearly meeting Dec. 9 in Miami, issued a series of resolutions calling on the administration of President Rafael Correa to respect free speech and press freedom.
A reporter for the Mexican newspaper Noroeste received an anonymous threat on his cellphone, reported the organization IFEX.
A reporter for the Mexican newspaper Noroeste received an anonymous threat on his cellphone, reported the organization IFEX.
The journalist Wesley Silas accused federal Deputy Laurez Moreira of insulting and threatening him on Dec. 9, according to Conexão Tocantins.
A government employee attacked a reporter for the newspaper La Prensa Gráfica in El Salvador while she tired to film a union party on Dec. 8, reported the newspaper.
A Guatemalan sports reporter claimed that a member of the board of directors of the Cobán Imperial soccer team tried to prevent him from entering the stadium to cover a game.