“On Sept. 9, 2024, during a press conference, [President] Dina Boluarte's spokesperson, Fredy Hinojosa, asked the public prosecutor's office to investigate journalistic publications about popular protests against her. Hinojosa described as false the live broadcasts that allegedly show attacks on the president, which he considered an invitation to violence. He alluded to protests against Boluarte […]
“President Gustavo Petro has signed today [Sept. 9] a directive that seeks to promote good practices and ethical conduct that align with the social and democratic responsibilities linked to the guarantee of freedom of expression and of the press. At the initiative of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on […]
"Dalia Villatoro, a journalist from Chiapas [in southern Mexico] who works for media outlets such as Verídico Noticias, publicly denounced being the victim of death threats allegedly linked to an organized crime group that left her un narcomensaje (a threatening message). This is happening as the southeastern border state of Mexico is experiencing a fierce […]
“International Journalists' Day is celebrated this Sept. 8, in honor of the Czech-Slovak journalist and writer Julius Fucik, author of the emblematic Report at the Foot of the Gallows who was arrested and executed in Berlin by the Gestapo in 1943, in Nazi Germany dominated by Adolf Hitler. Eight decades later, in Guatemala, journalist José […]
The Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji, by its acronym in Portuguese) and the Voces del Sur network (VDS) launched the report “Sombra 2023: A imprensa latino-americana sob ataque: Violência, impunidade e exílio” (The Latin American press under attack: violence, impunity and exile), which highlights the worrying situation of threats to press freedom in the […]
"Police beat at least two journalists and arrested two others during a protest for human rights in Xochimilco, a southern borough of Mexico City, on Thursday, Sept. 5, according to members of the media who witnessed the incidents. Police arrested Penélope Estefanía Galicia Argumedo, a reporter with community radio station Radio Zapote; and Elizabeth Díaz, […]
"[Mexican] President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said this Thursday (Sept. 5) that in his government there have been no murders of journalists or politicians 'beyond what the circumstances have caused,' despite the fact that the organization Article 19 has documented 47 homicides of communicators in the six-year period. Questioned during his press conference about the […]
"Editor’s note: This alert has been updated to remove previous mentions of journalist Fabiola Tercero, whose whereabouts are still unknown after police raided her home on July 12, 2014, according to news reports. Nicaraguan authorities deported 135 political prisoners to Guatemala on Thursday, Sept. 5, including journalist Víctor Ticay. [...] Authorities arrested Ticay, a reporter for privately owned TV broadcaster Canal 10, […]
"The Association of Journalists of Guatemala (APG, for its acronym in Spanish) published a statement in which it rejects an armed attack against the house of journalist Carlos Monroy. According to the APG, on the night of Monday, Sept. 2 of this year, shots were fired against the house of journalist Carlos Monroy. In the […]
"Sources from the Attorney General's Office of the State of Guerrero confirmed that the genetic profiles of the body located in a clandestine grave in the municipality of Taxco match the samples provided by relatives of Enrique Hernández Avilez, the missing journalist, who allegedly was murdered by members of the local police and buried in […]
“In seeking to convey and expose the difficulties and problems facing community journalism in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, various social organizations from affected countries and the region requested to have a thematic hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in November of this year. The requesting entities, including the World Association of […]
“Through a decree, the president [of Argentina] Javier Milei restricted access to public information about the Government's actions, as well as the private activity and part of the public activity of its officials. At the same time, the Executive Branch will have the discretion to self-define and self-determine which data will be considered to be […]