Journalist José Luis Tan says he feared arrest after months of harassment over his criticism of the Cuban regime. This is his story of a journey through rain, mud, and eleven borders in an attempt to escape a dictatorship that tried to silence him.
Reporter Jocelyn Justin, injured in a gang attack on a hospital in Port-au-Prince, spent several weeks without money while waiting for surgery in Cuba. Press organizations complained that the Haitian government was failing to fulfill its promise to cover his expenses and basic needs.
A Salvadoran court sentenced three former officers to 15 years in prison for ordering an ambush that killed four Dutch journalists during the civil war. It’s the first time a crime of humanity documented by the UN Truth Commission has led to a conviction in El Salvador.
Three years after Dom Phillips was killed alongside Indigenous rights expert Bruno Pereira, fellow journalists completed his final work. He sought to answer how to save the world’s largest rainforest — and why.
Claudia Duque has spent two decades fighting for justice after being spied on and threatened by government agents. So now that the state is finally offering an apology, why is she refusing to accept it?
A study conducted by the Argentine Journalism Forum reveals that 70% of the women journalists interviewed have suffered psychological violence in the exercise of their profession.
In Ecuador’s northern border region, where journalist Patricio Aguilar was killed last month, violence, precarity, and lack of state protection are driving reporters to self-censor or leave the profession—deepening the region’s vacuum of information.
At least half a dozen Dominican journalists were targeted online after being accused of receiving support from the U.S. government, highlighting how U.S. political narratives resonate in Latin America.
Women journalists in El Salvador face relentless online abuse, including slander and threats of sexual violence. Some choose to self-censor and withdraw from public and online spaces.
A new report documents more than 400 online attacks against journalists, activists and non-profit workers across the region. Governments and organized crime are among the key perpetrators.
Several Haitian journalists have opted for exile in the face of the social, political, economic and security crisis affecting their country. Roberson Alphonse, Dieu-Nalio Chery and Jacky Marc explain what it means to be Haitian journalists in exile.
In less than a month, at least four journalists have been killed in Mexico, Peru and Colombia for reasons that could be linked to their work. Experts say these numbers are evidence that violence continues to be one of the main ways to censor in many countries in the region.