"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) expresses concern over the intervention of Gráficos Nacionales S.A. (GRANASA), publisher of the newspapers Extra and Expreso, ordered by Ecuador’s Superintendency of Companies. The organization urges authorities to act with transparency and strict adherence to due process. In a document sent on Feb. 18 to GRANASA’s chief executive officer and general manager, […]
"On Feb. 18, at the Green Library of Florida International University, members of the Voces del Sur network presented data and analysis demonstrating the increase in violations against press freedom, freedom of expression and access to information in Latin America. In the first part, representatives from organizations in Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and El Salvador showed […]
"The Capital District branch of the National College of Journalists of Venezuela (CNP, for its Spanish acronym) reported on its official X account that a court hearing for journalist Ramón Centeno concluded on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, without a final decision being issued in his case. The professional organization described the process as cruel and […]
"The Cuban regime prevented independent journalist Boris González Arenas from leaving the country this Wednesday [Feb. 18], as he had planned to travel to the United States to participate in the Edward R. Murrow project for journalists, focused on 'AI and technology in journalism,' as part of the IVLP 2026 (International Visitor Leadership Program). According to Boris […]
“After two years and nine months of legal proceedings, justice is finally being served for journalist Marco Aurelio Ramírez Hernández. The judge presiding over the case issued a guilty verdict against Jesús N. and Francisco N., accused of aggravated intentional homicide, said the victim’s daughter, Diana Luisa Ramírez, indicating that the motive for the crime […]
“Traditional media outlets in Venezuela that have been censored for years are daring to take a new direction following Nicolás Maduro’s capture by U.S. forces in early January. After years of harsh repression, television channels and social media accounts have begun to include the voices of opposition figures and relatives of political prisoners in their […]
"The Caribbean media landscape has suffered another blow with the announcement of the closure of a second newspaper in a matter of weeks. Stabroek News, one of Guyana’s daily newspapers founded in the 1960s, has announced it has taken the 'extraordinarily difficult and painful' decision to cease printing from March 15, 2026. The development follows […]
"Argentina's National Communications Agency (ENACOM, for its Spanish acronym), the telecommunications regulatory body currently under government intervention, repealed the Competitive Fund for Audiovisual Media (FOMECA). This fund was intended to finance productions, strengthen management, and improve the infrastructure of community, cooperative, and Indigenous media outlets. [...] The government resolution replaces FOMECA with the creation of […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) officially opens the call for entries for its 2026 Awards for Journalistic Excellence, recognizing outstanding work produced by media outlets and journalists from the Americas and Spain. [..] The competition is open to content published in Spanish, English, or Portuguese between June 1, 2025, and May 31, 2026, in […]
"The Foundation for Press Freedom [FLIP, by its Spanish acronym] is alerting the public of a serious escalation of intimidation against Dubán García, director of the Al Día Noticias newscast, and Hamilton Obando, cameraman and producer for the same media outlet in Mocoa, [in the Colombian department of] Putumayo. In recent days, a plot to […]
"The Bolivian government condemned on Sunday [Feb. 15] the attack suffered by a journalist in the city of El Alto, the country's second most populous city, and assured that the incident, which was denounced by the main press associations, will not go unpunished. [...] After covering a campaign event for the regional elections in a […]
"On the sixth anniversary of the killing of Brazilian journalist Lourenço 'Léo' Veras, the Institute for Environmental Law and Economics (Instituto de Derecho y Economía Ambiental – IDEA) and Media Defence have submitted a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), concerning the responsibility of the Paraguayan State in relation to his death […]