"elDiario.es is organizing the fifth edition of the Ibero-American Journalism Encounter that will take place on Monday, Dec. 11, starting at 4:00 p.m. at Casa de América, Madrid. [...] Throughout the gathering, we will talk about the safety of journalists, disinformation, the impact of AI in journalism, the gender gap and the value for a […]
"Abel Ferreira, coach of [soccer team] Palmeiras, has suffered an off-the-field defeat. The São Paulo State Court of Justice rejected a claim for moral damages filed by the coach against journalist Mauro Cezar Pereira for comments made on Rádio Jovem Pan. Judge Renata Martins de Carvalho's decision was released on Saturday [Nov. 25]. Ferreira, who […]
"The First National Transitory Superior Criminal Court Specialized in Organized Crime [of Peru], presided over by Perú Valentín Jiménez La Rosa, resolved to acquit the defendants in the death of journalist Pedro Flores Silva, a crime that occurred in September 2011. The acquitted are Marco Rivero Huertas, Antonio Azalde Lluen, Miguel Becerra Pérez, Bladimir Castillo […]
"Today [Nov. 29], the plenary of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF, for its acronym in Portuguese) created a precedent that establishes criteria allowing press outlets to be held responsible for statements made by interviewees that falsely attribute crimes to third parties. The punishment, according to the court, will only take place in cases of 'concrete […]
"Some 40 journalists from the port of Acapulco [Mexico] held a protest this Wednesday [Nov. 29] and joined the call for justice previously made by reporters from the city of Chilpancingo, capital of the state of Guerrero, after the armed attack against four of their colleagues, which took place on Tuesday [Nov. 28]. In Chilpancingo, […]
“Haitian radio journalist Maxo Dorvil fled the country on November 7, 2023, after reporting that he was shot at twice in less than two weeks near his home on the outskirts of the capital Port-au-Prince. The 44-year-old journalist with the independent broadcaster Radio Télé Zip said he was shot at by two armed men on […]
At a ceremony on Nov. 28 in Brussels, the organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) presented its Press Freedom Awards. The founder of the Guatemalan newspaper elPeriódico, José Rubén Zamora, received the award in the “Independence” category. The Colombian journalist Juan Pablo Barrientos was awarded in the “Impact” category. RSF highlighted Zamora’s work for two decades […]
"On Nov. 26, while a story was being broadcast on the show Punto Final on Latina TV, a journalist of the Peruvian channel's team was threatened with death via Whatsapp messages. The story uncovered a mafia dedicated to hacking the database of the Ministry of Education to create false certificates of high school completion. The […]
"On Nov. 20, the Association of Journalists of El Salvador accompanied the filing of a criminal complaint against some 30 police officers, soldiers and prison guards for the illegal detention of a journalist in 2022, when she was covering the construction of a mega-prison for gang members. The complaint filed before the Attorney General's Office […]
"Digital news outlet El Carabobeño denounced on Friday, Nov. 24, that its webpage had been blocked by different national internet operators in Venezuela for at least three weeks. [...] Readers from different areas of the country reported that sometimes they can access El Carabobeño, but some other times they can't, while others only manage to […]
"Freedom of expression and of the press have once again been attacked in the region, with the use of the judicial system as a tool for harassment and persecution. On this occasion, journalist Schirlei Alves was sentenced by Judge Andrea Rodrigues Studer, head of the 5th Criminal Court of Florianópolis, to one year in prison […]
A group consisting of Canadian photojournalist Renaud Philippe, Brazilian anthropologist Ana Carolina Mira Porto and forestry engineer Renato Farac Galata were attacked by a group of hooded gunmen while filming a documentary near an indigenous community in Iguatemi, about 300 miles from Campo Grande, in Mato Grosso do Sul, reported the Campo Grande News website. […]