"Following his inauguration as Guatemala’s president on Jan. 14 , Bernardo Arévalo faces a range of press freedom challenges as a key test of his new government. With a reputation as a reformer, it remains to be seen how Arévalo will act to stop the criminalization of journalism in Guatemala, including addressing the high-profile case […]
"[...] The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) seeks nominations for the 2024 ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award. Nominees can be reporters, editors, technologists, media managers or citizen journalists who are from and work in Africa, Asia, Central/Eastern Europe, Latin America/Caribbean or the Middle East. The award reflects the mission of ICFJ's Knight Fellowships, which create […]
"Journalist murders decreased in Haiti in 2023 compared to the previous year, but the local press continued to be a victim of crimes, kidnappings, and multiple threats due to high levels of instability and violence prevailing in the country. The absence of guarantees, the lack of minimum safety conditions, and the high degree of impunity […]
"The [Brazilian] Federal Police arrested Jânio Freitas de Souza this Thursday (Jan. 18). He is considered the right-hand man of Ruben Dário da Silva Villar, known as 'Colombia,' who is accused of the murders of Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and English journalist Dom Phillips. Bruno and Dom were killed in 2022, in Vale do Javari, […]
“Everything indicates that strong changes are coming in public media, where the Government [of Argentina] has not yet appointed any official since President Javier Milei took office. The signal that gave the warning of these changes was the strong police presence stationed by the Government at the door of Radio Nacional, Télam and TV Pública, […]
"We, the Alianza Regional por la Libre Expresión e Información, Civicus, IFEX-ALC and Voces del Sur (Southern Voices), call once again for rejection of a legislative initiative that would enable criminalisation of legitimate Venezuelan civil society activities and organisations. These organisations must be protected under the right to freedom of association, which represents a key […]
“A journalist from Radio Integración (whose name we are keeping confidential for security reasons) was forced with a threatening pamphlet to read a message from criminal groups, addressed to different sectors of the city of Tulcán and the province of Carchi [Ecuador], on the border with Colombia. 'When choosing journalism as an instrument to build […]
“Yalile Dubón Pérez, a social communicator, was threatened multiple times by unknown people after she published a news story involving the son of the mayor of the city of Santa Rosa de Copán. Dubón Pérez is director and manager of the news program Yalile Informa, which is broadcast on the channel Occidente Al Día TV. […]
The Gabo Foundation has opened the call for entries for the 12th edition of the Gabo Journalism Prize, the award that will once again bring together an outstanding group of journalists from all over Ibero-America to Bogota, Colombia this year. Entries may be submitted until Feb. 29 through the registration platform. The nomination categories are […]
“The Consortium to Support Independent Journalism in the Region (CAPIR, for its acronym in Spanish) is receiving expressions of interest from independent Latin American journalistic media that want financing, mentoring and training to investigate how disinformation works, who finances it and who is behind it. ... The selected media outlets will have to carry out […]
“Once again, the director of La Prensa de Tlaxcala, Alberto Amaro Jordán, was the target of an attack when a vehicle attempted to hit him while he was on his way to his home located in San Francisco Atexcatzingo. Fortunately, one of his escorts managed to avoid the collision and things did not get any […]
"A journalist from newspaper Prensa Gráfica faced a series of violations for her journalistic practice caused by the Mayor of El Refugio in Ahuachapán [western zone of El Salvador], Darwin Regalado, and sympathizers of the Nuevas Ideas party, this in the context of the 2024 elections. On Jan. 5, 2024, the journalist met for an […]