"'Biased,' 'unfair,' 'sensationalist,' and now a 'who is who in false news?' Are some of the expressions that the president [of Mexico] Andrés Manuel López Obrador has launched at the press in his two years of government. Although the president says that he does not stigmatize, experts warn that he does and that it even […]
“Relatives of Javier Ortega, Paúl Rivas and Efraín Segarra filed a lawsuit in the Constitutional Court (CC) [of Ecuador] to order the declassification of the minutes of meetings of the State Public Security Council (Cosepe, for its acronym in Spanish). Thus they hope to learn information on the abduction and murder of the El Comercio […]
"Violence against journalists in Mexico is intensifying. Journalist Ricardo López, director of the InfoGuaymas portal, in Sonora, in northern Mexico, was shot to death this Thursday [July 22], in the parking lot of a supermarket. The communicator, who turned 47 on July 22, had denounced in a press conference that he had received threats from […]
"An international study released this Tuesday (July 20, 2021) demonstrates a colossal increase in attacks on the press in Brazil and Latin America. The Voces del Sur (VdS) network, of which the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji) and 12 other organizations in the region are part, released the third edition of the Sombra Report. […]
"Following the announcement of the second edition of the Google News Initiative's Innovation Challenge in Latin America in March of this year, more than 300 news organizations from across the region submitted their entries. Today, we announce the innovative projects that will receive support from Google through from a $2 million fund. With this initiative, […]
"The state representative of Ceará André Fernandes was sentenced to compensate journalist Patrícia Campos Mello, from Folha de S. Paulo, R$50 thousand (about US $9,500) for misogynist attacks directed at the press professional. The decision, in the first level, was handed down on Monday (July 19) by judge Vitor Frederico Kümpel, of the 27th Court of […]
"The Voces del Sur (VDS) network presented the Shadow Report 2020 that compiles alerts related to violations of freedom of expression, freedom of the press and access to information that occurred in 13 Latin American countries: Argentina , Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. [...] The regional results […]
"The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will hold its 181st Period of Sessions online between October 18th to 29th of 2021. [...] In accordance with its Rules of Procedure, the IACHR will receive requests for public hearings through the system that closes on August 5, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. local time at the IACHR headquarters […]
"This Friday, July 16, Insper's Journalism and Communication Program launches the Portuguese version of the Membership Guide, in partnership with the Membership Puzzle Project. The guide has become a reference on how to work member programs in journalism, a model which focuses on building value and community to ensure the financial sustainability of news outlets. […]
"Agência Pública, Brazil’s first investigative journalism agency, launched today (19/07) 'Investigating Brazil', an English-language newsletter aimed at international media outlets and journalists covering Brazil. This biweekly newsletter will offer summaries of exclusive, in-depth, and on-the-ground investigations produced by a team of experienced Brazilian journalists devoted to uncovering stories about the abuses of power in government, […]