“In an unprecedented event in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, journalists from various media outlets met with those drafting a proposal for a new state constitution to incorporate their recommendations. Key proposals included protecting access to public information, ensuring mechanisms to safeguard journalists, promoting equity in the distribution of public advertising funds, and strengthening […]
"Among the more than 3,400 candidates vying for votes in Mexico’s first judicial elections, nominations come in all forms. But one in the northern region of the country stands out as a glaring red flag: a candidate running for magistrate while being linked to the disappearance of a young journalist. The candidate is attorney Andrés […]
"The Journalism Support Fund (FAJ, for its initials in Portuguese), an independent initiative aimed at strengthening local journalism in Brazil, was launched this Thursday [March 27]. The notice is now available and the fund will select up to 15 regional organizations, with priority given to outlets that operate in municipalities without active journalistic coverage, the […]
“The Supreme Court of Guatemala rejected this Thursday [March 27] a legal appeal by the defense of journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín to reverse the resolution that sent him back to a military prison in the Central American country on March 3. The Supreme Court decided to reject the appeal filed by the 67-year-old journalist […]
The main organizations defending journalists in Brazil have expressed their support for reporters Gabriela Biló and Thaisa Oliveira, from Folha de S.Paulo, who have been suffering intimidation due to their coverage of the Jan. 8, 2023, coup in Brasília. The Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji, for its initials in Portuguese), the Brazilian Press Association […]
“A sentencing court declared the complaint filed by the Minister of Finance [of Honduras], Christian Duarte, against Dagoberto Rodríguez, director of Radio Cadena Voces, to be inadmissible on Wednesday [March 26]. This was announced by the Honduran College of Journalists on its X account, where they celebrated that this act against freedom of expression did […]
“In a speech before the Departmental Assembly [of Santander], Representative David Castrillón filed a delicate complaint. He stated that journalist Domingo Navarro, from Cimitarra, [department of] Santander, had received death threats ‘for reporting alleged acts of corruption.’ The deputy, from the Independent Social Alliance Political Party (ASI, for its initials in Spanish) and People in […]
"The National Association of Journalists of Bolivia (ANPB, for its initials in Spanish) and the country's nine departmental journalists' associations condemned the threats and intimidation directed at several Bolivian media outlets by representatives of the self-proclaimed State of Kailasa. [...] 'The demand for retractions, content removal and public apologies from the fictitious State of Kailasa […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) expresses deep concern over what the Mexican outlet Vanguardia considers judicial retaliation against it, stemming from its critical coverage of former Coahuila governor Humberto Moreira Valdés. According to reports from the media, Vanguardia has been targeted since 2016 in a systematic campaign of legal harassment and personal persecution, allegedly driven by Moreira. […]
“We've never had to juggle reporting as much as we've been doing for more than three months, after President Donald Trump's administration canceled the U.S. support funds that were key to sustaining Divergentes. That's an independent media outlet from Nicaragua, based in exile due to the systematic repression under the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and […]
"The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) expressed its concern on Saturday [March 29] about the imminent risk of deportation of Cuban independent journalist and former political prisoner Lázaro Yuri Valle Roca, currently residing in the United States under humanitarian parole. According to CPJ's official X (formerly Twitter) account, Valle Roca and his wife, Eralidis Frómeta, […]
"Chaos and disorder was the main element of the march held this Sunday [March 30] in El Hoyo de Friusa [Punta Cana, Dominican Republic], where a group of Dominicans went to demonstrate in rejection of the massive presence of Haitians in the area. The incident began when agents of the National Police threw tear gas […]