"On Wednesday, Jan. 25, officers of Venezuela’s investigative police unit detained El Nacional news editor José Gregorio Meza and human resources manager Virginia Nuñez, according to news reports and Miguel Enrique Otero, the president and editor of El Nacional, who spoke to CPJ via messaging app. Officers brought them to the attorney general’s office in […]
"Daniel Ortega's regime in Nicaragua closes and confiscates media outlets, imprisons journalists and forces them into exile. But attacks on press freedom are spreading throughout the region: Nayib Bukele in El Salvador and other Central American presidents are following Ortega's handbook. In this special episode we talk [in Spanish] with Octavio Enriquez, a Nicaraguan journalist […]
"The Paraguayan radio station Radio Cáritas Universidad Católica 680 AM, dean of the radio in the country, denounced having been the victim of threats in recent days, allegedly due to information that generated 'uneasiness' in an unknown sector, according to what was reported on Tuesday (24.01.2023). This is what the general director of Radio Caritas, […]
"Begrudgingly tolerated a few years ago, Cuban reporters are now regularly detained, can have their phones and laptops seized, and their internet cut. Independent journalism in Cuba – usually supported by foreign funding – has blossomed since 2018, the year in which the state punctured its monopoly on information by unleashing relatively uncensored mobile internet. […]
"National and international organizations expressed their concern on Tuesday (Jan. 17) about the lawsuit for moral damages filed against a journalist who published an article on alleged acts of corruption involving the government and the brother-in-law of Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso. The Venezuelan journalist of the digital media La Posta, Andersson Boscán -who has lived […]
"Cuba published a new version of its bill of Law of Social Communication that will continue to subordinate freedom of the press to socialist ideology. The new version 'shows the debates that have taken place between the most reactionary sector and the reformists' within the Cuban government, said Eloy Viera Cañive, a Cuban lawyer and […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) expressed concern over the new improper, illegal, and unconstitutional use of the presses and facilities stolen from the newspaper La Prensa by the Daniel Ortega regime of Nicaragua. The organization warned that the government plans to use the newspaper's presses and facilities to open an official media outlet to […]
"The president of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, labeled as 'sicarios' (political hitmen) this Mon. Jan. 9 some journalists who 'attacked' Health Minister Joselyn Chacón. This happened in the middle of a controversy surrounding payments Chacón allegedly made to a troll (fictitious social media character). 'The journalists of certain news outlets that have devoted themselves to attacking the […]
"The Cuban Observatory for Human Rights (OCDH, by its Spanish acronym) counted more than 300 repressive actions in Cuba in December [2022], in its monthly report on violations committed on the island, which highlights the forced exile of at least a dozen activists and independent journalists. Of 336 repressive actions, 71 corresponded to some form […]
"Upon taking office as Minister of the Department of Social Communication on Tues. aft., Jan. 3, 2023, Paulo Pimenta said that journalists will have complete freedom to act under the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. He also announced that he will promote a debate to discuss the role of Brazil's Public Communication […]
"The Congressional Legislative Police passed with a dog through the Green Room of the Chamber of Deputies searching backpacks and purses of journalists 45 minutes before the scheduled start time of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's inauguration ceremony. To gain access to Congress, the professionals passed through two metal detectors. The same happened when returning […]
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE, for its acronym in Portuguese) has opened a probe to investigate the alleged leak of information to a Brazilian journalist who has covered the ministry's work at the United Nations for at least 20 years. Diplomats received an instruction from the MRE inquiring about their relations with UOL columnist […]