"The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Free Press Unlimited (FPU) lead this forum, which promotes "popular justice" against the murders of journalists while seeking that governments "be accountable for their actions," according to representatives. "We have prosecutors working at the service of criminal groups," denounced Sara Mendiola during the first of […]
"This Monday, April 25, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), took advantage of his usual morning press conference to exhibit the alleged luxury property of the communicator Carlos Loret de Mola, who works as the owner of the news outlet Latinus and as a columnist for the newspapers El Universal and The […]
"In Mexico, being a woman and a journalist implies a double violence. On the one hand, the one that impacts us every day with 10 murdered women; and on the other, the absolute lack of access to comprehensive protection for the exercise of freedom of expression, with 99% of impunity in recorded cases of attacks […]
"Freedom of the press in the Dominican Republic has been tarnished by the recent aggression suffered by journalists and by the obstacles they have in accessing public information, as the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) denounced on April 20th in its preliminary report. The IAPA described that police agents repressed and stripped reporters from Listín Diario […]
"We are delighted to announce the third edition of the Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge for Latin America, designed to stimulate innovation around creating a more sustainable and diverse news ecosystem in the region. (...) In this third edition for the region, we want to promote innovative projects focused (but not limited) in the following […]
“The right to freedom of the press is experiencing an extremely delicate moment in countries such as Nicaragua, Venezuela, El Salvador, Cuba or Mexico, black spots on a continent in which 24 journalists have died in the last 12 months, Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) officials said on Tuesday, April 19. In his speech at the […]
“The Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES) and the Cristosal organization went on April 19 to the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) to try to reverse a package of reforms that in their opinion 'criminalizes' the press for reporting on gangs. This is a last resort before appearing before international bodies. ‘It is very […]
"Eighteen news outlets - in six regions of the world - will receive tailored support from a wide spectrum of entrepreneurial leaders and experts as part of Elevate, ICFJ’s news business hub. The goal is to help these small and medium news organizations become financially viable and serve their communities well into the future. Elevate’s […]
"Redacción Regional, which means 'regional newsroom' in Spanish, was formed to produce journalism […] that examines how Central American governments are ‘attacking their own democracies.’ It’s made up of four newsrooms: La Prensa Gráfica in El Salvador, Contracorriente in Honduras, No-Ficción in Guatemala, and Divergentes in Nicaragua. Dromómanos, a production company that works with newsrooms […]
"The panorama of freedom of the press in Latin America has only worsened, with a 'sharpening of the repression' of independent journalism and 'violence' against journalists, Ricardo Trotti, executive director of the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA), said. IAPA will hold its semi-annual meeting from next Tuesday to Thursday. […] In these first three months of […]
"The Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji) expresses its concern over the serious violence suffered by reporter Gabriel Luiz, from TV Globo, on Thursday night, April 14, when he was attacked by two men. According to the first video analysis of the scene of the events, they followed him at a distance. The criminals stabbed […]
"Between 2016 and 2021, banks invested US $37.7 billion in credit to 24 mining companies at high risk of generating deforestation and human rights violations in the world's three largest rainforest areas. Banks from the United States, Japan and Canada are among major funders. In November 2021, Vale, the largest Brazilian company in the sector, […]