The Rey de España International Journalism Awards recognized the fight for press freedom in Nicaragua (La Prensa) and Venezuela (the CONNECTAS news platform) on Thursday, along with cross-border reporting, coverage of vulnerable communities in Brazil, the portrayal of modern womanhood through Argentina’s first saint, and an investigation into water contamination in Spain. A jury led […]
“UOL reporter and columnist Thiago Herdy was followed, and his tax records, address, and family details were exposed in an anonymous post published on a website hosted on the Wix platform. The defamatory post gives details on Herdy’s daily routine—such as when he leaves home in his car—and includes photos of his traveling within the […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) has expressed concern over the criminal complaint filed on Tuesday by the Honduran Ministry of Finance (Sefin, for its initials in Spanish) against Dagoberto Rodríguez, director of Radio Cadena Voces, calling it an attempt to intimidate the media outlet in retaliation for publishing a report on alleged mismanagement of […]
“The World Association of Community Radios in Latin America and the Caribbean strongly condemns the latest attack on freedom of expression in Nicaragua, carried out through the blocking of .ni web domains. This action affects independent media and restricts public access to information. Since its founding, the community radio association has defended the fundamental right […]
During marches called by Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who declared Tuesday, March 18, a Civic Day, attacks against journalists were reported in the cities of Bogotá and Cali. In Bogotá, a CityTV news crew, part of El Tiempo’s news network, was attacked by a group of masked individuals while covering the marches live. The attackers […]
“Visual journalists in Argentina presented this Monday [March 17] an video reconstruction where they identified the alleged perpetrator of the attack against photographer Pablo Grillo during the march for retirees and again called for the resignation of the Minister of National Security, Patricia Bullrich, responsible for the police repression operation. According to the Association of […]
"Journalist Paulo Motoryn, editor and reporter for Intercept Brazil in Brasilia, has been receiving sustained threats of death and physical violence since last Thursday, January 13, when he published a report about a fugitive in Argentina. In the report we show that Josiel Gomes de Macedo, sentenced to 16 years in prison for burning a […]
"Salvadoran journalist Alba Amaya, who worked for the German media Deutsche Welle (DW) for more than five years, said on Monday [March 17] in a statement that she left El Salvador with her family at the end of 2024 due to the fear she said she felt for her safety. 'What we have lived through […]
“Iran Villarreal Belmont, director of an independent news page and former candidate for city councilor, was murdered in [the Mexican state of] Guanajuato, the local prosecutor's office said on Friday [March 14]. Villarreal Belmont […] was also an activist and the director of the Facebook page Observatorio Ciudadano, with more than 8,400 followers. According to […]
Nearly 20 independent Latin American media outlets signed an editorial stating that journalists in the region must strengthen their collaborative networks, work to counter information noise and misinformation, and continue to rigorously monitor abuses of power, given what they called the chaos and confusion generated by U.S. President Donald Trump's return to the White House […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) rejects the decision by the White House to order deep cuts at Voice of America (VOA), Radio Martí, and other media outlets managed by the United States government. President Donald Trump, through an executive order issued Friday night [March 14], ordered the drastic reduction of staff at the U.S. […]
"The Coalition in Defense of Journalism (CDJor) was received this Thursday, March 13, by the Minister of Justice and Public Security, Ricardo Lewandowski. They discussed the main challenges of protecting journalists and communicators in Brazil today: the increase in physical aggression, the intensification of judicial harassment and hostility with gender and racial content, which mainly […]