"The three people who participated in the murder of Mexican journalist Lourdes Maldonado, who lived in Tijuana - a city bordering the United States - were sentenced to prison, after an shortened legal process carried out on Oct. 26. The Attorney General of Baja California, Iván Carpio Sánchez, informed that Guillermo Julián Castro, who pleaded […]
"Professionals from Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC, by its Portuguese acronym) received on Tues. Oct. 25 the Vladimir Herzog Special Award for Contribution to Journalism. The tribute celebrated the struggle in defense of public communication, under attack since 2016, when Michel Temer (MDB) took over the Federal Government after the coup against Dilma Rousseff. The […]
"The censorship of a featured story by Amazônia Real reached three months on Oct. 19. The Amazonas State Court has not given an answer to a lawsuit and two appeals filed by the independent and investigative journalism agency against the decision, considered an attack on the freedom of the press by specialized organizations and journalists […]
"The Constitutional Court of Costa Rica declared that the government of President Rodrigo Chaves incurred in a direct violation of freedom of the press by closing an entertainment center called Parque Viva, owned by Grupo Nación, the company that owns the newspaper La Nación. In a sentence issued on Oct. 21, the magistrates cancelled the […]
“On October 11, Santa Catarina’s state assembly held the first session of a Parliamentarian Commission of Investigation (CPI, by its Portuguese acronym), which is investigating The Intercept Brasil and Portal Catarinas for their joint report, published on June 20, about attempts by members of the state’s legal system to stop an 11-year-old rape survivor from […]
"Haitian journalist Roberson Alphonse, of the daily "Le Nouvelliste" and Radio Magik9, was wounded on Tues. Oct. 25 during an armed attack against him in Delmas 40B, a "red" zone in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince. This was reported to the press by Frantz Duval, editor-in-chief of "Le Nouvelliste," a news outlet for which the […]
"The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and CONNECTAS open this call for journalists -independent or linked to media outlets- from Latin America and the Caribbean who want to develop in-depth, high-impact journalistic stories that help expose cases of corruption and abuses of power in the region. What will you get? Editorial support. Selected proposals will […]
"The violence used by 'grupos de choque' [violent groups sent to attack] against journalists, cameramen, photographers and media staff at blocking points during the civic strike in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra [Bolivia] was condemned by the National Press Association (ANP, by its acronym in Spanish), which rejected the premeditated actions to […]
"The Association of Venezuelan Journalists Abroad (APEVEX, by its Spanish acronym) has joined the Factchequeado alliance to spread the reach of Spanish-language fact-checked content aimed at Hispanic and Latino communities. Factchequeado is an initiative led by Maldita.es, the first Spanish non-profit fact-checking media created to combat misinformation in Spain, and Chequeado, the first fact-checking organization […]
"Journalist Rafael Emiro Moreno, murdered this past Oct. 16, had received death threats since 2019. During the following three years the attacks against Moreno continued, so he turned to the National Protection Unit (UNP) and other state entities in search of measures to protect his life. However, during that time, Moreno faced a protection mechanism […]