“A sentencing court declared the complaint filed by the Minister of Finance [of Honduras], Christian Duarte, against Dagoberto Rodríguez, director of Radio Cadena Voces, to be inadmissible on Wednesday [March 26]. This was announced by the Honduran College of Journalists on its X account, where they celebrated that this act against freedom of expression did […]
“In a speech before the Departmental Assembly [of Santander], Representative David Castrillón filed a delicate complaint. He stated that journalist Domingo Navarro, from Cimitarra, [department of] Santander, had received death threats ‘for reporting alleged acts of corruption.’ The deputy, from the Independent Social Alliance Political Party (ASI, for its initials in Spanish) and People in […]
"The National Association of Journalists of Bolivia (ANPB, for its initials in Spanish) and the country's nine departmental journalists' associations condemned the threats and intimidation directed at several Bolivian media outlets by representatives of the self-proclaimed State of Kailasa. [...] 'The demand for retractions, content removal and public apologies from the fictitious State of Kailasa […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) expresses deep concern over what the Mexican outlet Vanguardia considers judicial retaliation against it, stemming from its critical coverage of former Coahuila governor Humberto Moreira Valdés. According to reports from the media, Vanguardia has been targeted since 2016 in a systematic campaign of legal harassment and personal persecution, allegedly driven by Moreira. […]
“We've never had to juggle reporting as much as we've been doing for more than three months, after President Donald Trump's administration canceled the U.S. support funds that were key to sustaining Divergentes. That's an independent media outlet from Nicaragua, based in exile due to the systematic repression under the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and […]
"The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) expressed its concern on Saturday [March 29] about the imminent risk of deportation of Cuban independent journalist and former political prisoner Lázaro Yuri Valle Roca, currently residing in the United States under humanitarian parole. According to CPJ's official X (formerly Twitter) account, Valle Roca and his wife, Eralidis Frómeta, […]
"Chaos and disorder was the main element of the march held this Sunday [March 30] in El Hoyo de Friusa [Punta Cana, Dominican Republic], where a group of Dominicans went to demonstrate in rejection of the massive presence of Haitians in the area. The incident began when agents of the National Police threw tear gas […]
"Radio Mundial, said goodbye this Monday [March 31] to its listeners in Venezuela after receiving an order from the authorities. At 11 a.m., a host announced that the signal was being suspended because the National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel, for its Spanish acronym) had decided to terminate its official concession. As documented by the NGO Espacio […]
"More than 20 journalists denied having ties to an organized crime group operating in the town of Tapachula, [in the Mexican state of] Chiapas, after a social media page accused them by name and photo. [..] On Friday morning [March 28], a Facebook page called Noticias Chiapas al ROJO circulated information accusing 18 journalists of […]
"A group of 10 international organizations submitted an amicus curiae brief to Guatemala’s Supreme Court in the case of journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín. The brief, filed on March 26, argues that Zamora’s return to preventive detention constitutes a violation of his fundamental rights under Guatemalan and international law, and urges the Court to grant a pending amparo appeal […]
"There is shock in the Antioquia community and the journalism community following the murder of journalist María Victoria Correa, which occurred on Friday, March 28, in the municipality of Envigado [in the Colombian department of Antioquia]. The 70-year-old journalist was in a bakery when she was approached by two armed men. One of them initially […]
“Uruguay’s Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining (MIEM), Fernanda Cardona, has asked President Yamandú Orsi to suspend the implementation of the regulatory decree for the new Media Law, which was signed in February by former President Luis Lacalle Pou just two weeks before handing over office. According to the ministry, the decree includes provisions not […]