Judge Jesús Fernández arrived Saturday, July 10, in Honduras for a special mission to help the government of Porfirio Lobo in its investigation into the deaths of at least seven journalists this year, reported El Heraldo.
Two Twitter users -- a 35-year-old woman and 41-year-old man -- were arrested last week in Venezuela, accused of using the social network site to spread "false rumors" in an attempt to "destabilize the national banking system" after the take-over of Banco Federal for liquidity problems, reported El Nacional and EFE.
In the latest chapter of tense relations between the government and press in Ecuador, President Rafael Correa said he was "extremely content" with the ad campaign against the media broadcast during the World Cup, reported La Hora.
Three journalists are among the first political prisoners to be released in Cuba, the Committee to Protect Journalists is reporting.
In yet another demonstration of bad blood between the Argentine government and the largest media group in the country, the newspaper Clarín published a statement decrying the "escalation of administrative and judicial persecution" of the press.
Ecuador's communication bill has entered, in theory, the final stretch, but ruling and opposition forces remain at odds, divided over the proposal's future, reported El Comercio.
Renowned Colombian journalist Hollman Morris, who the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas reported in June was denied a visa to the United States, has been ruled permanently ineligible for a visa under the "terrorist activities" section of the USA Patriot Act, according to the Associated Press.
In yet another demonstration of bad blood between the Argentine government and the largest media group in the country, the newspaper Clarín published a statement decrying the "escalation of administrative and judicial persecution" of the press.
Vicky Peláez and her husband already are in Russia after being deported along with eight others who admitted they were undercover Russian agents, reported RPP.
In a public act of reparation this week, Argentina has recognized its responsibility for the wrongful prison sentence of journalist Eduardo Kimel, who died in February, reported Página 12.
Reporter Márcia Pache, of TV Centro Oeste, the affiliate of the channel Sistema Brasileño de Televisión (SBT) in Mato Grosso, filed another complaint against Councilman Lourivaldo Rodrigues de Moraes, of the city of Pontes e Lacerda, for continuing to intimidate her, reported Comunique-se.
The Forum of Press and Social Communication Workers in the Argentine province of Misiones condemned the aggression and death threats against journalists Daniel Villamea, of the newspaper El Territorio, and Aníbal Romero, of Canal 8, in the city of Oberá, reported Territorio Digital.