"The owner and director of Radio Corporación, Fabio Gadea Mantilla; former executive director of the assaulted channel 100% Noticias, Verónica Chávez; and journalist María Lilly Delgado, Univisión correspondent, were summoned by the public prosecutor to be 'interviewed,' in the case for the alleged crime of 'money and asset laundering,' which was opened against Cristiana Chamorro […]
"In the last year, 49 cases of threats to the freedom of expression of journalists were registered in Uruguay, according to the seventh monitoring report carried out by the Center for Archives and Access to Public Information (CAinfo, for its acronym in Spanish). This is the highest number of cases since the study began, following […]
“In the last three days, journalist [Mary Karla Ares from ICLEP] has been subjected to intense interrogation every five and ten minutes throughout the night with every intention of torturing her, preventing her from sleeping. 'Mary Karla is being subjected to psychological torture, they told me that they take her out every five minutes, every […]
“The organization Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity (MCCI, for its acronym in Spanish) rejected the accusations of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador about its alleged links with political parties or intervention in electoral campaigns. [...] This Wednesday [May 19], López Obrador again accused MCCI of receiving foreign money to intervene in Mexican politics, in favor […]
"The Nicaraguan Police carried out this Thursday [May 20] a new raid against the magazine Confidencial, a media outlet critical of the Daniel Ortega regime and led by journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro. Several journalists were repressed or detained while covering the raid. [...] Chamorro, the journalist, has denounced in a radio program that at the […]
“Members of the Venezuelan National Guard carried out the embargo on ‘all property’ of newspaper El Nacional. The seizure of assets and the headquarters of the historic Venezuelan newspaper in Caracas is part of the compensation ordered by the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ, for its acronym in Spanish) for "moral damage" to the senior […]
"The [Colombian] Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP, for its acronym in Spanish) rejects that congress members and political and business sectors threaten to use official advertising resources with the purpose of controlling the media narrative. This practice of instrumentalization of public money to control debate and favor discourse is a clear and direct blackmail that […]
“The approval of the so-called Digital Violence Law caused displeasure in the legislature, ignited alerts from defenders of freedom of expression and also a claim from the State Attorney General's Office. The discussion reached such a point that the same proponent of the project asked the Executive to veto the document. [...] The objective was […]
"The MPF (federal public prosecutor's office) issued an opinion to the judiciary in which it states that there are risks to journalists covering President Jair Bolsonaro at the Alvorada Palace, the official residence of the president. The document, signed last week and obtained by UOL this Monday (May 3, 2021), asks that measures be taken […]
"After six days of not knowing anything about his whereabouts and searching for him by all means, 53-year-old journalist from Oaxaca, Francisco Augusto Ramírez, appeared alive, his relatives confirmed." Watch video (in Spanish)
"'From cordoba to cordoba,' this is how the journalist David Quintana, a critic of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, affirmed this Thursday [May 6] that he had collected 13,500 cordobas (about US $387), referring to the fine that he had to pay to the judiciary for the crime of injurias and slander, in a case branded as 'political' […]
"The new Legislative Assembly of El Salvador amended on Wednesday [May 5] the Print Law, in force since 1950, so that print newspapers pay taxes like all companies. (...) now print media will not have tariff exemptions, that is, they will not enjoy tax benefits and must pay taxes on the raw material, machinery and […]