"Cuban journalists Héctor Luis Valdés Cocho and Esteban Rodríguez received a humanitarian visa in Mexico, reported on Feb. 18 the National Migration Institute (INM) of the Ministry of the Interior. […] Héctor Luis Valdés Cocho and Esteban Rodríguez were forced to leave Cuba in January, after the regime threatened Rodríguez with imprisonment and prosecution for […]
"The organization of Independent Journalists and Communicators of Nicaragua (PIN) denounced the sentence against sports journalist and political prisoner Miguel Mendoza Urbina, arguing that it lacks a legal basis and therefore must be annulled. The Judiciary sentenced the opposition member to nine years in prison and disqualified him from holding public office. In a statement […]
"Brazilian businessman Luiz Eduardo Auricchio Bottura found an ingenious way to face the lawsuits of hundreds of customers to whom he sold his products and did not deliver. The daring engineer, trained in law, sued them all. He created a hell of a mess and came out on top. Bottura's trick, involved in thousands of […]
"The organization of Nicaraguan Independent Journalists and Communicators (PIN, by its Spanish acronym) denounced the sentence against the sports writer and political prisoner Miguel Mendoza Urbina, arguing that it lacks a legal basis and, therefore, it should be annulled. President Daniel Ortega's Judiciary sentenced the member of the opposition to nine years of prison and […]
"The journalist Ronald Moya asked the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (CourtIDH) on Monday Feb. 14 to dictate a sentence against Costa Rican because of the application of a civil sanction by the courts against him, a colleague and the newspaper La Nación, for crimes against honor following the publication of a news article. 'I […]
"The first vice president of the PSUV, Diosdado Cabello, warned that he will now go after La Patilla, after having taken over the facilities of the El Nacional newspaper in Los Cortijos. He repeated that he would use the facilities to create a university dedicated to communication. During his program Con el mazo dando, Cabello […]
"The humanitarian organization Cristosal called on the Court of Accounts of El Salvador on Feb. 8 to carry out 'a special examination of the use of public funds' by the Presidency of the Republic, the State Intelligence Agency (OIE, by its Spanish acronym ), as well as the Ministries of Security and Defense in response […]
"The National Press Association (ANP), which brings together Bolivia's main print media, warned on Feb. 6 that the back-to-back acts of corruption and judicial impunity recently uncovered in the country pose 'a high risk' for freedom of the press and expression. The association released a statement in which it expresses 'deep concern' over these events […]
"The first month of 2022 ended with 24 cases recorded, totaling 57 violations of the right to freedom of expression. The most frequent violations were harassment, intimidation and censorship, and 70% of the victims turned out to be journalists [...] The most frequent aggressors continue to be, for the most part, State institutions (36%), security […]
"Fresh blocks on a handful of Venezuela’s few remaining independent news websites are a troubling sign of escalating press censorship, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday [Feb 4]. Journalists and experts say private internet service providers (ISPs) are censoring the sites for the first time, though they have been unavailable on state-run networks for […]
"The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) warned this Wednesday of "serious implications for press freedom" in El Salvador due to recent modifications to the Criminal Procedure Code (CPP) to combat computer crimes that "creates the legal status of an "undercover digital agent.” According to the agency's statement, the reform, approved on Feb. 1, by the Legislative […]
"Local authorities in the southern Brazilian city of Bagé should stop harassing and attempting to censor investigative journalist Giovani Grizotti and allow the press to do their job without retaliation, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. On January 13, Bagé mayor Divaldo Lara and communications officer Roberta Mércio shared a photo they claimed is of investigative […]