"The Federal Police (PF) of Brazil said this Mon. (Jan. 23) that Rubens Villar Coelho, alias 'Colombia,' was the mastermind behind the murders in the Amazon region of the British journalist Dom Phillips and the Indigenous affairs expert Bruno Araújo Pereira. 'I have no doubt that Villar Coelho was the criminal mastermind. We have proof […]
"The number of journalists killed worldwide increased sharply in 2022, according to a report published Tuesday (Jan. 24) by the Committee to Protect Journalists. Latin America was the deadliest region for the press, with 30 journalists killed, accounting for nearly half of the 67 journalists and media workers killed worldwide. The global total of 67 was […]
"This morning [Sat., Jan. 21, 2023], the premises of IDL-Reporteros and the Instituto de Defensa Legal (Legal Defense Institute or IDL) was the target of a new act of vandalism by a group of ultra-right-wing agitators, in yet another episode of the recent escalation of attacks promoted by the extremist group 'La Pestilencia [the stench].' […]
"Begrudgingly tolerated a few years ago, Cuban reporters are now regularly detained, can have their phones and laptops seized, and their internet cut. Independent journalism in Cuba – usually supported by foreign funding – has blossomed since 2018, the year in which the state punctured its monopoly on information by unleashing relatively uncensored mobile internet. […]
"The Journalists Association of Peru rejected the aggressions against a journalist and a cameraman of Panamericana Televisión covering the protests in Lima. Through a statement, they asked the Peruvian National Police to provide security for press teams. "Our association strongly regrets and condemns these vandalistic events. It reaffirms its request to the police to, in […]
"The Ministry of the Interior (Segob) incorporated journalist Froylán Méndez Ferrer to the Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists, after the kidnapping and torture suffered by his son in December 2022. [...] The son of journalist Froylán Méndez was 'lifted' from the vicinity of San Antonio de la Cal by individuals traveling in three […]
"The IWMF's ¡Exprésate! [Express Yourself!] initiative seeks to support the production of high quality journalism with a focus on gender and sexual diversity to bring to light the issues faced by women and LGBTQ+ people in Latin America. This April, the initiative will begin its fourth year of the professional development program for journalists in […]
"Ueslei Marcelino, from the Reuters Agency, said 'it was the biggest frustration I've had in my professional life' and the 'feeling of having been robbed of a historic record' is much greater than the physical pain. 'I went 24 hours without sleep, thinking about the historic images that were stolen from me.' When he arrived, […]
"National and international organizations expressed their concern on Tuesday (Jan. 17) about the lawsuit for moral damages filed against a journalist who published an article on alleged acts of corruption involving the government and the brother-in-law of Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso. The Venezuelan journalist of the digital media La Posta, Andersson Boscán -who has lived […]
"Cuba published a new version of its bill of Law of Social Communication that will continue to subordinate freedom of the press to socialist ideology. The new version 'shows the debates that have taken place between the most reactionary sector and the reformists' within the Cuban government, said Eloy Viera Cañive, a Cuban lawyer and […]