"The Voces del Sur Network (Red VDS) presented today [May 12] the eighth edition of its 'Shadow Report: Cartography of Silence.' The document reveals a structural regression in press freedom in Latin America during 2025, marked by increasingly sophisticated censorship mechanisms and an alarming rise in lethal violence... In total, the Network documented 2,484 alerts […]
Ten data-driven journalism projects from around the world won the 2026 Sigma Awards, hosted by the Global Investigative Journalism Network. They were recognized as the best in data journalism out of 543 entries from 84 countries, as reported by GIJN. Winners from Latin America included Peruvian outlet Salud con Lupa for "Invisibles: How System Failures […]
"Journalist and founder of elPeriódico, José Rubén Zamora, has denounced a new attempt to criminally prosecute and imprison him. The journalist said that the public prosecutor's office is reportedly seeking to push for a new arrest warrant related to journalistic investigations published in 2021 concerning the case known as 'La Alfombra Mágica.' This case was […]
"The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo ordered the closure of radio stations Stereo Romance 105.3 FM and La Buena Onda 91.1 FM—both based in Carazo—marking a new escalation against independent media in Nicaragua. [...] The owner and general director, Francisco Gadea López, said this measure is an act of retaliation for the commitment […]
“A Brazilian cameraman accompanying ESPN reporter Lilly Nascimento was struck by explosives and flares before the start of the match between [the Colombian soccer team] Independiente Medellín and [Brazil’s] Flamengo at Atanasio Girardot Stadium in Medellín, Colombia. During the broadcast, the network showed a burned backpack and reported that the cameraman’s pants were also burned […]
“At a time of global pressure on journalism, the advance of artificial intelligence (AI) and on the eve of Brazil’s 2026 elections, the 3i Festival is returning for its seventh edition with discussions on the challenges facing digital journalism and the future of information. The event will take place May 29-31 at Porto Maravalley in […]
"Amid concerns regarding the safety of journalists in various regions of [Colombia]—and the uncertainty (as well as conflicting accounts) surrounding the case of media professional Mateo Pérez in Briceño, Antioquia—the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation has announced a new directive aimed at strengthening investigations into attacks against the press. The entity issued […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) expresses concern over a complaint filed by Paraguay’s ABC Color newspaper regarding an alleged systematic persecution against it using the state apparatus and the prosecutorial and judicial systems. According to media director Natalia Zuccolillo, the newspaper and its business group would be the target of a harassment strategy that […]
"Nayib Bukele’s government has escalated its attacks against the independent press in El Salvador. Digital newspaper El Faro—a benchmark for investigative journalism in the region—announced this Thursday [May 7] that authorities have frozen a bank account and a property belonging to two partners of Trípode S.A., the company that manages the media outlet. This harassment […]
"[Venezuelan] investigative journalism site Armando.info reported this Wednesday [May 6] the suspension of its official Instagram account and the removal of content from Facebook—both platforms owned by Meta. The measure follows the publication of a report titled 'Program to Become a Banker in Two Months,' which links businessmen José Simón Elarba and Carlos Malpica Flores […]
"Eight journalists disappeared or were murdered in Mexico in 2025, the UK-based journalist advocacy group Article 19 said in a report published on Wednesday, which named Mexico as the country in Latin America with the highest rates of censorship and judicial harassment against the press. 'In 2025, Mexico recorded one disappearance and seven murders of […]
"The Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP, for its initials in Spanish) reported this Wednesday [May 6] that Colombian journalist Mateo Pérez Rueda, director of the local magazine El Confidente, was killed while reporting in the town of Yarumal, in the department of Antioquia, in northwestern Colombia. 'Pérez Rueda, who had been missing since yesterday, was […]