"Guatemalan investigative journalists Sonny Figueroa and Marvin del Cid denounced on Wednesday [March 31] that they had been the object of surveillance and attacks against them and one of them even said the National Civil Police (PNC, for its acronym in Spanish) held him near his home, without explanation. It is not the first time […]
"The [Venezuelan] National Assembly reported this Monday [March 29] that the Communication Commission was debating the Law of Social Responsibility in Radio and Television and Electronic Media, better known as the Ley Resorte. 'The National Association of Journalists (CNP, for its acronym in Spanish) has not received any information on the bill to change the […]
"Journalist Carlos Alberto Tafur Grandez, of the program Señal Informativa Digital, of Radio Stereo G 96.5, has received death threats after revealing irregularities in the district municipalities of Huambos, Longar and the provincial municipality of Rodríguez de Mendoza, in the Amazon region. As the journalist pointed out to the Human Rights Office of the National […]
"[Mexican] President Andrés Manuel López Obrador accused Article 19, a civil society organization that in 2009 began to keep a record of attacks on freedom of expression in Mexico, of being financed by foreign companies, and even by the U.S. State Department. 'That body is supported from overseas, all the people who have to do […]
"The Office of the Attorney General of the Nation [of Colombia] reported this Tuesday [March 30] that a judge has sentenced FARC dissident Jesús Vargas Cuajiboy, alias Reinel, to 28 years and eight months in prison for the abduction and murder of a journalistic team from Ecuadoran newspaper El Comercio, perpetrated on March 26, 2018. [...] […]
"The State Attorney General's Office reported this Friday [March 27] the disappearance of Pablo Felipe Romero Chávez, a radio journalist working on the police beat. According to the version of the events, it was on March 25 when relatives and colleagues lost communication with him, which is why they filed a complaint with the public […]
"Journalist Cristian Bianciotto filed a complaint with the public prosecutor on Friday [March 26] against Eladio González, mayor of Coronel Oviedo, in light of the acts of coercion and death threat. It's a situation that has been going on for several months. The communicator fears for his life and that of his family, according to […]
"[Brazilian] President Jair Bolsonaro was ordered to compensate journalist Patricia Campos Mello, of newspaper Folha de S.Paulo. The decision was rendered by Judge Inah de Lemos e Silva Machado, of the 19th Civil Court of São Paulo, on March 16, 2021. The indemnity was fixed at R $ 20,000 (about US $3,500). He should also bear […]
"A press team with Chilean national television (TVN) was shot while reporting in southern Chile, causing serious injuries to a cameraman and loss of vision in one eye, as reported by authorities reported on Sunday (March 28, 2021). Cameraman Esteban Sánchez suffered an ocular flare as a result of the shots he received while moving with […]
"O presidente Jair Bolsonaro foi condenado a indenizar a jornalista Patricia Campos Mello, do jornal Folha de S.Paulo. A decisão foi proferida pela juíza Inah de Lemos e Silva Machado, da 19ª Vara Civil de São Paulo, em 16 de março de 2021. A indenização foi fixada em R$ 20.000. Também deverá arcar com as custas […]
"Several Latin American media organizations are undergoing major, permanent workplace transformations. Even though these newsrooms are in different countries, each with their own cultural, social and political contexts, some common trends are emerging. First, the economic impacts and restrictions caused by the pandemic accelerated, or in some cases caused, newsrooms to adopt a hybrid model […]
"On the night of March 24, El Pitazo received notification of a new YouTube sanction against a video published by this native digital media outlet. This action, the third in three months, led to the definitive closure of the channel, which had more than 102,000 accumulated followers since Dec. 8, 2014, the date on which […]