"Le Nouvelliste, Haiti’s oldest independent daily newspaper, has been around for 126 years, and the outlet’s owners are proud to have maintained its operations through the country’s intensifying challenges — from foreign occupation and devastating earthquakes to coups. But now Le Nouvelliste’s survival — and that of more independent media outlets in the country — […]
“Journalist Jorge Pizarro, from Radio Rivadavia, denounced that the government of Nicolás Maduro would not let him enter Venezuela to cover the presidential elections next Sunday [July 28]. He said that this morning [July 25], he arrived in Caracas and was taken out of the line he was waiting in at Immigration at the airport. […]
"Since Friday, July 19, over a dozen major U.S. technology companies and press organizations filed amicus curiae briefs in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to voice support for 18 current and former members of El Faro currently appealing the March dismissal of their lawsuit against the Israel-based company NSO Group, developer and vendor of […]
A judge from Ecuador, in the province of Loja, handed down a ruling that “sets a precedent for the abusive use of judicial power to persecute any dissident voice,” according to the NGO Fundamedios. The July 22 ruling annulled a decision taken last June by the Cantonal Board for the Protection of Rights that, among […]
“Immigration officials in Nicaragua denied entry to the Cuban activist and independent journalist Yoel Acosta Gámez and his wife, Alisanni Lores Furones, the legal advisory group Cubalex reported on X. The activist said in a video posted by Cubalex that they bought the tickets three months in advance. They had a flight scheduled for 4 […]
“Antonio Di Giampaolo has hosted his popular radio news program En el Aire, Spanish for ‘On the Air,’ for nearly 40 years. On May 17, Di Giampaolo planned to broadcast an interview with opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González, but executives at the station Éxitos 93.1 FM in the western city of Maracay nixed the plan […]
"Venezuela’s President and candidate for re-election, Nicolás Maduro, attacked international news agencies, Spanish EFE, British Reuters, French Associated France Presse (AFP) and US Associated Press (AP), which are covering the national election campaign. He accused them of lying 'every day'. [...] Maduro slammed international news agencies, labelling them as 'rubbish', during a political rally on […]
"Far-right [President] Javier Milei's war against journalism is now moving to the heart of Argentine power, the Casa Rosada. The presidential spokesperson, Manuel Adorni, said the Government is working on a resolution to restrict access to the conference room and only allowing 'high-profile, experienced journalists from highly recognized media' to participate. For Adorni, journalists accredited […]
A report released from Brazil's Federal Police this Thursday, July 11, states that the “parallel Abin,” a group suspected of using the structure of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin, for its acronym in Portuguese) between 2019 and 2022 to spy on authorities and institutions critical of the government of former President Jair Bolsonaro, monitored journalists […]
"Claudia Sheinbaum, virtual president-elect [of Mexico], said that in her government there will be guarantees to exercise freedom of expression. In her press conference this Wednesday [July 10], Sheinbaum opened the possibility that there will be a reinforcement of the Journalist Protection Mechanism. 'Rosa Icela (Rodríguez), who is going to be in the Ministry of […]