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Mexican President urges journalist Azucena Uresti to explain departure from Milenio Televisión

"Mexican journalist Azucena Uresti said goodbye to her program on Milenio Televisión. This surprising decision garnered several reactions, including that of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who invited her to reveal the circumstances for which she resigned from the television station. According to the Mexican president, the journalist 'implied that she was a victim of […]

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Guatemala's new president must act quickly to stop the criminalization of journalism: RSF

"Following his inauguration as Guatemala’s president on Jan. 14 , Bernardo Arévalo faces a range of press freedom challenges as a key test of his new government. With a reputation as a reformer, it remains to be seen how Arévalo will act to stop the criminalization of journalism in Guatemala, including addressing the high-profile case […]

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Argentina: Government sends police agents to doors of public media

“Everything indicates that strong changes are coming in public media, where the Government [of Argentina] has not yet appointed any official since President Javier Milei took office. The signal that gave the warning of these changes was the strong police presence stationed by the Government at the door of Radio Nacional, Télam and TV Pública, […]

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Venezuela: 'Civic space at risk of disappearing', civil society organizations say

"We, the Alianza Regional por la Libre Expresión e Información, Civicus, IFEX-ALC and Voces del Sur (Southern Voices), call once again for rejection of a legislative initiative that would enable criminalisation of legitimate Venezuelan civil society activities and organisations. These organisations must be protected under the right to freedom of association, which represents a key […]

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Journalist in Ecuador forced to read pamphlet from criminal groups during live program

“A journalist from Radio Integración (whose name we are keeping confidential for security reasons) was forced with a threatening pamphlet to read a message from criminal groups, addressed to different sectors of the city of Tulcán and the province of Carchi [Ecuador], on the border with Colombia. 'When choosing journalism as an instrument to build […]

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Grenada’s government bars reporters from covering Cabinet swearing-in ceremony

"Reporters Without Borders (RSF) […] said that it was very disappointing to see Grenada’s government bar reporters from covering its Cabinet swearing-in ceremony last week. ‘[…]As the new Cabinet takes power, it is essential for Grenada’s government to signal its commitment to press freedom and transparency going forward,’ said a statement on the RSF USA […]

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Brazil: Court orders Agência Pública to take down two more pieces about politician

"Four months ago, Agência Pública was forced by the Court to remove from its site a report published in June 2023 about the president of the [Brazilian] Chamber of Deputies Arthur Lira. Now, in a new attack from the deputy's defense, the Court forced two more pieces of content that echoed the report to be […]

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Guatemalan judge sends case of elPeriódico journalists and columnists to the Printing Court

“Judge Aurora Gutiérrez, of the Fifth Criminal Court [of Guatemala], ruled that the case being pursued against six journalists and two columnists from the defunct newspaper elPeriódico cannot continue to be resolved through criminal proceedings and now a Printing Court must hear the case, as stipulated in the Constitution of the Republic. The defense of […]

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Venezuela: More than 400 media outlets have closed in the last two decades

"Some 408 media outlets have closed in Venezuela in the last 20 years as a result of a long trend of the closure of information spaces and free exercise of journalism in the oil country, and the most affected have been radio stations. The non-governmental organization (NGO) Espacio Público points out when presenting the data […]

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IAPA condemns espionage against journalists in Peru

"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) condemned the espionage of journalists in Peru, ordered by the authority of the Attorney General's Office with the intention of criminalizing the press, according to reports published in the local press. […] Journalist and editor with La República newspaper, César Romero, and his family, as well as columnist and […]