O carro do jornalista Sérgio Ricardo de Almeida da Luz foi atingido por seis tiros na manhã desta quarta-feira, 5 de outubro, em Toledo, no estado do Paraná, informou o site O Paraná. O veículo estava estacionado em frente ao prédio onde mora o repórter, mas não havia ocupantes no momento do atentado.
An arsonist burned the offices of a radio station broadcasting out of the town of Zárate, north of the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, reported the Argentine Journalism Forum (FOPEA in Spanish).
Yahoo! Vice President Luke Beatty announced the search engine's still nascent Yahoo! Contributor Network, a freelance collaborative news network, was coming to Brazil, IDG Now! reported.
Police detained two suspects for the killing of two reporters in Mexico City, reported the newspaper El Universal. The reporters, Marcela Yarce and Rocío González Trápaga, were killed in an abandoned property on the evening of Sept. 1, on their way to exchange one million Mexican pesos (more than U.S. $72,000) into U.S. dollars, reported the EFE news agency.
For suffering through attacks and threats for covering drug trafficking and organized crime, Mexican journalist Javier Arturo Valdez Cárdenas was named one of the winners of the Committee to Protect Journalists' 2011 International Press Freedom Awards.
O presidente do Equador, Rafael Correa, ameaçou ingressar com uma nova ação contra o jornal El Universo após a publicação de uma provocativa carta escrita por uma deputada, de acordo com a organização Fundamedios.
Against the backdrop of three journalists killed, one jailed, others facing death threats, and two more accused of defamation, Peru celebrated Journalists' Day on Saturday, Oct. 1.
Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa threatened to bring yet another charge against the embattled newspaper El Universo after it published a provocative letter by an assembly member, according to the group Fundamedios.
A Diretora-Geral da UNESCO, Irina Bokova, condenou o assassinato do jornalista brasileiro Valderlei Canuto Leandro, morto com oito tiros por homens não identificados no dia 1º de setembro, na cidade de Tabatinga, no estado do Amazonas, informou o site da organização neste domingo, 2 de outubro.
The director-general of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, condemned the killing of Brazilian journalist Valderlei Canuto Leandro, who was shot eight times by unidentified men on Sept. 1 in the city of Tabatinga, in the Amazons, UNESCO reported on Sunday, Oct. 2.
Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes, an ex-journalist, came out in support of a reform to decriminalize slander, libel and defamation in the Central American country, reported the newspaper El Diario de Hoy on Oct. 1.
Andrés Izarra, Venezuelan minister of information and communications, criticized journalists from El Nuevo Herald de Miami for falsely reporting that President Hugo Chávez was rushed to a hospital in the capital, Caracas, reported AFP.