"The non-governmental organizations Article 19 and Fundar urged, on Dec. 12, 2022, the Senate of the Republic to reconsider the bill to reform the General Law of Social Communication of 2018, known as 'Chayote Law,' ['chayote' is type of Mexican squash with a prickly skin] which gives the Government a free hand to spend its […]
"The Association of Journalists of Guatemala (APG, for its Spanish acronym) denounced this Mon. Dec. 12 that they registered 105 attacks against freedom of expression in 2022. Most of them were allegedly carried out by the Judiciary and the Public Prosecutor's Office of Guatemala. Among the more than 100 attacks, there are 10 cases of […]
"The National Association of Journalists of Peru (ANP, by its Spanish acronym) recorded, as of this Sun. Dec. 11, attacks on 21 journalists in Lima, Apurímac, Huaura, Arequipa, and Puno [in the midst of protests following the impeachment of president Pedro Castillo]. [...] Among the most serious incidents were the harassment of Analí Andrade, Carlos […]
"The Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji) celebrated 20 years of operation on Dec.7, 2022. Theirs is a history that combines changes in newsrooms and universities, in the business model and in the ways of doing journalism, with advances and setbacks in the profession, the consolidation of independent media and the trajectory of a journalism […]
"Hours after staging a coup d'état, the now vacated president Pedro Castillo left the Government Palace and went to the headquarters of the prefecture, on España Avenue, where he was arrested. Almost at the same time, the Public Prosecutor's Office announced measures against him. Previously, Canal N images showed the former president and members of […]
"During his message, Peruvian President Castillo also attacked the press calling it 'mercenary, corrupt and cynical that injures, defames and slanders with absolute licentiousness.' Castillo 'declared in reorganization the Justice system, the Judicial Power, the Public Ministry, the National Justice Board, and the Constitutional Tribunal'. After the closing of the Congress the Ministers of Labor, […]
"A group of 15 journalists and administrative staff of the Salvadoran digital news outlet El Faro filed a lawsuit on Wed. Oct. 11 in a federal court in California against the technology company NSO Group, creator of the Pegasus software, which they accuse of violating fraud and data abuse laws. The lawsuit against NSO Group, […]
"The Shadow Report 2021, produced by Voces del Sur (VdS), a partner of the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji), is now available in Portuguese. The publication, originally released in Spanish, exposes the violations to freedom of expression and press freedom, and the right to access information in 14 Latin American countries, including Brazil. (...) […]
"The jury of the fourth edition of the Anagrama Chronicle Prize decided to give the award this Tues. Nov. 29 to Cuban chronicler Carlos Manuel Alvarez and his work Los intrusos [the intruders], a detailed account of the protests organized by the so-called San Isidro Movement that represented a profound political change in Cuban society. […]
"The Guatemalan newspaper elPeriódico, whose president [José Rubén Zamora] is in prison accused of money laundering after denouncing corruption in the government, announced on Nov. 18 that it will focus on its digital version after suffering 'attacks' that make it difficult for it to circulate in print. "It is no secret that since the founding […]
"The Association of Journalists of La Paz (APLP, by its Spanish acronym) reported on Nov. 24, based on data collected by the Observatory of Human Rights Defenders UNITAS, that there were 167 violations of press freedom in the country so far this year, which exceeds the 73 recorded in all of 2021. Among the transgressions […]
"The Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES, for its Spanish acronym) fears for reporters in that country and has already taken preventive measures. For this reason, a group of 10 journalists left El Salvador to continue investigating gang-related issues, without suffering reprisals or future criminal charges. The law that punishes with 15 years in […]