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Violence Against Journalists

Ecuadorian TV journalist nearly run over during live stand up

A video captured the moment when a taxi driver, without no apparent provocation, accelerated his vehicle toward journalist Belén Goncalves of Ecuavisa as she was preparing to report live on air about flooding in the Guayas province of Ecuador. Goncalves told Fundamedios that before the incident, another driver passed near her team, shouting politically charged […]

Colombian journalist forced to flee home because of death threats

"We reject and express our deep concern over the serious safety risk faced by journalist Edward Fabián Álvarez Rivera of La Chiva de Urabá. Since February 22, he has received death threats on social media from an individual identifying themselves as ‘El Tigre,’ a commander of a front of the National Liberation Army, demanding he […]

Paraguayan journalist guild condemns senator’s ‘violent practices’ against reporter

"The Paraguayan Journalists’ Union has reported new attacks on the press by Cartista Senator Norma Aquino, also known as Yami Nal, who threatened a journalist for exposing alleged ghost employment [irregularities in employe roster] involving her son at the National Statistics Institute. […] ‘Following the third threat from Senator Yamy Nal Aquino against our colleague […]

Mexican president calls journalist’s work ‘fiction’ after report linking cartel lawyer to ruling party

“Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum criticized the work of journalist Anabel Hernández, after she reported drug trafficker Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada's lawyer, Juan Pablo Penilla, is close to the Morena political party. In her morning conference this Monday, Feb. 24 at the National Palace, Sheinbaum said Anabel Hernández's journalism 'is fiction'. 'She has established a form […]

Military police in Brazil shoot sports journalist after mistaking him for a bandit

"Igor Melo, a student and owner of the website 'Informe Botafogo', was shot on Monday [24 February] by a reserve military police officer after being mistaken for a bandit when he was leaving the place where he works, in Penha, in the north section of Rio de Janeiro. According to journalist Renan Moura, from Rádio […]

TV cameramen held inside police truck in Bolivia for 40 minutes

“Cameramen Percy Suárez and Walter Chama, from Bolivian private networks ATB and Red Uno, respectively, were arrested and transported in a security vehicle to a police station [on Feb. 19]. After approximately 40 minutes, they were released following protests from their colleagues against the excessive zeal of the police, Suárez told the Monitoring Unit of […]

Protester assaults TV crew of channel LN+ during coverage of protest in Buenos Aires

"A demonstrator assaulted a reporter from the channel LN+ [belonging to Argentina's La Nación group] on Wednesday, Feb 19. The incident occurred during a protest at Congress [in Buenos Aires] over various grievances, including cuts to retirees, failure to update bonuses [for retirees] and intervention at the Bonaparte Hospital. The aggressor insulted Nicolás Edwin, the […]

Reporter assaulted while covering rapper's arrest in Rio de Janeiro

"Journalist Bruno Assunção, from SBT Rio, was attacked by demonstrators while covering the arrest of rapper Oruam in front of the 16th Police Station in the Barra da Tijuca area of Rio de Janeiro, on Thursday. "Assunção took to social media to report the incident and the assaults. He said criminals infiltrated among the demonstrators […]

Body of missing Mexican journalist found after five years

"The body of Sonora journalist Jesús Alberto Camacho Rodríguez, who disappeared five years ago, was found by the collective of mothers Madres Buscadoras in a forensic medical facility in the city of Culiacán in Mexico. Camacho Rodríguez worked for several media outlets, including El Imparcial, El Regional de Sonora, Extra de la Tarde, and Tribuna […]

Mexican sports journalist denounces hacking of his X account

"One of the most famous and controversial figures in Mexican sports journalism is Álvaro Morales. The ESPN analyst has become a current reference due to the creativity of his criticism and his style to generate controversy, mainly in social media. Recently, Álvaro Morales reported that his X (Twitter) account was hacked and as a result […]

Cuban Institute for Freedom of Expression and Press records 58 violations in January

"The Cuban Institute for Freedom of Expression and Press (ICLEP, for its initials in Spanish) recorded a total of 58 violations of freedoms of expression and of the press in Cuba during January 2025, according to its report published this Monday [Feb. 17]. [...] ICLEP counted 23 attacks, threats and/or psychological aggressions, 15 abusive uses […]

Army of bots attack Dominican journalists during defamation campaign

"For a week, a group of Dominican journalists were the target of an intense social media campaign to discredit them, with more than 10,000 mentions recorded on different platforms, mainly on X (formerly Twitter). The narrative promoted in these publications accused them of receiving funds from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in […]