Journalists from Latin America and the Caribbean have a free opportunity to delve deeper into coverage of environmental issues in a new program offered by the Global Methane Hub organization that will begin in early 2024. The program, "Short-Lived Contaminants for Journalists from Latin America and the Caribbean" program Caribe with a focus on solutions […]
"In Mexico, investigations into crimes of disappearance, homicide and threats to human rights defenders and journalists lack due diligence, warned the Mexico Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN-OHCHR). Between January 2019 and September 2023, the office documented the murders of 41 journalists, six media workers and 91 defenders. Additionally it […]
"Although the number of journalists killed in Latin America has fallen significantly, from 26 in 2022 to six in 2023, working as a journalist in this region is still not safe, as recent abductions and armed attacks in Mexico demonstrate. The record level of violence registered in Latin America in 2022 has led to self-censorship, […]
"In a new press conference on the morning of Dec. 12, presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni reported that official advertising for media will be suspended for one year. ... 'I wanted to tell you that, although it was already public knowledge, advertising for media is suspended for a year,” Adorni said, thus ratifying one of the […]
"Craftsman Caio Silva de Souza, accused of having lit the firecracker that caused the death of [Brazilian] cameraman Santiago Andrade in 2014, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, but could be eligible for house arrest later. Despite the penalty, the decision was celebrated by the defense. 'They always trusted the decision of the jurors […]
"Cuban independent journalist José Luis Tan Estrada denounced on his social networks that he was threatened and deprived of internet access for more than 24 hours by a State Security agent in Camagüey [central-eastern Cuba]. According to his account, it happened on Sun, Dec. 10 - International Human Rights Day, which was marked by repression […]
"At least nine journalists have left Ecuador since April due to death threats from organized crime and at least six remain in exile so far, the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) recalled in a preliminary report. Three other journalists were relocated within the country after being intimidated, according to the Andean Foundation for the Observation […]
"In compliance with precautionary measure 449/22, issued by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in July of this year, the Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship [of Brazil] will hold a high-level meeting next Monday (Dec. 11), in Brasilia, with the presence of the international body, to present the action plan with the aim […]
"A far-right ultraliberal economist who is due to be sworn in as Argentina’s president on 10 December, Milei became famous as an economic commentator on radio and TV. For the past five years he has also been notorious for his clashes with journalists and displays of hostility towards them – an aggressiveness he also displays […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) deemed a million-dollar lawsuit against El Diario de Hoy in El Salvador and one of its journalists to be intimidating. The organization condemned the disproportionate legal harassment that violates Inter-American standards protecting freedom of the press. Businessman Yakov Fauster is demanding five million dollars in compensation from Editorial Altamirano Madriz […]