“At least 283 journalists have been forced to leave Nicaragua since the beginning of repression in 2018, undertaken by the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo. In 2024, 81 violations of press freedom were recorded, according to a report published Monday [Jan. 13] from the Foundation for Freedom of Expression and Democracy (FLED, for […]
“On Monday [Jan. 13], Guatemala's Supreme Court granted an amparo to Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora that suspends his re-entry into prison, as an appeals court had ordered last November. Zamora was released from prison in October 2024 after almost two years serving a six-year sentence for money laundering that was later annulled. A judge […]
“Journalist Leandro Palmar and his technical assistant Belices Salvador Cubillán [of the University of Zulia radio station Luz FM], detained on Thursday [Jan. 9] by the military while covering an opposition protest in Zulia state (northwestern Venezuela), were charged with terrorism and three other crimes, according to the National Union of Press Workers (SNTP, for […]
“On Jan. 13, Mabel Calderín, wife of Espacio Público director Carlos Correa, who was arrested on Jan. 7, went to the national headquarters of Venezuela's Ombudsman Office, in the center of Caracas, to demand that the head of that office, Alfredo Ruiz, act in the face of what Calderín and spokespersons of human rights organizations […]
"The Ortega y Gasset Journalism Awards open the call for their 42nd edition. The EL PAÍS awards recognize the best journalistic works originally published in Spanish during 2024. Candidates can apply for four categories: Best journalistic story or investigation, Best multimedia coverage, Best photography and Professional career. Applications can be made through the awards website […]
"Indigenous communications groups from the municipality of Toribío, Cauca, denounced the threats received by Manuel Jilicué, a member of the Nasa Estéreo radio station. Through a press release, journalists from this northern part of the department expressed concern about the intimidating messages that the communicator received through social networks. [...] 'We seek to protect the […]
"This Jan. 9, the Amparo and Pretrial Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice denied the provisional protection requested by the defense of journalist Jose Rubén Zamora, founder of elPeriódico, and ratified the resolution of the Second Court of Appeals that revoked substitute measures and ordered his preventive detention. According to an alert published by […]
"After the State Attorney General's Office announced this past Wednesday, Jan. 8, that Juan Carlos M., 'el Sierra,' who had allegedly participated in the murder of journalist Mauricio Cruz Solís, had been arrested, the mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodríguez, demanded that the corresponding authorities find the rest of those responsible. Through his official […]
"This Wednesday [Jan. 8], the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (I/A Court) ordered Nicaragua to 'immediately' release journalist Leo Cárcamo, detained on Nov. 22, 2024, and whose whereabouts are unknown. 'To require the State of Nicaragua to proceed with the immediate release of Catalino Leo Cárcamo,' read the resolution of the continental court, which is […]
"It was an unprecedented event: at 8:00 a.m. today, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, better known as Bad Bunny, was on the main set of NotiCentro Al Amanecer alongside Jorge Gelpí Pagán to host the final two hours of the show. "He wasn’t just another guest. He prepared himself to sit in the studio where so […]
"Witnesses said that about five alleged hooded officers, without identification, forced Carlos [Correa] to get into a brown van, without license plates, on Bolívar Avenue, near the Palace of Justice [, on Jan. 8, 2025]. The legal team of [freedom of expression organization Espacio Público] went to the headquarters of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service in […]
“Members of the journalist collective NiUnoMás in Michoacán, Mexico, demanded authorities hand over to the family of journalist Mauricio Cruz Solís all the information available on his murder. Given the lack of information from the State Attorney General's Office, the collective said in a statement that, two months since the murder of Cruz Solis in […]