"Without any explanation, the National Institute of Radio and Television of Peru (IRTP, by its Spanish acronym) decided on Wednesday [June 28, 2023] not to renew the work contracts of journalists Ximena Carrasco and Jorge Ballón. Ximena Carrasco said to La República newspaper that her contract was about to expire, so the managing editor requested […]
"The director of Radio Caracas Radio (RCR), Jaime Nestares, confirmed to CNN its decision to cease operations on the digital platforms that the outlet's used for the last four years to broadcast its programming. RCR, which has been on air for almost 93 years, had ceased its radio broadcasts in 2019 by order of the […]
"Página Siete, the main newspaper in opposition to the Governments of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) of Bolivia, has announced this Thursday that the newspaper for this June 29 would be its last edition, after 13 years of work as an 'ally of democracy.' 'We have decided to suspend the publication of Página Siete starting […]
The organizations Article 19 Office for Mexico and Central America, Freedom House, Free Press Unlimited (FPU), Protection International Mesoamérica, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Fundamedios and the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP, by its Spanish acronym), in alliance with the regional networks IFEX-ALC and Voces del Sur carried out a mission […]
"In the context of the celebration of Journalists' Day, June 27, press workers in Venezuela celebrate their day facing constant challenges and threats. Among violations of freedom of expression are: Acts of censorship, intimidation, harassment, and blockades of digital news outlets. Although the practice of journalism in Venezuela is guaranteed by Articles 57 and 58 […]
"The Peruvian Congress rejected this Thursday [June 15] to approve, in a second vote, a bill proposing to raise the penalties for the crime of defamation. The bill has been described by national and international journalistic organizations as a 'gag law' that sought to intimidate the press and that had received the green light in […]
"The Supreme Court [of Chile] accepted a writ of amparo filed by the former minister of the Santiago Court of Appeals, Juan Antonio Poblete, and ordered his immediate release, in the context of the so-called Operation Topographer [a judicial case arising from the investigation made by journalist Mauricio Weibel inside the Army, following denunciations by […]
"A Guatemalan court ruled this Monday [June 19] that government-critical journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín must not pay the fine the State had requested, after being convicted in an alleged money laundering case. Judge Oly González ruled that 'it's not legitimate' for Zamora Marroquín to pay a fine as a dignified reparation to the State […]
"'Silence is not an option,' said Salvadoran Óscar Martínez at the Deutsche Welle (DW) Global Media Forum in Bonn [Germany] on Monday [June 19]. The Salvadoran investigative journalist received this year's DW Freedom of Expression Award for his courage and journalistic commitment. Born in 1983 in El Salvador, the renowned journalist is known throughout Latin […]
"Jurists and journalism defense entities qualified this Monday [June 12] as a restriction on press freedom the decision by the Rio Grande do Sul Court of Justice (TJ-RS, by its Portuguese acronym) to maintain censorship against [the agency] Aos Fatos at the request of Jornal da Cidade Online - a site that is being investigated […]