"At least 293 Nicaraguan media workers have left their country for security reasons or have been banished since April 2018, according to a report released Thursday [July 10] by the Foundation for Freedom of Expression and Democracy (FLED), part of the regional network Voces del Sur. The report, titled "Nicaraguan Government Intensifies Harassment and Retaliation […]
"Mexican authorities must immediately and credibly investigate death threats against two crime reporters, Óscar Balderas and Luis Chaparro, and take all appropriate steps to guarantee their safety and that of other reporters covering organized crime, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. [...] The threats came just weeks after unidentified assailants killed two journalists in […]
News organizations CLIP and Núcleo Jornalismo invite applications for the second edition of the Big Tech Investigation Lab workshop, which takes place at Harmony Hotel in Nosara, Costa Rica, from Sept. 8 to 12, 2025. All travel, accommodation and meal costs from the participants will be covered by the initiative. Tailored for up to 12 […]
“The Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji) has condemned federal lawmaker Júlia Zanatta (PL-SC) for intimidating and discrediting journalism student and intern Matheus Bastos, who works at the outlet ND+. Zanatta devoted a 17-minute livestream solely to exposing and insulting him. The attack followed the publication of a news article authored by Bastos that quoted […]
“Journalist Martín Melvin García Carvajal, 57, was found dead around 3 p.m. on Monday, July 7, in a rented room on the island of Cozumel in the state of Quintana Roo. Local police and state prosecutors responded to the scene and recovered the body, which showed advanced signs of decomposition. Authorities cordoned off the area […]
“The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) praised a recent decision by Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court that upheld legal complaints against two state entities for pulling advertising from a television show following the broadcast of a satirical segment. The IAPA called the ruling an important legal precedent in defense of press freedom in Costa Rica. The […]
"Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR) announced on Tuesday [July 8] that it has opened an investigation into former President Enrique Peña Nieto (2012–2018) following a report linking him to alleged bribes totaling $25 million to allow the use of the controversial Israeli spyware Pegasus. The head of the FGR noted that during the previous administration, […]
"Lydia Cacho and Artículo 19 – Mexico Office expressed deep concern and outrage over a recent ruling by the Third Circuit Collegiate Court in Cancún, Quintana Roo, which exonerated Juan Sánchez Moreno, a former commander in the then-Attorney General’s Office of Puebla. He had been convicted for his role in the torture of journalist and […]
“A U.S. federal appeals court on Tuesday [July 8] ruled that a district court erred when it dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of Salvadoran investigative journalists against a spyware manufacturer whose product was allegedly used against them. In March 2024, a California federal judge threw out a 2022 lawsuit filed by Carlos Dada […]
"Fifteen journalistic works from ten countries were chosen as finalists for the thirteenth edition of the Gabo Award, said on Tuesday [July 8] the foundation created by the late Nobel Literature laureate Gabriel García Márquez. The finalists in the five categories of the award, which are Audio, Coverage, Photography, Image and Text, come from Spain, […]
"Journalist's Day was not a day of celebration in Venezuela. Press workers, censored, persecuted, underpaid and almost exterminated, now have the duty to demand the freedom of some 20 of their colleagues detained by the regime. On July 4, they staged an eloquent scene by displaying on the façade of the National College of Journalists […]
"The Colombian police detained two men accused of being the material authors of the attack against journalist Gustavo Chicangana Álvarez, better known as Gustavo Chica, and his wife, which took place on Saturday in San José de Guaviare, in the center-south of the country, according to official sources on Monday [July 8]. Police Director General […]