"This week, public prosecutor Fabiano Augusto Petean, from the 1st Electoral Zone in São Paulo, filed a legal complaint against two journalists for alleged attempts to influence the election for the government of São Paulo. The focus of the complaint is based on reports about the shooting that occurred during the campaign for current governor […]
Ten journalism organizations and freedom of expression groups, led by the National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute in the U.S., released a joint statement "responding to the potential for legal action against renowned Peruvian investigative journalist Gustavo Gorriti, founder of IDL-Reporteros." "We are alarmed by the misuse of the Peruvian legal […]
“The Center for Archives and Access to Public Information (Cainfo) expresses its concern about the internal investigation organized by the Ministry of the Interior [of Uruguay] to investigate the sources of journalist Eduardo Preve for journalistic publications about the use of the device known as ' The Guardian' and other cases involving the police. The […]
"The Minister of Communication and Information of the Government of Venezuela, Freddy Ñáñez, announced this Monday [Mar. 4] the expulsion of the German channel Deutsche Welle from all cable service companies in the country, accusing the television station of 'broadcasting content and promoting hate propaganda' against the nation. The measure has had an immediate effect. […]
"The newspaper La Prensa, the oldest in Nicaragua, reaches 98 years old, resisting from exile and with a commemorative edition published by its journalists from Nicaraguan territory on the San Juan River. 'This year, journalists, using a Costa Rican boat with the right of free navigation on the San Juan River, Nicaraguan territory, have created […]
“Following the announcements of President [of Argentina] Javier Milei, the national government closed the state news agency Télam. Personnel from the Police of the City of Buenos Aires fenced off their buildings in Buenos Aires and on its website www.telam.com.ar a message appeared with the Argentine shield and the phrase: 'Page under construction.' It is […]
"[...] along with Uruguay, Costa Rica is the only full democracy in Latin America, according to the latest Democracy Index by The Economist, and has been ranked second on the entire continent, after Canada, in the Press Freedom Index from Reporters Without Borders (RSF, for its acronym in French). [...] That's why it has become […]
"The Association of Professional Journalists of the State of São Paulo, together with the National Federation of Journalists and the Brazilian Press Association filed, on Fri, Feb. 23, before the Federal Supreme Court of Brazil, a request for disclosure of the names of journalists who were illegally spied on by the so-called 'Abin parallel.' The […]
"Mexico's freedom of information body INAI said on Thursday it was initiating an investigation after the country's president disclosed the phone number of a New York Times journalist looking into alleged ties between his allies and drug cartels. The disclosure took place during President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's daily news conference. [...] 'This is a […]
“A Guatemalan judge suspended the hearing [on Feb. 21] in which it was to be decided whether journalist José Rubén Zamora goes to a second trial for allegedly obstructing an investigation against him for which he was already sentenced to six years in prison. The head of the Special Prosecutor's Office Against Corruption, Rafael Curruchiche, […]
“The Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES, for its acronym in Spanish) denounces the progression -- despite the legal barriers that protect journalism -- of the judicial process filed by businessman Yakov Fauster against media outlet El Diario de Hoy (EDH) and against journalist Jorge Beltrán Luna. This is a case that began in […]
A judge in Bogotá, Colombia, ordered journalist Daniel Coronell and the publisher Penguin Random House to eliminate information from the book "Los niños del Amazonas: 40 días perdidos en la selva" (The Children of the Amazon. 40 Days Lost in the Jungle), on the grounds that it allegedly violates the privacy of minors. The Foundation […]