"A group of 10 international organizations submitted an amicus curiae brief to Guatemala’s Supreme Court in the case of journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín. The brief, filed on March 26, argues that Zamora’s return to preventive detention constitutes a violation of his fundamental rights under Guatemalan and international law, and urges the Court to grant a pending amparo appeal […]
“Uruguay’s Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining (MIEM), Fernanda Cardona, has asked President Yamandú Orsi to suspend the implementation of the regulatory decree for the new Media Law, which was signed in February by former President Luis Lacalle Pou just two weeks before handing over office. According to the ministry, the decree includes provisions not […]
"Since April 16, 2024, when Hollman Morris was appointed director of Colombian public broadcasting service RTVC, the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP for its initials in Spanish) has documented more than 30 cases of workers reporting censorship and editorial pressure within the country’s public media system. In the past 11 months, multiple media outlets have […]
“El Salvador faces a ‘systemic problem’ in guaranteeing press freedom, and the state has built a ‘propaganda and disinformation machine,’ Artur Romeu, Latin America director for Reporters Without Borders (RSF), said in an interview with EFE. RSF conducted a three-day visit to El Salvador last week to meet with journalists, media outlets, and local organizations. […]
“A reporter for La Nación was assaulted by a person who was participating in the march organized near the Plaza de Mayo, in the center of the city of Buenos Aires, in remembrance of the Day of Memory, Truth and Justice. The TV channel's reporter was in the middle of a report in the afternoon […]
“The National Association of Journalists of Peru (ANP, for its initials in Spanish) rejected this Monday [March 24] statements from Peruvian Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzén, who said some media are giving 'a soft coup', in reference to the investigations they're carrying out on President Dina Boluarte and members of her administration. 'The ANP rejects the […]
"Respect for freedom of expression is one of the key demands for the finalists of Ecuador’s 2025 second electoral round, Daniel Noboa and Luisa González, who faced off in a presidential debate on March 23. Ecuadorian journalists, in an open letter, have emphasized the need to understand the candidates’ stance on this fundamental issue as […]
"The Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship (MDHC, for its initials in Portuguese), through the Amnesty Commission, recognized journalist Vladimir Herzog as a political amnesty recipient post mortem. The decision was published in the Official Gazette of the Union this Tuesday (March 18). The journalist was tortured and killed by the military dictatorship in 1975. […]
“UOL reporter and columnist Thiago Herdy was followed, and his tax records, address, and family details were exposed in an anonymous post published on a website hosted on the Wix platform. The defamatory post gives details on Herdy’s daily routine—such as when he leaves home in his car—and includes photos of his traveling within the […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) has expressed concern over the criminal complaint filed on Tuesday by the Honduran Ministry of Finance (Sefin, for its initials in Spanish) against Dagoberto Rodríguez, director of Radio Cadena Voces, calling it an attempt to intimidate the media outlet in retaliation for publishing a report on alleged mismanagement of […]
“The World Association of Community Radios in Latin America and the Caribbean strongly condemns the latest attack on freedom of expression in Nicaragua, carried out through the blocking of .ni web domains. This action affects independent media and restricts public access to information. Since its founding, the community radio association has defended the fundamental right […]
During marches called by Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who declared Tuesday, March 18, a Civic Day, attacks against journalists were reported in the cities of Bogotá and Cali. In Bogotá, a CityTV news crew, part of El Tiempo’s news network, was attacked by a group of masked individuals while covering the marches live. The attackers […]