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Journalist Julián Martínez denounces an attack against him in Bogotá, Colombia

"The author of the controversial 'ChuzaDAS' investigative report said through his Twitter account he had suffered an attack in Bogotá, Colombia, in which his security detail 'had to draw their weapons.' The events took place on Wed. Feb. 23, at the journalist's home. (...) Martínez is an investigative journalist. He contributes to the web portal La […]

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Cuba restores accreditations to EFE journalists

"Cuban authorities restored on Monday, Feb. 21 the accreditations of three journalists from the EFE agency team in Cuba, withdrawn in November 2021. This is a decisive step towards the normalization of the journalistic activity of the Spanish agency on the island. The International Press Center (CPI) took this step after a meeting in Havana […]

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Mexico grants humanitarian visa to Cuban journalists forced by regime to leave the island

"Cuban journalists Héctor Luis Valdés Cocho and Esteban Rodríguez received a humanitarian visa in Mexico, reported on Feb. 18 the National Migration Institute (INM) of the Ministry of the Interior. […] Héctor Luis Valdés Cocho and Esteban Rodríguez were forced to leave Cuba in January, after the regime threatened Rodríguez with imprisonment and prosecution for […]

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Independent journalists in Nicaragua demand annulment of sentence against journalist Miguel Mendoza

"The organization of Independent Journalists and Communicators of Nicaragua (PIN) denounced the sentence against sports journalist and political prisoner Miguel Mendoza Urbina, arguing that it lacks a legal basis and therefore must be annulled. The Judiciary sentenced the opposition member to nine years in prison and disqualified him from holding public office. In a statement […]

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Police arrest suspect in killing of blogger in Ceará, Brazil

"Police officers from the 8th Precinct of the Department of Homicide and Protection of Persons (DHPP) arrested on Feb. 11, 2022 a man who was hiding in a house in the Pirambu neighborhood, in Fortaleza, Brazil, with 43 bags of marijuana. Thiago de Sousa Barros, 20, was named by a witness as the person who […]

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Brazilian businessman Bottura wins moral damage lawsuit against publication

"Brazilian businessman Luiz Eduardo Auricchio Bottura found an ingenious way to face the lawsuits of hundreds of customers to whom he sold his products and did not deliver. The daring engineer, trained in law, sued them all. He created a hell of a mess and came out on top. Bottura's trick, involved in thousands of […]

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Independent journalists from Nicaragua demand annulment of sentence against journalist Miguel Mendoza

"The organization of Nicaraguan Independent Journalists and Communicators (PIN, by its Spanish acronym) denounced the sentence against the sports writer and political prisoner Miguel Mendoza Urbina, arguing that it lacks a legal basis and, therefore, it should be annulled. President Daniel Ortega's Judiciary sentenced the member of the opposition to nine years of prison and […]

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Mexico grants humanitarian visa to Cuban journalists forced by the regime to leave the island

"Cuban journalists Héctor Luis Valdés Cocho and Esteban Rodríguez received a humanitarian visa in Mexico, reported the National Migration Institute (INM) of the Ministry of the Interior on Friday, Feb. 18. […] Héctor Luis Valdés Cocho and Esteban Rodríguez were forced to leave Cuba in January, after the regime threatened Rodríguez with imprisonment and prosecution […]

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Call for Nominations: 2022 ICFJ Knight International Journalism Awards

"Each year, the International Center for Journalists honors outstanding colleagues with the ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award at our Tribute to Journalists. We are now seeking nominees whose pioneering coverage or media innovations have made an impact on the lives of people in their countries or regions. Candidates can be reporters, editors, technologists, media managers […]

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Mexico: Morning press conference in Tijuana turns into a demand for justice for murdered journalists

"In Tijuana, epicenter of the murders of journalists in recent weeks and one of the most complicated places to practice reporting in Mexico, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador shared the judicial process being followed on some of the crimes against journalists. [...] In most of the reported cases, the gunmen who fired the shots have […]

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Brazil: 17th Abraji Investigative Journalism Congress will be hybrid

"Among the most important journalism conferences in Latin America, Abraji's International Congress of Investigative Journalism will have an unprecedented format in 2022. For the first time, the event will be hybrid: part online and part in person, in São Paulo, Brazil, with public participation. In Abraji 20th anniversary, the 17th Congress will invite leading professionals […]

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Two assassins knock on the door: This was how journalist Roberto Toledo was murdered in Michoacán, Mexico

"[...] EL PAÍS had access to the images that show the attack and the moments before the journalist [Roberto Toledo's] murder. The video is in the hands of the Prosecutor's Office and has been independently verified by this newspaper. In the recording, three hit men can be seen arriving on two motorcycles to a street […]