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King of Spain Awards highlight the role of journalism as a public good; journalists from four Latin American countries receive awards

"The 2022 King of Spain International Journalism Awards on Thursday highlighted the role of journalism as a public asset – as represented by the six winners coming from Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and Venezuela – and acknowledged the efforts by the journalists and their media outlets to create analytical and thorough reporting within a context […]

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Special call for proposals: Covering the violations to the Amazon forest in Vale do Javari

"The Amazon Rainforest Journalism Fund (Amazon RJF) is opening an emergency call to cover the violations to the Amazon forest in Vale do Javari, in the state of Amazonas, and to accompany the search for British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, in case they are not located during this period. The […]

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Brazil: After reporter, editor is threatened with rape and death

"[An obscene message was] sent to journalist Vanessa Lippelt, editor of Congresso em Foco, on the night of Sun., June 5. The text, with a photo of a gun that, according to the author, would be used in the journalist's murder, was sent to the e-mail of the site's editorial staff. The message was delivered […]

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Bolivian newspapers demand justice for six journalists kidnapped in 2021

"The National Press Association (ANP, by its Spanish acronym), which represents Bolivia's leading print media, expresses deep concern over the slow progress in the investigations into the kidnapping of six journalists that borders on reprehensible impunity. It has been 220 days since the moment [October 28, 2021] when journalists sent to a rural property located […]

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English journalist and threatened Indigenist are missing in the Amazon

"Indigenist Bruno Araújo Pereira, from the National Indian Foundation (Funai), and English journalist Dom Phillips, a contributor to The Guardian newspaper, disappeared in Vale do Javari, in the Amazon, while traveling between the Ribeirinha São Rafael community to the city of Atalaia do Norte. The information was confirmed to GLOBO by the Union of Indigenous […]

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Peru: 100 days have gone by without president Pedro Castillo responding to the press

"On June 2, 2022, President Pedro Castillo completed 100 days without responding or giving statements to the press. He did so during a visit to a school in the north of Lima, an activity that was neither communicated to the press nor included in his agenda because it was deemed to be 'private.' Ada Ramos, […]

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Argentina: Workers at newspapers Clarín and Página/12 strike for 24 hours

"The closing of the press bargaining agreement signed by the business chambers and the Union of Press Workers of Buenos Aires (UTPBA, by its Spanish acronym) for a 60% increase in basic salaries did not succeed in calming down the union. [...] The sector workers have lost purchasing power that, as of May this year, […]

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Independent Cuban journalist Pedro Luis Hernández freed

"Independent Cuban journalist Pedro Luis Hernández is at home safe and sound, after the political police in Havana deported him to the province of Sancti Spíritus, where he lives with his wife and prevented him from carrying out his work, according to what the also training director of the Cuban Institute for Freedom of Expression […]

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Should Google pay for news in Brazil? It’s complicated

"(...) The payment for news content was a hushed addition to a draft legislation whose stated aim is to mitigate the effects of disinformation. Dubbed the “Fake News Bill,” it would force tech giants to have an office in Brazil and to be more transparent and accountable about their users in the country as well […]

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New law in Dominican Republic would censor press and social media users

"A constitutional law that intends to regulate the exercise of the right to privacy, honor, good name and self-image, was approved in the Senate. The bill proposed by the senator from Bahoruco, Melania Salvador, contains a series of articles that could directly clash with freedom of expression. Although of a civil, and not criminal, nature, […]