"On July 15, the 61st Administrative Court of Bogotá issued a ruling recognizing the administrative and financial liability of the Ministry of Defense and the National Police for the injuries caused to journalist Andrés Cardona during his coverage of the 2021 National Strike marches. In the decision, the Court ordered them to compensate Cardona with […]
“Mexico remains the most dangerous country in the region for journalism, warned Reporters Without Borders (RSF, for its acronym in French), in an article in which it reported that since January 2025, it has documented the murders of eight journalists in the country, out of a total of thirteen homicides recorded in Latin America. 'Despite […]
"According to the National Association of Journalists of Peru (ANP, for its initials in Spanish), at least 150 attacks on journalists and media outlets have been recorded in the first half of the year alone, including the murders of journalists Gastón Medina in Ica and Raúl Celis in Iquitos. In the first few months of […]
“ ‘A gag law in the 21st century.’ That’s how the Chilean Journalists’ Association described a bill introduced by senators from several political parties that would impose harsher penalties for disclosing information about criminal cases — without clearly defining who could be held criminally liable. Rocío Alorda, president of the association, told the Senate’s Constitution […]
"In less than a month, three local outlets — La Mañana MS, Exprésate Morona Santiago and Radio Sentimientos — have been targeted by coordinated cyberattacks that resulted in the mass deletion of news content from their digital platforms. Each case follows a similar pattern: takedown requests are filed on the basis of alleged copyright violations, […]
"[Mexican] journalist Lydia Cacho reproached the Mexican judiciary for acquitting the former commander of the former Attorney General's Office of Puebla, Juan Sánchez Moreno, one of her alleged torturers. As MILENIO reported on July 7, a Federal Court determined that ‘there is no evidence’ to prove that the former commander committed or participated in the […]
"The regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo maintains a campaign of harassment and surveillance against the families of exiled Nicaraguan journalists, denounced the Foundation for Freedom of Expression and Democracy (FLED, for its acronym in Spanish), based in San José, Costa Rica. In its most recent report, the organization documented testimonies of intimidation by […]
"This Sunday [July 13], Yris Azócar, the mother of detained journalist Víctor Ugas, asked the Attorney General's Office, the Ombudsman's Office and the Venezuelan Penitentiary Ministry for information on the state of her son's health as a matter of urgency. 'I urgently need to know how my son, Víctor Andrés Ugas, is doing, if he […]
"Gudelia Gálvez Tafur, director of digital news outlet Huaraznoticias.com, has received death threats in response to her reporting on alleged irregularities in public works projects in the city of Huaraz, [department of Áncash, Peru]. The International Federation of Journalists and the National Association of Journalists of Peru have condemned the threats and are calling for […]
Last week, two deadly attacks against communicators from local digital media outlets were reported in Mexico. In the port of Acapulco, in the state of Guerrero, Ronald Paz Pedro, administrator of the NotiExpress news portal, was shot dead on Wednesday, July 9, minutes after making a Facebook broadcast about a street sinkhole. Paz, a former […]
"At least 293 Nicaraguan media workers have left their country for security reasons or have been banished since April 2018, according to a report released Thursday [July 10] by the Foundation for Freedom of Expression and Democracy (FLED), part of the regional network Voces del Sur. The report, titled "Nicaraguan Government Intensifies Harassment and Retaliation […]
"Mexican authorities must immediately and credibly investigate death threats against two crime reporters, Óscar Balderas and Luis Chaparro, and take all appropriate steps to guarantee their safety and that of other reporters covering organized crime, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. [...] The threats came just weeks after unidentified assailants killed two journalists in […]