"[Mexican] journalist Lydia Cacho reproached the Mexican judiciary for acquitting the former commander of the former Attorney General's Office of Puebla, Juan Sánchez Moreno, one of her alleged torturers. As MILENIO reported on July 7, a Federal Court determined that ‘there is no evidence’ to prove that the former commander committed or participated in the […]
"The regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo maintains a campaign of harassment and surveillance against the families of exiled Nicaraguan journalists, denounced the Foundation for Freedom of Expression and Democracy (FLED, for its acronym in Spanish), based in San José, Costa Rica. In its most recent report, the organization documented testimonies of intimidation by […]
"This Sunday [July 13], Yris Azócar, the mother of detained journalist Víctor Ugas, asked the Attorney General's Office, the Ombudsman's Office and the Venezuelan Penitentiary Ministry for information on the state of her son's health as a matter of urgency. 'I urgently need to know how my son, Víctor Andrés Ugas, is doing, if he […]
"Gudelia Gálvez Tafur, director of digital news outlet Huaraznoticias.com, has received death threats in response to her reporting on alleged irregularities in public works projects in the city of Huaraz, [department of Áncash, Peru]. The International Federation of Journalists and the National Association of Journalists of Peru have condemned the threats and are calling for […]
Last week, two deadly attacks against communicators from local digital media outlets were reported in Mexico. In the port of Acapulco, in the state of Guerrero, Ronald Paz Pedro, administrator of the NotiExpress news portal, was shot dead on Wednesday, July 9, minutes after making a Facebook broadcast about a street sinkhole. Paz, a former […]
"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, […]