"The deputy director of Global Mexico, Cayetano de Jesús Guerrero, was killed on Friday [Jan. 17] night by armed men while he was in the parking lot of the San Antonio parish, in the center of Teoloyucan, State of Mexico. Following the events, ARTICLE 19 reported that the journalist had received threats at his home […]
Journalists from Ibero-American countries can now submit their work for the 2025 Gabo Prizes. Submissions are open until Feb. 18, 2025 and accept journalistic productions originally published in Spanish or Portuguese between Feb. 29, 2024 and Feb. 17. 2025. To participate, interested parties must register on the official registration platform. The 13th edition of the […]
"Journalist Moyses Zúñiga Santiago, originally from Chiapas, was reported missing. The last communication his family had with him was on Tuesday, Jan. 14. The last time he spoke with his family he was in the Alameda, located in the Historic Center, in the Cuauhtémoc municipality of Mexico City. According to the search card issued by […]
"Carlos Correa, director of the Venezuelan human rights NGO Espacio Público who was arrested on Jan. 7, was released early Thursday [Jan. 16] morning, the organization reported in a message on [social media platform] X. 'We thank all the people, organizations, governments and groups that joined the call for his release,' says the message in […]
"The head of the Attorney General's Office of the State of Michoacán [in Mexico], Adrián López Solís, announced that a second person implicated in the murder of journalist Mauricio Cruz Solís, which occurred on Oct. 29, 2024, has been identified. In a press conference held at Casa Michoacán, the prosecutor said that investigations are continuing […]
“Journalist Yixon Ordóñez, from the outlet Novedades Sucumbíos, was detained by the national police the night of Jan. 12 after being accused of violating the curfew. Ordóñez spent 16 hours in custody before a judge issued his release order. A decree signed by President Daniel Noboa declared a state of emergency and curfew in various […]
“Reporter Diana Saray Giraldo has been the target of stigmatizing remarks since Jan. 9 by Senator Sandra Ramírez, a member of the Comunes party [composed of former FARC guerrilla combatants]. The controversy arose after Giraldo shared a post on the social media platform X about the senator’s participation in an event in Venezuela. In her […]
“At least 283 journalists have been forced to leave Nicaragua since the beginning of repression in 2018, undertaken by the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo. In 2024, 81 violations of press freedom were recorded, according to a report published Monday [Jan. 13] from the Foundation for Freedom of Expression and Democracy (FLED, for […]
“On Monday [Jan. 13], Guatemala's Supreme Court granted an amparo to Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora that suspends his re-entry into prison, as an appeals court had ordered last November. Zamora was released from prison in October 2024 after almost two years serving a six-year sentence for money laundering that was later annulled. A judge […]
“Journalist Leandro Palmar and his technical assistant Belices Salvador Cubillán [of the University of Zulia radio station Luz FM], detained on Thursday [Jan. 9] by the military while covering an opposition protest in Zulia state (northwestern Venezuela), were charged with terrorism and three other crimes, according to the National Union of Press Workers (SNTP, for […]
“On Jan. 13, Mabel Calderín, wife of Espacio Público director Carlos Correa, who was arrested on Jan. 7, went to the national headquarters of Venezuela's Ombudsman Office, in the center of Caracas, to demand that the head of that office, Alfredo Ruiz, act in the face of what Calderín and spokespersons of human rights organizations […]
"The Ortega y Gasset Journalism Awards open the call for their 42nd edition. The EL PAÍS awards recognize the best journalistic works originally published in Spanish during 2024. Candidates can apply for four categories: Best journalistic story or investigation, Best multimedia coverage, Best photography and Professional career. Applications can be made through the awards website […]