Argentina’s Circle of Parliamentary Journalists has condemned the decision to bar accredited reporters from the press galleries traditionally reserved for media during the upcoming legislative assembly, where President Javier Milei will address both chambers on Saturday. ‘This is an unprecedented decision, made without consultation, breaking more than a century of media access in Parliament, and […]
The National Union of Press Workers in Venezuela confirmed that journalist Eleangel Navas Vidal, who was detained during post-election protests in August 2024, has been released. The union announced on Feb. 26 that Navas Vidal was freed in late January, but the news was not made public until nearly a month later because his family […]
Ajor has published the Oasis Brasil report, a study on the sustainability and innovation of digital-native journalism organizations. The report, now available on Ajor’s website, presents an in-depth analysis of Brazil’s sector, based on data collected separately from the global study. The research, conducted between 2023 and 2024, surveyed more than 160 journalistic organizations across […]
A video captured the moment when a taxi driver, without no apparent provocation, accelerated his vehicle toward journalist Belén Goncalves of Ecuavisa as she was preparing to report live on air about flooding in the Guayas province of Ecuador. Goncalves told Fundamedios that before the incident, another driver passed near her team, shouting politically charged […]
"We reject and express our deep concern over the serious safety risk faced by journalist Edward Fabián Álvarez Rivera of La Chiva de Urabá. Since February 22, he has received death threats on social media from an individual identifying themselves as ‘El Tigre,’ a commander of a front of the National Liberation Army, demanding he […]
"The Paraguayan Journalists’ Union has reported new attacks on the press by Cartista Senator Norma Aquino, also known as Yami Nal, who threatened a journalist for exposing alleged ghost employment [irregularities in employe roster] involving her son at the National Statistics Institute. […] ‘Following the third threat from Senator Yamy Nal Aquino against our colleague […]
“Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum criticized the work of journalist Anabel Hernández, after she reported drug trafficker Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada's lawyer, Juan Pablo Penilla, is close to the Morena political party. In her morning conference this Monday, Feb. 24 at the National Palace, Sheinbaum said Anabel Hernández's journalism 'is fiction'. 'She has established a form […]
"Igor Melo, a student and owner of the website 'Informe Botafogo', was shot on Monday [24 February] by a reserve military police officer after being mistaken for a bandit when he was leaving the place where he works, in Penha, in the north section of Rio de Janeiro. According to journalist Renan Moura, from Rádio […]
“The security and intelligence bills presented by President Claudia Sheinbaum on February 13 have raised serious concerns among independent organizations, which warn of risks they pose to citizens’ privacy, security, and fundamental rights. The proposals include the creation of the General Law on the Public Security System and the Law on the National System for […]
“Cameramen Percy Suárez and Walter Chama, from Bolivian private networks ATB and Red Uno, respectively, were arrested and transported in a security vehicle to a police station [on Feb. 19]. After approximately 40 minutes, they were released following protests from their colleagues against the excessive zeal of the police, Suárez told the Monitoring Unit of […]
"A demonstrator assaulted a reporter from the channel LN+ [belonging to Argentina's La Nación group] on Wednesday, Feb 19. The incident occurred during a protest at Congress [in Buenos Aires] over various grievances, including cuts to retirees, failure to update bonuses [for retirees] and intervention at the Bonaparte Hospital. The aggressor insulted Nicolás Edwin, the […]
"Rory Branker, a journalist for the online news outlet La Patilla, was detained by officials from Sebin, the intelligence agency, the afternoon of February 20 in Caracas. "The outlet reported he was taken to Sebin’s headquarters in El Helicoide and that agents seized two laptops from his residence, according to the National Union of Press […]