"A project to regulate content that circulates in social media was presented by legislator Juan José Huanca Mamani, member of the ruling party Movement Towards Socialism (MAS, by its Spanish acronym) in Bolivia. The document proposes a reform in the Penal Code to incorporate the crime 'against dignity through social media' and a punishment by […]
“POY Latam is back for its biennial event. We will receive entries from April 1 to 30, 2023 and the judging will take place from May 25 to 28. The categories and rules are already posted on our website. […] We must fight against the simplistic attempts of the developed countries’ press to pigeonhole Latin […]
"Mexican reporter Richard Villa was kidnapped on Monday afternoon [April 3] by a group of armed men in the state of Veracruz, local authorities said. The news outlet itself, Presente Veracruz, reported that the incident occurred at 5:40 p.m. (23:40 GMT) when the reporter was at a repair shop where he had taken his motorcycle. […]
"The Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP, for its Spanish acronym) rejected the repetitive conduct of Senator María Fernanda Cabal, regarding accusations and stigmatizations against journalists. It also announced it will file a disciplinary complaint before the Attorney General's Office to investigate the senator for going against constitutional values. The most recent case that caught FLIP's […]
"Journalist Fernando Rodríguez, a contributor to the Noticias Web digital news outlet in [the Mexican state of] Coahuila, reported that he was the victim of an attack in the early hours of Monday morning, April 3, when a man sprayed fuel on his vehicle and set it on fire. 'I thought it was a short […]
"Google News Initiative is seeking Brazilian newsrooms specializing in science and the environment for its newly launched Sustainability Lab. The program will support 20 media organizations through training on seven core areas: data and audience; monetization; startups and entrepreneurship; YouTube and video; product; audience monetization; and content. Eligible organizations should have between two to 100 […]
"Mexican authorities on Thursday [March 30] recaptured a former local police chief accused of involvement in the murder of Mexican journalist José Moisés Sánchez, who was beheaded in January 2015 and is considered one of the emblematic cases of violence against the press in Mexico. The Attorney General's Office of the State of Veracruz, the […]
"A radio executive and entertainer kidnapped in the middle of this month in Haiti was released last Saturday [March 25] after being held captive for eight days. Lebrun Saint-Hubert, president and general director of the community radio station '2000,' was released after the payment of a ransom according to local media. The kidnappers demanded US […]
"Article 19 presented Voices against Indifference, its most recent annual report on violence against the press, freedom of expression, access to information and respect for human rights in Mexico, which reveals the tenuous condition of freedom of expression in Mexico. [...] As the central part of the report, which was released at the Museum of […]
"Attacks against journalists [in Brazil] grew 23 percent in 2022, reaching 557 episodes. In 41.6 percent of the cases, at least one member of the Bolsonaro family was involved. These are some of the data revealed by the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji, by its Portuguese acronym) in its annual report on two systematic […]