“A reporter for La Nación was assaulted by a person who was participating in the march organized near the Plaza de Mayo, in the center of the city of Buenos Aires, in remembrance of the Day of Memory, Truth and Justice. The TV channel's reporter was in the middle of a report in the afternoon […]
“The National Association of Journalists of Peru (ANP, for its initials in Spanish) rejected this Monday [March 24] statements from Peruvian Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzén, who said some media are giving 'a soft coup', in reference to the investigations they're carrying out on President Dina Boluarte and members of her administration. 'The ANP rejects the […]
"Respect for freedom of expression is one of the key demands for the finalists of Ecuador’s 2025 second electoral round, Daniel Noboa and Luisa González, who faced off in a presidential debate on March 23. Ecuadorian journalists, in an open letter, have emphasized the need to understand the candidates’ stance on this fundamental issue as […]
“Medianálisis and its partners Cotejo.info and the Venezuelan Fake News Observatory present a quali-quantitative analysis of disinformation in Venezuela and its milestones from July 2024 to February 2025 with the purpose of contextualizing how the country is increasingly marked by the precariousness and shrinking of its media ecosystem. [...] Only between July 2024 and February […]
“The Guatemalan Red Cross reported an armed attack in the village of Santa Fe, Coatepeque, [department of] Quetzaltenango, last Friday, March 21. The victim was identified as Ismael Alonzo González, a journalist and member of the Association of Journalists and Communicators of the Southwest (APSCO, by its acronym in Spanish). According to preliminary investigations, the […]
"The Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship (MDHC, for its initials in Portuguese), through the Amnesty Commission, recognized journalist Vladimir Herzog as a political amnesty recipient post mortem. The decision was published in the Official Gazette of the Union this Tuesday (March 18). The journalist was tortured and killed by the military dictatorship in 1975. […]
"Press freedom in the Americas faces increasing pressure against a backdrop of authoritarian advances, from threats to journalism in the United States under President Donald Trump to challenges in Argentina under the government of Javier Milei. These and other crucial issues will be at the center of the Mid-Year Meeting of the Inter American Press […]
"The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the arson attacks on at least three TV and radio stations in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince over the last week, as escalating gang violence has caused widescale destruction. Between March 12 and 13, armed gangs from the Viv Ansanm (Living Together) coalition attacked independent stations Radio Télévision Caraïbes […]
A 45-year-old man was arrested by police in Buenos Aires for allegedly striking TN news channel journalist Martín González from behind during a protest near the National Congress, authorities told La Nación. City surveillance operators identified the suspect through security camera footage, leading to his arrest about an hour after the incident. The case is […]
The Rey de España International Journalism Awards recognized the fight for press freedom in Nicaragua (La Prensa) and Venezuela (the CONNECTAS news platform) on Thursday, along with cross-border reporting, coverage of vulnerable communities in Brazil, the portrayal of modern womanhood through Argentina’s first saint, and an investigation into water contamination in Spain. A jury led […]
“UOL reporter and columnist Thiago Herdy was followed, and his tax records, address, and family details were exposed in an anonymous post published on a website hosted on the Wix platform. The defamatory post gives details on Herdy’s daily routine—such as when he leaves home in his car—and includes photos of his traveling within the […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) has expressed concern over the criminal complaint filed on Tuesday by the Honduran Ministry of Finance (Sefin, for its initials in Spanish) against Dagoberto Rodríguez, director of Radio Cadena Voces, calling it an attempt to intimidate the media outlet in retaliation for publishing a report on alleged mismanagement of […]