"Honduran journalist and former deputy candidate in her country, Kenia Lili González Sánchez, was expelled from Nicaragua on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023 for 'defending' Catholic priests persecuted in Nicaragua, as she had denounced in a video posted on her social media. According to the journalist, when she was 'about12-18 miles from Managua,' agents in patrol […]
"After intense days and a lot of effort, we opened the pre-sale of La Costa Nostra with a Fondo Ciudadano contra el Silencio, so this book reaches the Colombian outskirts where there are no bookstores...ʼ. This is how the author and journalist Laura Ardila herself announced the publication of the book about the Char family, […]
"In the face of the convulsive panorama that plagues the region, the April-June quarterly analysis highlights the different pronouncements and initiatives of international bodies and local organizations, media and networks that seek to resist the closure of civic spaces [and] the incessant attempts to dismantle democracies. And, therefore, [it highlights as well] the resilience in […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) condemned another attack by the Nicaraguan regime against journalism, after learning of the banishment of journalist Marcos Medina and his family, who were prevented from entering the country. Medina, director of the digital news outlet Fuentes Confiables [Trustworthy sources], was visiting Florida, United States, on a family medical matter. […]
"The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued Resolution 42/2023 on July 24, 2023, by which it granted precautionary measures in favor of Peruvian Gustavo Andrés Gorriti Ellenbogen, after identifying that he is in a situation of risk of irreparable harm to his rights. According to the requesting party, Gustavo Gorriti is the director of […]
"Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín completed one year in prison this Saturday [July 29] since his arrest on July 29, 2022, only five days after voicing strong criticism of corruption allegations against the government of president Alejandro Giammattei. 'It has been an extremely difficult and complicated year, but we know that my father is […]
"The University Observatory of Human Rights of the Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas [in El Salvador] (OUDH, by its Spanish acronym) shared its annual report on freedom of the press and access to public information for the year 2022. It warns of patterns of attacks on journalists and setbacks in the exercise of journalism, access […]
"After several threats of attacks against their physical and personal integrity, journalists Mónica Velásquez and Andersson Boscán left Ecuador for a safe country. Fundamedios had access to a letter written by the journalists detailing the different threats to which they have been exposed. According to them, since October 2021 they received a first threat from […]
"Journalistic organizations in Latin America denounced this week before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) the advance of 'judicial harassment' (SLAPPS) against journalists as a new form of censorship and the creation of fear in the press. In an unprecedented session chaired by Commissioner Esmeralda Arosemana de Troitiño, the entities presented concrete cases of […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) remains alert to a conviction in Panama that provides for the seizure of the offices of Grupo Editorial Panamá América S.A. (EPASA), a conglomerate that publishes three newspapers. The organization will remain vigilant in view of the possible implications for press freedom that could result from its seizure. [...] […]
"Judge Jayder Ramos de Araújo, of the 10th Civil Court of Brasilia, ordered the removal of an interview with Julyenne Lins Rocha, ex-wife of the House of Representatives president, Congressman Arthur Lira, by [news website] Congresso em Foco. The decision, which was issued as a preliminary injunction, was in response to a request by Lira […]
"The speaker of the [Brazilian] House of Representatives, Deputy Arthur Lira (PP-AL party), filed a lawsuit before the 24th Civil Court of Brasília to remove YouTube videos from the ICL Notícias program, which contains articles, interviews and critical comments against him. The lawsuit mainly refers to content published on June 6, with comments on the […]