"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 […]
"Two Haitian sports journalists have died violently in separate incidents over the past four days, under circumstances yet to be clarified by authorities, amidst the worsening security crisis that has gripped the country for years. Journalist Jean Brunet Bontemps and photojournalist Jean-Marc Stevenson Ysemai passed away last Friday [May 1] in Port-au-Prince, and on Monday […]
"Some cases of sexual harassment and abuse took place in the darkness of editing suites, in the solitude of stalled elevators, and in clandestine meetings proposed by men of power. Others, however, occurred right in the middle of the set—with all the lights shining and people speaking loudly—without anyone raising an objection. That was one […]
"The Criminal Chamber of the Fourth Central Section, in Santa Tecla, La Libertad, upheld the 15-year prison sentences handed down to three military officers for the murders of four Dutch journalists during the armed conflict. However, it revoked the Salvadoran State's obligation to publicly apologize to the victims' families for delaying justice in the case. […]
"A criminal trial judge sentenced Ledinwint Yesith Díaz Mercado to 43 years and six months in prison for the murder of journalist Mardonio de Jesús Mejía Mendoza, who was killed on Jan. 24, 2024, in San Pedro (Sucre). The hitman was convicted of the crimes of aggravated homicide and the manufacture, trafficking, carrying, or possession […]
"The government of Argentine President Javier Milei on Monday [May 4] reinstated access for accredited journalists at the Casa Rosada—the seat of the executive branch—but imposed movement restrictions, following a ten-day total ban on the press in response to the dissemination of images from inside the building. According to a correspondent accredited to the seat […]
Venezuela's Press and Society Institute (IPYS, for its initials in Spanish) and the National College of Journalists (CNP) said persecution of journalists and censorship in the country have not ceased following the fall of President Nicolás Maduro in January. They said that while journalism continues, it is still practiced under conditions of pressure and harassment. […]