"Teams from various media outlets were attacked by private security personnel at the Guayaquil land terminal while carrying out their reporting work outside the complex. Journalists and cameramen arrived near midnight to report on a fire that occurred in the terminal's food court near midnight on Monday Dec. 8. [...] At around 2:30 a.m., a […]
"The Committee to Protect Journalists, International Press Institute, and Reporters Without Borders, led a coalition of eight press freedom organizations in a joint statement calling for the rejection of Puerto Rico’s Senate Bill 63, which would severely limit the territory’s constitutional right to access public information, one of the strongest in the United States. If […]
The Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) expressed its deep concern about how the Colombian Attorney General's Office is handling the case of Carlos Arturo Landázuri, alias “El Gringo,” accused of the killing of journalists Paul Rivas, Javier Ortega, and Efraín Segarra, of the Ecuadorian newspaper El Comercio, in 2018. In a Dec. 6 statement, FLIP […]
“The National Association of Journalists of Peru (ANP, by its acronym in Spanish) condemned the murder of journalist Fernando Nuñez Guevara, from [digital media outlet] Kamila TV, which occurred on Friday, Dec. 5, in Pacasmayo, [department of] La Libertad. […] This is the third killing of a journalist so far in 2025, following the murders […]
"The Fifth Prosecutor's Office before the Supreme Court of Justice opened an investigation against the governor of Norte de Santander, William Villamizar, for his alleged participation in the murder of journalist Jaime Vásquez, from Cúcuta, in a pastry shop in the city. Last April, Vásquez was attacked around 8:30 a.m. in La Riviera (Cúcuta) while […]
"Reporter Javier Rumiche and cameraman John Altamirano, both from RPP radio, reported being assaulted by members of the State Security during an official event with President José Jerí at the Civic Promenade in Tacna. The incident occurred just after the raising of the national flag, at which point the president had invited the journalists to […]
“According to interviews with the journalists…they were harassed by members of the National Guard upon arriving at the scene [of an accident in which a guard unit overturned]. The National Guard members demanded a supposed ‘federal license’ from the journalists to carry out their work and threatened to arrest them or confiscate their cell phones […]
"In a widely disseminated social media video reviewed by [the Committee to Protect Journalists] (CPJ), [Jimmy ‘Barbecue’] Cherizier — leader of the 'Viv Ansamn' gang coalition that has laid siege to Haiti’s capital city, Port-au-Prince — appeared to offer a $50,000 reward for [Radio TV Caraibes (RCTV) news host Ronald] Desormes’ life as he expressed […]
“Journalist Román Nappa, [from the city of Minas], was the victim of a violent attack on the street this Thursday, Nov. 27, by two men who beat him while insulting him for his work on the news program ‘Sin pelos en la lengua’ (Without Minced Words), which airs Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. […]
“Through his X (Twitter) account, President Gustavo Petro announced that he has authorized Army General Juan Miguel Huertas and Director of Intelligence Wilmar Mejía to file criminal complaints against Noticias Caracol and El Tiempo. This comes in response to investigations presented by the two media outlets regarding alleged links between high-ranking Army officers and alias […]
“At about 11 a.m., a series of alleged exit polls began circulating on social media. Those favoring the ruling party candidate, Rixi Moncada, originated mainly from anonymous accounts but were amplified by pro-government media and by current government officials. Asked about these posts, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Octavio Pineda said he was unaware of them […]
“From January to November 2025, the National Association of Journalists (CNP) documented at least 111 incidents against members of the press and media outlets in Venezuela, a situation that keeps alarm bells ringing amid an increasingly harsh wave of repression in the country. The report, shared on the CNP’s social media accounts, says 21 journalists […]