"The Constitutional Court [of Colombia] selected for review a tutela (constitutional protection action) filed by journalist Claudia Julieta Duque against the National Protection Unit (UNP, by its Spanish acronym) for having collected, without her consent, 25,183 records through the GPS of the vehicle assigned for her protection. She claims she was a victim of illegal […]
Another young Cuban independent journalist, Meilin Puertas Borrero, decided to resign from her job at the news outlet elToque, due to harassment by the Cuban State Security. "Today, with a lump in my throat, I make public my resignation from El Toque, the news outlet where in recent times I grew as a journalist and […]
The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, offended this Sun. Aug. 28 a female journalist during the first debate between the candidates, ahead of the October presidential election. Bolsonaro accused journalist Vera Magalhaes of "lying" and "taking sides" for a question she asked and, in an ironic tone, told her that he believes the journalist has "some […]
"The Puerto Rico Journalists Association (Asppro, by its Spanish acronym), the Overseas Press Club (OPC), the Puerto Rico Photojournalists Association (AFPR) and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) condemned this morning the aggression and excessive use of force by officers of the Police Strike Force against journalists and photojournalists during the mobilization of uniformed […]
"FLIP regrets and rejects the murder of journalists Leiner Montero and Dilia Contreras, in a village of Fundación, Magdalena department [Colombia], which took place yesterday, Aug. 28. Montero was well known in the region and, according to sources close to him, had received death threats prior to his murder. Montero was the director of the […]
"Starting on Wed., Aug. 24, the Gabo Foundation's new podcast 'El diván del periodismo' [The journalist's couch] will be available. It's a space for reflection on how journalism is practiced in the Spanish-speaking world, with the participation of masters of journalism, media experts and citizens. The first cycle of the podcast will feature eight episodes, […]
"This Thurs., Aug. 25, 2022, authorities from the Ministry of the Interior prevented six young journalists from elTOQUE from boarding Aerolíneas Argentinas flight AR1327, bound for Buenos Aires, at Havana's José Martí International Airport. The journalists were to participate in Media Party, the most important media innovation conference in Latin America. For three days, from […]
"Marcela Palma Godoy, sister of the Chilean journalist Alberto Tito Palma, murdered 15 years ago in Mayor Otaño, department of Itapúa [Paraguay], expressed her regret for the inaction and impunity existing in the country, due to the fact that the case of her relative did not make any progress all these years. Tito Palma was […]
"The June 2022 disappearance and killing of British journalist Dom Philips and Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira highlighted the safety risks journalists face while reporting from the Amazon region. Phillips and Pereira went missing on the morning of June 5, 2022 while traveling by boat along the Itaquaí River, where Phillips was reporting on a […]
"The National Association of Journalists of Bolivia (ANPB, by its Spanish acronym) declared itself in a state of emergency, after the extraordinary national meeting that took place in Sucre. In the meeting, the ANPB rejected the violation of rights and also the 'intimidation and judicial and political persecution, as well as the economic suffocation of […]
"Belisario Solano, president of the Costa Rican Association of Journalists (Colper, by its Spanish acronym), requested the IV Court to declare as unconstitutional an official letter drafted by Joselyn Chacón, Minister of Health, which allegedly restricts officials from giving statements or providing information of public interest. Chacón's directive would violate freedom of the press and […]
"The newspaper La Prensa reported on Monday in its digital edition that the Nicaraguan government has completed the 'de facto confiscation' of its movable and immovable properties, whose value, according to the newspaper, reaches an amount close to US$ 10 million. According to the report, construction work is progressing inside the newspaper's former building, without […]