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Coordinated YouTube campaign aims to legitimize image of Venezuela's Delcy Rodríguez

More than 50 videos on YouTube featuring actors posing as journalists have amassed 32 million views in a coordinated push to legitimize Interim President Delcy Rodríguez. The campaign, spanning 14 channels, is connected to the Buenos Aires-based advertising agency FG Medios Sociedad Anónima. Cazadores de Fake News determined the presenters who narrate the videos are […]

Colombian journalist arrested by ICE in Tennessee granted bond, remains detained while feds considers appeal

"Estefany Rodríguez, the Nashville Spanish-language news reporter arrested by ICE, was granted a $10,000 bond Monday but remains detained in Louisiana after government lawyers reserved their right to appeal, according to her attorney. Joel Coxander, Rodríguez’ attorney, said she has been subject to 'inhumane and difficult treatment' since her arrest in Nashville by ICE agents […]

Families of 2 journalists kidnapped in gang-controlled area of Haiti plead for details

"The families of two Haitian journalists who were reported kidnapped last week pleaded Monday for information about them, with many fearing that gangs had killed them. Junior Célestin of Radio Television Megastar and Osnel Espérance of Radio Uni FM were reporting in downtown Port-au-Prince on Friday when they were taken, according to Radio Uni FM. […]

Closures of Stabroek News and Newsday signal deepening crisis for Caribbean news media

"Media owners point to shifting reading habits as the primary reason two legacy newspapers have folded in the Caribbean so far this year: Guyana’s Stabroek News and Trinidad and Tobago’s Newsday. Stabroek News printed its final edition on Sunday and halted its online publication. Meanwhile, Trinidad and Tobago’s Newsday stopped publishing its print and online […]

Two journalists kidnapped and media director’s home attacked within 24 hours in Haiti

Two Haitian journalists were abducted on Friday, March 13, in downtown Port-au-Prince by armed members of a gang. The victims, Osnel Espérance of Radio Uni FM and Junior Célestin of Radio Television Megastar, were kidnapped while reporting in the lower part of the capital, The Haitian Times reported. Their employers confirmed the double abduction, which […]

Elon Musk’s Grok appears to bypass Brazilian news paywalls, newspapers say

"In apparent violation of Brazilian law prohibiting the indiscriminate use and distribution of copyrighted journalistic content, Grok —the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by Elon Musk— has been ‘tearing down’ news outlets’ paywalls by delivering full newspaper articles that normally require a subscription to access. To test how this works in practice, O Globo newspaper […]

93% of news websites in Brazil are vulnerable to AI-driven data collection

"Nine out of 10 news websites in Brazil lack protocols to prevent data collection by artificial intelligence companies, allowing their content to be used to train large language models. According to the study 'The Protocol Gap,' released this Thursday (March 12, 2026), 93% of the 4,025 news websites in the country analyzed do not have […]

Brazil Supreme Court justice orders search and seizure of journalist's residence after article on fellow judge

"Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered a search and seizure at the residence of Maranhão journalist Luis Pablo Conceição Almeida, known as Luis Pablo. Moraes ordered the seizure of cell phones and a laptop after the publication of reports in which Luis Pablo pointed out the alleged irregular use of an official vehicle belonging […]

Editor of El Faro: 'The most important thing journalism can do in a dictatorship is to tell the truth'

"Carlos Dada is one of the most respected Latin American journalists worldwide, but he can’t practice journalism in his own country. Founder and editor in chief of the Salvadoran newspaper El Faro, Dada now lives in exile. Harassment by President Nayib Bukele forced El Faro to move its headquarters to Costa Rica, and Dada and his colleagues […]

In last remarks as Chile's president, Boric says a free press must scrutinize power

" President Gabriel Boric underscored the role of the media: 'To the news outlets with us today, thank you very much for your work. A free press is fundamental in a democracy — it is a pillar of democracy.' “ 'The media must make those in power uncomfortable, and they made me uncomfortable more than […]

Peruvian judge seeks court order forcing journalists to delete reports

“Journalists Analí Andrade Pareja, of Fuerza Informativa Apurímac, and Edwin Ramírez Delgado, of the Portada.pe website, are facing legal proceedings after Judge Wilmar de la Cruz Gutiérrez filed a constitutional injunction. The judge intends to force the journalists to remove several publications that reported on serious allegations against him for alleged influence peddling and abuse […]

Panamanian judge revokes order preventing journalists from reporting on businessmen

“Judge América Vergara revoked a ‘protection order’ requested by brothers Roberto and Ramón Carretero Napolitano, which prevented journalist Sabrina Bacal from reporting on their activities. The order had been in effect since November 6, when it was issued by Isela Mela Peralta, deputy prosecutor of the section for crimes against freedom, honor, the administration of […]