“Almost three months after the Los Tiguerones criminal group attacked the TC Televisión facilities, in the north of Guayaquil, [Ecuador], a judge from the Minor Offenders Unit sentenced two minors to eight years in prison for the crime of terrorism. [...] In the proceedings, which took place in the Florida Norte judicial complex, in Guayaquil, […]
"Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa committed on Tuesday [March 26] to guaranteeing press freedom and freedom of expression in his country by signing the Chapultepec and Salta declarations after a meeting with an international delegation from the Inter American Press Association (IAPA). The meeting took place at the Carondelet Presidential Palace in the city of Quito. […]
“The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) calls on the State to investigate and punish attacks and attacks against journalists; and to strengthen their security, as well as the protection mechanism in Ecuador. So far in 2024, the Office of the Special Rapporteur has […]
The jury for the Ortega y Gasset Journalism Awards announced the winners of the 41st edition of the prizes, considered the most prestigious in journalism in Spanish. In the best story or investigation category, the winning project was about an Indigenous community on the border between Honduras and Nicaragua, published in Insight Crime. The story […]
"The designer Carmela Hontou sued journalist Nelson Fernández, current director of Subrayado (Canal 10), and the Argentine newspaper La Nación, for the news article in which they reported that she was responsible for infecting more than 20 people with COVID-19 in a wedding held in March 2020, when the disease had just arrived in Uruguay. […]
"Journalist Laura Brugés denounced through her social media that she was fired from the media outlet where she worked after her name came up in the section ' Quién es quién en las mentiras (Who's who in the lies)' [section of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's daily press conference]. Laura Brugés took a stand […]
"Following the resignation on Friday [March 22] of producer Juan Parodi as director of the [Argentine state-owned channel, TV Pública] –less than two months after his appointment on Feb. 5–, yesterday Mateo Baldarenas, director of human resources, and Eugenia Bereciartua, director of administration and finance of Radio y Televisión Argentina (RTA), also resigned. […] According […]
"The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has joined eight other press freedom organizations in urging Guatemala’s leaders to address the concerning decline in the country’s press freedom and its significance for democracy. In a statement issued ahead of the meeting between Guatemala’s President Bernardo Arévalo and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday, March 25, […]
“On March 7, the Copesa media conglomerate – which includes media outlets such as La Tercera and La Cuarta – filed a lawsuit against Google before the Court for the Defense of Free Competition (TDLC, for its acronym in Spanish), for 'abuse of a quasi-monopoly position' in the online search engine and digital advertising markets. […]
“The report 'Cuba: resistance to censorship' by ARTICLE 19 seeks to account for the state of freedom of expression in the year 2023 and those rights associated with it, demonstration, information and assembly, taking into account both the action of State as well as that of journalists, activists and citizens in general, in the midst […]
"The Pulitzer Center is opening a new call for rainforest grant applications. We invite journalists, editors, and independent media organizations to submit proposals on Innovative Reporting: Mapping Transparency and Governance on Rainforest Issues. During this historic election year around the globe, it’s important to take note of how these events may impact the world’s vital rainforests. […]
UPDATE: Haitian journalist Lucien Jura has since been released after being abducted. ORIGINAL: "[Lucien] Jura was abducted from his home in Pétion-Ville on the outskirts of the capital, Port-au-Prince, on Monday, March 18, according to news reports. [...] On Tuesday [March 19], Jura confirmed his kidnapping in a brief phone call with the secretary-general of […]