"'And now, who's next?... We no longer want to come and bury another colleague. We are fed up with speeches, we demand a law that protects us. It is not fair to take our lives for denouncing corruption,' Oaxaca Isthmus journalist Rodolfo Canseco said. Family, friends and colleagues said goodbye on Feb. 13 at the […]
"The Judiciary permanently shelved the last defamation complaint filed by the Peruvian American citizen Miguel Arévalo Ramírez, known as 'Eteco,' in the files of the Anti-Drug Police and the Prosecutor's Office, against Óscar Castilla, executive director of OjoPúblico. In 2016, Castilla published an investigative journalistic series about Arévalo's judicial history. Since 2017, Arévalo filed a series […]
"The first vice president of the PSUV, Diosdado Cabello, warned that he will now go after La Patilla, after having taken over the facilities of the El Nacional newspaper in Los Cortijos. He repeated that he would use the facilities to create a university dedicated to communication. During his program Con el mazo dando, Cabello […]
"Journalism in Mexico is once again in mourning. This Thursday [02/10], journalist Heber López Vásquez, a reporter in the port of Salina Cruz, in the state of Oaxaca, was shot dead in his home, a continuing pattern. López Vásquez, 39, was director of the local page RCP Noticias in Oaxaca, and his death occurred after […]
"The humanitarian organization Cristosal called on the Court of Accounts of El Salvador on Feb. 8 to carry out 'a special examination of the use of public funds' by the Presidency of the Republic, the State Intelligence Agency (OIE, by its Spanish acronym ), as well as the Ministries of Security and Defense in response […]
"The National Press Association (ANP), which brings together Bolivia's main print media, warned on Feb. 6 that the back-to-back acts of corruption and judicial impunity recently uncovered in the country pose 'a high risk' for freedom of the press and expression. The association released a statement in which it expresses 'deep concern' over these events […]
"A Nicaraguan judge found journalist Miguel Mora guilty for the crime of 'conspiracy' on Feb. 4. Mora was one of seven presidential candidates imprisoned in the country for eight months, after announcing his intention to run against President Daniel Ortega. Ortega was re-elected in November for a fourth consecutive term. The former director of the […]
"Journalist Givanildo Oliveira, 46, was murdered on Monday night Feb. 7, hours after publishing a report on the arrest of a murder suspect. Oliveira was one of the founders of the site Pirambu News, which covered news about the neighborhood of Fortaleza. The first report indicates that he had been threatened not to publish information about […]
"MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two prominent U.S. Senators published an open letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken Tuesday asking him to “urge the Mexican government to seriously improve efforts to protect journalists.” Four journalists in Mexico were killed in January, and a fifth was attacked but escaped unharmed in February after the attacker’s gun […]
"Journalist Anabel Hernández said she will not ignore threats against her, such as those made by actor Andrés García, made public through a video, and for which she has already sued him in a criminal court. 'In said lawsuit I asked the Prosecutor's Office that in addition to threats against me, Mr. Andrés García's gender […]
"Around 2 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 31, an unknown number of armed individuals riding in two vehicles fired several rounds and threw Molotov cocktails into the offices of private outlet Radio Télé Zenith, located in the Croix-des-Bouquets area of the capital Port-au-Prince, according to news reports and Chimene Sylvestre, the outlet’s manager, who spoke with […]
"The first month of 2022 ended with 24 cases recorded, totaling 57 violations of the right to freedom of expression. The most frequent violations were harassment, intimidation and censorship, and 70% of the victims turned out to be journalists [...] The most frequent aggressors continue to be, for the most part, State institutions (36%), security […]