"A few hours before the beginning of the silent period priors to elections [...] for mayoral candidates in [the Mexican state of] Veracruz [on May 29], journalist Raymundo García García, a contributor to [the newspaper] El Mundo de Orizaba, was the target of anonymous threats. The intimidations, which were also directed at his family, were […]
Renowned radio host, sports commentator and former footballer Carlos Gilberto Aguirre was fatally stabbed in the early hours of Sunday, June 1, in the municipality of Juticalpa, Honduras. El Heraldo newspaper confirmed through sources at the Public Prosecutor’s morgue that Aguirre died from multiple stab wounds. So far, the perpetrators and motives behind the crime […]
"Abraji reported that it contacted Governor Tarcísio de Freitas and the Secretary of Public Security of São Paulo, Guilherme Derrite, by means of an official letter, to repudiate and demand action regarding allegations of restrictions on press freedom during coverage of the eviction of the Moinho Favela, in the capital. Last week, this Association and […]
"The Union of Professional Journalists of the Federal District (SJPDF, for its initials in Portuguese) and the National Federation of Journalists (FENAJ) vehemently repudiate the extrajudicial harassment by the Canadian mining company Sigma Lithium S.A. that seeks to censor the work of independent journalism promoted by the Mining Observatory, an organization based in Brasília. The […]
"In a controversial decision, [Colombia's] Supreme Court of Justice acquitted Ronal Harbey Rivera Rodríguez, a former detective with the Administrative Department of Security (DAS, for its initials in Spanish), who had been prosecuted for his alleged involvement in the psychological torture of journalist Claudia Julieta Duque. [...] The case is rooted in Duque's investigation into […]
"The writer, journalist and essayist Jorge Fernández Díaz won the Cavia Prize, awarded by the Spanish newspaper ABC for journalistic works, for an article published in the Argentine newspaper La Nación titled 'Welcome to Right-Wing Populism' ['Bienvenidos al populismo de derecha'], where he delivers strong criticism of Javier Milei. The award, which has been given […]
"On his social media this Wednesday [May 38], independent Cuban journalist José Luis Tan Estrada announced his arrival in Mexico after a 45-day journey that included crossing the Darién jungle, five months after State Security forced him to leave the island. 'After crossing the dangerous Darién jungle, traveling through more than ten countries by land, […]
"Luis Augusto Carneiro da Costa, a 46-year-old journalist, was brutally murdered on May 27 by two hooded men who stormed into the community radio studio where he was presenting a popular show focused on local issues. The assailants fired several shots, instantly killing the journalist. With over twenty years of experience in local journalism and […]
"A journalist from Zero Hora —the highest-circulation daily newspaper in southern Brazil—has been ordered to pay 600,000 reais [about US$105,000] in damages after publishing information about the earnings of Judge Iris Helena Medeiros Nogueira, a magistrate of the Court of Justice of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. On Thursday, May, 22, the Brazilian Association of […]
"A group of seven Nicaraguan journalists, exiled in Costa Rica, have requested the Spanish government grant them Spanish nationality, claiming they have been rendered de facto stateless by the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo. The request was submitted on May 19 to the Spanish consul in Costa Rica, the Madrid Press Association (APM, […]
"A journalist and a cameraman from news portal Urgente.bo [Bolivia] were forced by vendors in the town of Desaguadero, on the border between Bolivia and Peru, to erase images under threat of being thrown into a river. The aggression and censorship of journalistic work took place on Friday, May 23, about 73 miles west of […]
"The Secretary of Government of Veracruz [Mexico], Ricardo Ahued Bardahuil confirmed that two people have been identified after the murder of journalist Avisack Douglas, who was shot in an attack at campaign headquarters for the Movimiento Ciudadano candidate for mayor for [the city of] Juan Rodríguez Clara [in Veracruz, Mexico]. 'Without getting ahead of the […]