"At the end of last December, Andrés Felipe Guevara, 27, a journalist for the judicial section of the newspaper Q'Hubo, was shot by a hitman while with a friend in the Mariano Ramos neighborhood, in southeastern Cali. After fighting for his life for a couple days, he died on Dec. 23 as a result of […]
"More than 600 journalists died of Covid-19 in 59 countries in ten months in 2020, that is to say 60 per month, or two per day on average, announced Tuesday in Geneva the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC). [...] Of the 602 journalists who have died from Covid-19 since March 1, 2020, Latin America leads with […]
"At 3:40 in the afternoon of this Monday, Jan. 4, in the city of León, two National Police patrols, with approximately a dozen anti-narcotics and anti-riot agents with canines arrived at the home of the director of Radio Darío, Aníbal Toruño. The agents entered after destroying the iron fence and the main door of the […]
"This Monday, in the framework of a demonstration by ACES high school students at the Ministry of Education, cameraman Álex Cuadra was detained by national police, while he was performing his press duties. In this regard, the Directorate of the WarnerMedia news center reports that it ‘regrets and repudiates the detention that a member of […]
"On December 12, Judge Cleni Serly Rauen Vieira, of the Santa Catarina state Court of Justice’s Third Civil Court, ordered independent news websites The Intercept Brasil and ND+, and Schirlei Alves, a freelance journalist who contributed to both outlets, to 'rectify' their reporting on a rape trial, according to news reports and the judge’s decision, […]
"Felipe Guevara Henao,27, died this Wednesday (12/23/2020) after being seriously injured during a shooting attack by unknown persons in Cali, capital of the Colombian department of Valle del Cauca (southwest)... According to preliminary information, the reporter, a graduate of the Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, had not received threats against his life and at the time […]
Judicial journalist for Q'hubo, Felipe Guevara, was seriously injured with a firearm on Monday night [Dec. 21] in the Mariano Ramos neighborhood in eastern Cali. Guevara, 27, was shot four times by unknown individuals... To date, he had not reported threats against his life." Read original article (in Spanish)
"The Washington Post will take new steps in 2021 to become a more global newsroom by creating breaking-news hubs in Europe and Asia... The Post will also establish new foreign bureaus in Sydney and Bogotá, adding to an international footprint that will grow to 26 locations around the world." Read original story
"Social communicator and owner of Radio Bambi died this Saturday [Dec. 19] after being shot by an unknown person in the municipality of Dulce Nombre de Culmí, Olancho, in the eastern part of the country. The victim is Pedro Arcángel Canelas who also worked for Radio Catacamas for some time. He currently ran Radio Bambi, […]
“The political and public health crises Brazilians faced in 2020 have made journalism stronger. Public agents’ erratic and irresponsible management of efforts against the spread of the coronavirus helped the press claim its role as a key player in defense of people’s lives. When it became clear that trustworthy information was a matter of life […]
"Organizations that defend journalism in the Mercosur region released a joint note calling for an end to judicial harassment of journalists investigating corruption. In the statement, the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji, for its acronym in Portuguese), the Forum of Paraguayan Journalists (FOPEP), The Center for Archives and Access to Public Information in Uruguay […]
"Hugo Amed 'S,' of the National Action Party (PAN, for its acronym in Spanish), was arrested for his probable participation in assisting the intellectual author and material authors of the murder of journalist Miroslava Breach, confirmed the Attorney General's Office (FGR) through the Special Prosecutor's Office for Human Rights (FEMDH). Shultz Alcaraz was mayor of […]