"The [Colombian] Foundation for Press Freedom (Flip, by its Spanish acronym) rejected the acquittal decision of a judge who, on May 30, found Ronal Rivera Rodríguez, former officer of the Special Intelligence Group G3 of the then Administrative Department of Security (DAS, by its Spanish acronym), not guilty for the aggravated torture of which journalist […]
"The government of Nayib Bukele has intensified its persecution against journalists. This Tuesday [June 6] the Salvadoran police chief, Mauricio Arriaza Chicas, said that reporters who denounced and investigated the secret negotiations between the government of then President Mauricio Funes and the maras, the gangs that spread terror in the Central American country and controlled […]
Journalists from Chile, El Salvador, Mexico, and Nicaragua are part of the latest cohort of Report for the World, an international journalism program that connects local newsrooms with talented journalists to report on little-known issues around the world. 'Fifteen journalists are joining this latest cohort, bringing Report for the World’s current corps size to 45 […]
“The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression (RELE, by its Spanish acronym) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) denounces the situation of violence against journalists in the Americas and urges States of the region to investigate the facts exhaustively and independently, and to punish these crimes in an exemplary manner. […]
"Grupo Extra, owner of Diario Extra, TV42 and radio América, announced this Wednesday [May 31], at 4:09 p.m., the closure of its operations starting Thursday, June 1. Iary Gómez Quesada, general manager of the company, attributed the closure to the 'lack of economic reactivation of the country,' which caused, he alleged, that they did not […]
"The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and its Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression called on the Mexican State to redouble its efforts in the investigations of journalists and human rights defenders [targeted with] the illegitimate use of Pegasus surveillance software. "The State must consider the work of these people in their lines of […]
News site The Intercept Brasil faces a controversial court ruling this week that raises concerns about freedom of expression and press freedom in Brazil. Judge Flávia Gonçalves Moraes Bruno, from the 14th Civil Court of the Judicial District of Rio de Janeiro, ordered The Intercept to remove the entire series entitled "Em nome dos pais" […]
The team of the Mexican investigative journalism production company Dromómanos, which covers topics throughout Latin America, denounced having been the victim of a financial fraud on May 3. The case occurred in Mexico, a country with one of the highest rates of cybercrime in Latin America, according to the company. A sum of one million […]
"This Wednesday [May 31], the Peruvian Press Council questioned the appointment of Ninoska Chandia as the new president of the Institute of Radio and Television of Peru (IRTP) for her 'professional closeness' with President Dina Boluarte. In a statement, it recalled that State media must have strict independence from the government of the day, since […]
"With a broken voice and through a letter addressed to President Gustavo Petro, journalist Camila Zuluaga, from Blu Radio station, denounced this Wednesday [May 31] harassment and pursuit at the hands of fans of the president. According to the communicator, the origin of these types of attacks and intimidation is the president's constant confrontations with […]
"On Tuesday [May 30], the Special Prosecutor's Office Against Impunity (FECI, by its acronym in Spanish) of Guatemala's Public Prosecutor's Office asked for 40 years in prison for journalist José Rubén Zamora, founder of Guatemalan newspaper elPeriódico, for alleged crimes of money laundering, influence peddling and blackmail. The prosecution's request is for 20 years in […]
"The Second Amazonian Summit on Journalism and Climate Change, the most important event in the field of environmental journalism in the country, will be held June 14-16 in [the city of] Puyo [Ecuador]. This edition will be attended by 46 experts and specialists —national and international— from different academic, scientific, journalistic and environmental activist fields. […]