On Oct. 21, Columbia Global Freedom of Expression and the World Leaders Forum, with the support of UNESCO, are pleased to host a dialogue on the application of global norms on freedom of expression. Justices and academics from Latin America, including Argentina, Ecuador, Brazil and Colombia will present. Read schedule and register
“The Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) [of Colombia] learned that the Special Investigation Unit of the Prosecutor's Office has deployed investigative actions that indicate that the murder was determined by denunciations made by Marcos Efraín [Montalvo] in his capacity as journalist. This line of investigation coincides with the information collected by FLIP during its mission […]
"Impunity in the cases of journalists and human rights defenders assassinated during the current administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is 89.37% and 99%, respectively, revealed the Secretariat of the Interior. Of the 47 journalists murdered from December 2018 to September 2021, a sentence has only been handed down in five cases, and of […]
"At least 8 media entrepreneurs in Brazil or their relatives are related to 8 offshore companies in tax havens. The list includes people from the Marinho family (Rede Globo), Jovem Pan, Editora 3, in addition to the twin sons of presenter Carlos Massa, o Ratinho. For the production of this report, more than 300 names […]
“The Argentine Journalism Forum (FOPEA) repudiates the intimidation and physical attacks suffered by journalists and cameramen from Tucumán this Tuesday [Oct. 5], during the coverage of a trial. Mariana Romero (Los Primeros), José Inesta (TN), Javier Cacieccio (El Tucumano), José Romero Silva and Javier Doldan (Telefé Tucumán) received insults and were attacked with stones by […]
"The LATAM Digital Media Awards, presented by the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), recognize companies, press entities and media affiliated with the industry in the region, who have adopted innovation and digital strategy as part of their product offerings to impact the way news and information is consumed today. With a record number of […]
"The incorporation of journalists and human rights defenders into the Protection Mechanism for various grievances increased by 88.7 percent so far during the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. At the beginning of the administration, in December 2018, 798 were registered and to date there are a total of 1,506, of which 495 are […]
"Journalist Lázaro Yuri Valle Roca, from the digital media outlet Delibera.org, has been detained for more than 100 days, with kidney problems and without adequate medical assistance, awaiting trial in the Combinado del Este Penitentiary center in Havana since June 15, 2021. Despite the fact that his wife requested a habeas corpus appeal on June […]
“Mercedes Fernández Merubia, a journalist for the ERBOL news agency and the Santa Cruz radio station, suffered attacks and was prevented from completing her reporting work on Oct. 1 when she was interviewing one of the two groups of Indigenous people who arrived in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, after holding […]
"Ten journalists from around the world are beginning their Journalist Fellowship at the Reuters Institute in October 2021. During their time in Oxford, they will explore the future of journalism through seminars, networking, a personal project of relevance to them, and most importantly through learning from one another's experiences, challenges and strategies to solve them. […]
"This Wednesday [Sept. 28] Nicaraguan authorities prevented Mauricio Madrigal, news director of Channel 10, from leaving the country. He said he was heading to Miami for a work meeting. Madrigal, who went to the public prosecutor on June 29 for a money laundering case for which the NGO Fundación Violeta Barrios de Chamorro is being […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) awarded the Grand Prize for Press Freedom 2021 to media executive Juan Lorenzo Holmann Chamorro, from Nicaragua; and the journalist Henry Constantín Ferreiro, from Cuba. Upon substantiating its decision, the IAPA extended the award to independent journalists from both countries who this year, 'one of the darkest periods,' have […]