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President of the Salvadoran journalists' group denounces phone hacking

"El presidente de la Asociación de Periodistas de El Salvador (Apes, by its Spanish acronym), César Fagoaga, denunció este jueves el hackeo a el móvil que es utilizado por el gremio para recibir denuncias de comunicadores vulnerados. Fagoaga explicó en una conversación telefónica con Efe que la tarde de hoy nos dimos cuenta de un […]

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Mexico: Coahuila civil police injures journalist and damages work equipment to prevent him from documenting police abuses

"In the early hours of Sunday, Jan. 9, hooded elements of the Civil Police of Coahuila (PCC, by its Spanish acronym) attached to the Secretariat of Public Security, injured, threatened and damaged the work equipment of the Vanguardia media reporter, Daniel Leal de Koster, in Saltillo, Coahuila. (...) When the coverage began, the policemen sought […]

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Bolsonaro blocked 82 journalists and seven news outlets

"Of 315 Twitter blockings against press professionals registered by the Associação Brasileira de Jornalismo Investigativo (Abraji) at on Jan. 11, 291 were made by President Jair Bolsonaro (PL), his sons who also hold elective office, ministers and special secretaries of State, in addition to government officials who make up the support base of the current […]

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Spanish news agency EFE evaluates closing its headquarters in Cuba

"The president of EFE, Gabriela Cañas, lamented this Jan. 12 that the Cuban government seems to be 'kicking out' this media outlet by withdrawing accreditation from its journalists in Havana. Cañas warned that the Spanish news agency is beginning to consider whether to stay on the island. Cañas made these statements when speaking at a […]

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Peru faces international complaints after journalists convicted

"The delegations of the United Nations Organization (UN), European Union (EU) and the Embassies of the United States, United Kingdom and Canada in Peru reassured on Nov. 11 that they would  defend freedom of expression after the controversial conviction for defamation handed down by a judge against journalist Christopher Acosta and editor Jerónimo Pimentel. The […]

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Legislative Assembly of Ecuador advances in debate of law on freedom of the press

"The plenary session of the National Assembly (Parliament) of Ecuador began this Jan. 11 the first of two debates on the bill known as the Organic Guarantee, Promotion and Protection of Freedom of the Press, Opinion, and Expression and of Communication. The opinion was divided between the different political groups. The debate in the legal […]

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Abraji condemns threat suffered by Intercept Brasil editor-in-chief

"Editor-in-chief of the website Intercept Brasil, journalist Leandro Demori was threatened by a man this Sunday, Jan. 9, while walking through a tourist neighborhood with his wife and three-year-old son, in Balneário Camboriú. […] Abraji vehemently condemns the threat suffered by Leandro Demori, which occurred in a moment of fragility, when the journalist was with […]

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Mexican actor announces lawsuit against journalist Anabel Hernández

"Another one of the celebrities who were also named in the book [Emma and the other narco ladies, 2021, available in Spanish] was Andrés García, a consecrated actor and national cinema star. In Hernández's journalistic work, García is said to hold alleged criminal ties with Héctor Beltrán Leyva, the former founder and leader of the […]

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El País remembers journalists who died in Mexico in a violent way in 2021

"In 2021, nine journalists were killed in Mexico. This number ranks the country as the deadliest in the world for the press, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). [...] In 2021, [Mexico] was the sixth country with the most unsolved crimes; the five [countries] at the top are at war. 'The conclusion after […]

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Espacio Público records intimidation and censorship of the press in regional elections in Venezuela

"In the state of Barinas [Venezuela] this Sunday, Jan. 9, the repetition of the regional elections of November 21 was held. During the day, we registered four cases against journalists and the media that correspond to five violations of freedom of expression. On this occasion, intimidation and censorship were the most frequent. The [military deployment […]