"Drowned by the persecution of the Daniel Ortega regime, newspaper La Prensa, the largest and longest-lived newspaper in Nicaragua, announced on Wednesday [Sept. 15] the dismissal of more than half of its workers, personnel linked to the newsroom, finance, circulation, marketing, bodegas (warehouses) and printing press. Although the newspaper has not made public the number […]
"During the recording of the informative special 'Colombia asks the President,' produced by Noticias Caracol, President Iván Duque refused to answer a question posed by journalist Daniel Samper Ospina. FLIP has documented that Duque strongly warned that he would not answer questions that came from 'that man,' referring to Samper. The president sought to justify […]
"A total of 80 attacks on press freedom were registered in Nicaragua in the month of August alone, according to the most recent report by La Prensa newspaper for this month, in which civil and judicial processes, assaults and arbitrary detentions against independent media directors, journalists and editors persist." Read original article (in Spanish)
“Independent journalist Camila Acosta, who is under State Security surveillance, showed on her social networks photos and videos of the agents trying to hide behind a tree in front of her house, so as not to be seen while checking the movements of the young woman. Acosta pointed out that on Sept.16 she will complete […]
"The National Union of Press Workers reported this Friday [Sept. 10] that Chilean-Venezuelan communicator Braulio Jatar was declared innocent, for which he is granted complete freedom. [...] Jatar, director of the site Reporte Confidencial, was arrested on Sept. 3, 2016 after publishing about a protest against Nicolás Maduro on the island of Margarita. " […]
“At a meeting in the Government Palace, executives of the CPP [Peruvian Press Council] asked President Pedro Castillo to sign the Declarations of Chapultepec and Salta in light of the recent attacks on journalists, the limitations that exist on their daily work. The president stated that he would analyze both documents and that he would […]
“The repressive escalation of the Ortega-Murillos against any voice that criticizes their dictatorship has caused sources of information to close. It is an ‘information blackout’ never seen in times of peace in the country. Those who dare to speak only do so on condition of anonymity. It is a devastating blow to freedom of expression […]
"The Constitutional Court could delimit the scope of the right to freedom of expression of public officials and of the use of social networks to question human rights organizations. The ruling would occur if the Court agrees to study the protection filed by the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) against Juan Pablo Bieri, former manager […]
"On Friday [Sept. 3], a Guatemalan court dismissed charges against Indigenous journalist Anastasia Mejía for sedition and attack with specific aggravations, in a case fueled by a mayor in the north of the country. With the resolution of the case, described by international organizations as an attack on press freedom, the communicator was released from […]
"The president of the [Guatemalan] Congress, Allan Rodríguez, today denied the entry of elPeriódico journalist, Enrique García, to his office where the congressman would have spoken about the 2022 budget project. Rodríguez invited a group of journalists to his office to answer questions about the budget project, but indicated that only 'decent' media could enter […]
"Peruvian authorities should drop criminal defamation charges against journalist Carlos Yofré López and prosecutors should not contest López’s appeal of his conviction in a separate criminal defamation case, the Committee to Protect Journalists [CPJ] said today [Aug. 31]. Both cases allege criminal defamation due to the journalist’s investigative work. In one case, López, a reporter […]
"Two radio programs critical of the Ortega regime, Confidencial Radio and Onda Local, were suspended by Radio Corporación, in which they were broadcast, on the grounds that they are related to a money laundering case against the Violeta Barrios de Chamorro Foundation." Read original article (in Spanish)