"Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora, imprisoned since 2022 in controversial cases opened by the Prosecutor's Office, fears being killed in prison, an official with Reporters Without Borders (RSF, for its acronym in Spanish) told AFP on Wednesday [Oct. 8]. The 69-year-old journalist, founder of the now-defunct newspaper El Periódico, has spent more than 1,100 days […]
"In a press release, the digital magazine GatoEncerrado announced the closure of its administrative and financial operations in El Salvador, stating that the decision is in response to restrictions arising from recent laws and regulations affecting the practice of journalism and the functioning of social organizations in the country. The statement said 'it is impossible […]
"Ecuador expelled Spanish journalist Bernat-Lautaro Bidegain, who was covering Indigenous protests, for considering him a threat to national security, according to the government of President Daniel Noboa. This is not the first time Bidegain has been expelled from a country. In May 2025, Panama denied him entry and deported him in the context of demonstrations […]
"The Criminal Chamber of the [Guatemalan] Supreme Court of Justice overturned the conviction imposed on [journalist] Jose Rubén Zamora for the crime of money laundering in June 2023. This was confirmed by his son, Ramón Zamora. [...] This ruling acquits Zamora of the six-year sentence imposed on him in 2023. At the same time, it […]
"Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has joined forces with Radio Ambulante — the station behind Latin America’s leading narrative podcast of the same name — to release a special episode that lays bare the growing assault on press freedom in Central America – particularly the trend of exile as the only remaining way to continue reporting. […]
"Georgia-based journalist Mario Guevara was deported to El Salvador on Friday [Oct. 3] morning days after the Court of Appeals denied his last-minute request to stay in the United States. Guevara, who has been in custody for over 100 days after he was arrested while covering a DeKalb County protest in June, has was moved […]
"Since 2022, Nicaragua has become a hub for the expansion of Russian propaganda. The government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo have bolstered the spread of the Kremlin’s narrative abroad by allowing Russian state media to insert their content and production methods into Nicaraguan state outlets. Reporters Without Borders (RSF, for its acronym in French) […]
"Nicaraguan journalism is facing an 'unprecedented crisis' with the politically motivated closure of at least 61 media outlets, including the newspaper La Prensa and the platforms Confidencial and 100% Noticias, the Costa Rica-based Foundation for Freedom of Expression and Democracy (FLED) warned Monday, Sept. 29. In a report titled Nicaragua: Journalistic memory and the fight […]
"Journalist Lorena Beltrán, known for years of reporting alleged irregularities in the qualifications of doctors who are practicing as plastic surgeons without meeting the legal requirements, [...] is facing four tutela actions [a legal remedy for the immediate protection of fundamental rights in Colombia] filed by doctors who have been the subjects of her investigations. […]
"President Javier Milei is pushing to reopen the case he filed against journalist Carlos Pagni for alleged defamation. This Thursday [Sept. 26], in a hearing before the Fourth Chamber of the Court of Cassation, his lawyer, Francisco Oneto, insisted on the idea that the journalist compared Milei's rise to power to that of Adolf Hitler […]
"The Salvadoran news outlet FocosTV announced Thursday it is moving its operations to Costa Rica, citing 'repression by a government that seeks to silence critical voices' in El Salvador. The outlet described the move as forced displacement. In a video statement, a representative of FocosTV said the Salvadoran government is using the state of emergency […]
“Radio Universal, a media outlet based in Ayaviri [Peru], reported that three bullets were found as a threat directed against journalist Dennis Muñoz, director of the news program Chekaq Willakuykuna – Rijchariy Melgarino, one at the main door of the radio station and two at his home during the early hours of the morning. According […]