"On July 10, 2026, journalist Kevin Rodríguez, director of the digital news outlet Otorongo News and producer of the radio newscast La Voz de la Selva, reported receiving a death threat at his home in the Anita Cabrera neighborhood of Iquitos, in the Loreto region of northeastern Peru. During the early morning hours, Rodríguez found […]
“The Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP, for its initials in Spanish) rejects the decision by Bogotá’s Fourth Criminal Court for Adolescents with Trial Jurisdiction ordering news outlet Cerosetenta to remove in its entirety an investigative report about a public figure. The ruling constitutes a disproportionate restriction on freedom of expression and press freedom because it […]
Journalist Cristian Herrera, who was killed in the border city of Cúcuta in June, had been investigating alleged ties between a congressman and the head of a local criminal organization. The congressman, Luis Ariel Rodríguez of Norte de Santander, is cousins with two suspects in Herrera’s killing, according to Caracol Radio. The suspected crime boss, […]
"Bolivia’s Asociación de Corresponsales de la Prensa Internacional (ACPI) and Asociación Nacional de Periodistas de Bolivia (ANPB) expressed concern over the state-owned telecommunications company Entel’s decision to remove the Telesur and Russia Today channels from its television services starting Jan. 17, warning that the move could amount to censorship. In a joint statement, the organizations […]