“The Press and Society Institute (IPYS), with the support of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), is opening a call for proposals to finance transnational investigative journalism, aimed at reporters in Latin America. This initiative seeks to fund original, transnational projects that address issues related to organized crime, political corruption, and abuse of power, thereby […]
“The team from news site Criterio.hn made public a new escalation of online attacks they are receiving. They reported some of their social media profiles have been subjected to the systematic removal of content through claims for alleged copyright infringements, in a pattern that could amount to indirect censorship and illegitimate restriction on the exercise […]
A prosecutor in the town of Yapacaní, Santa Cruz, considered intimidating messages against journalist Soledad Prado insufficient to prosecute two people for the crime of issuing threats. The messages were published on the Facebook page of ‘InfoYapacaní,’ which Prado manages, after the journalist published information regarding the responsibility of some followers of former President Evo […]
"The Central American Network of Journalists (RCP) and the Press and Society Institute (IPYS) condemned the campaign of harassment, intimidation and online abuse targeting investigative journalist Sol Lauría Paz following the publication of an investigation into digital violence linked to the debate over the Cobre Panamá mining project. The attacks intensified after the publication of […]
"On July 10, 2026, journalist Kevin Rodríguez, director of the digital news outlet Otorongo News and producer of the radio newscast La Voz de la Selva, reported receiving a death threat at his home in the Anita Cabrera neighborhood of Iquitos, in the Loreto region of northeastern Peru. During the early morning hours, Rodríguez found […]
"If you look closely at the threats facing Guatemalan journalists, one name repeatedly emerges: the Foundation Against Terrorism (FCT). Due to its intensifying abusive legal proceedings and online hate campaigns, the organisation has become emblematic of the repression targeting people who fight corruption, including journalists. Since 2022, the FCT has played a central role in […]
The PUMA FEST Latin American Environmental Journalism Festival will take place July 23 in Bogotá. The free event, organized by Mongabay Latam to mark its 10th anniversary, is open to journalists, scholars, students and anyone interested in the intersection of journalism and environmental issues. The festival will serve as a prelude to the Gabo Festival, […]
“The Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP, for its initials in Spanish) rejects the decision by Bogotá’s Fourth Criminal Court for Adolescents with Trial Jurisdiction ordering news outlet Cerosetenta to remove in its entirety an investigative report about a public figure. The ruling constitutes a disproportionate restriction on freedom of expression and press freedom because it […]
"The murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, which occurred in June 2022 in the Javari Valley in the Amazon, have gained a permanent monitoring platform created to prevent the case from being forgotten and to accelerate the conclusion of the judicial process. Titled 'Defenders of Javari,' the website gathers information […]
“At least seven Nicaraguan journalists exiled in Costa Rica have been victims of surveillance and threats by agents of the government of husband-and-wife co-presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, the independent Foundation for Freedom of Expression and Democracy (FLED) said on Wednesday [July 8]. A report titled 'Exile ceases to be a safe haven: Nicaraguan […]
“Dialogues obtained by the Federal Police (PF) reveal that former banker Daniel Vorcaro, owner of Banco Master, and advertising executive Thiago Miranda, owner of the Mithi agency, acted to obstruct the work and violate the private data of journalist Malu Gaspar, a columnist for O GLOBO. The dissatisfaction arose following reports addressing investigations into the […]
“In a small corner in the province of Los Ríos, publishing a news story can cost a life. There, the mafias decide what the press can report. To stay alive, a journalist self censored, and when asked, what can you not publish? His answer is clear. 'Violent deaths.' Can you mention the mafias? 'You cannot, […]