"Journalism in Guatemala is increasingly criminalized and lacks protection, and local reporters covering environmental issues face the greatest risks. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on President Bernardo Arévalo to ensure safe working conditions for these reporters — especially those from indigenous communities. Together with partner organizations, RSF has put forward recommendations to the Guatemalan State, […]
A journalist and a cameraman were victims of an attempted robbery while broadcasting live in Córdoba, Argentina. The incident occurred on the afternoon of Monday, Aug. 4, when a thief on a motorcycle—known locally as a “motochorro”—attempted to steal their equipment. Journalist Sofía Pérez D'Abreu and cameraman Beto Pereyra, from the channel C5N, were south […]
"Banners accusing Honduran journalists of spreading misinformation and opposing the 2025 general elections appeared in public areas of Tegucigalpa this week, sparking concern among press freedom advocates. The banners, signed by the self-identified Honduran Popular Movement, read: “The hitmen of truth, weapons of mass disinformation, do not want elections to take place.” The images featured […]
"The Monitoring Center of the Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES, for its acronym in Spanish) recorded a total of 314 attacks on journalists between Jan. 1 and July 14, 2025, with May being the month with the most violations, with 91. The figures are cause for concern in the context of Journalists' Day, […]
"Journalist Leilane Neubarth, 66, was verbally attacked by a woman while shopping in a store on Tuesday (July 29). She recorded the incident with her cell phone, shared the video on her Instagram profile, and claimed she only caught the final part of the woman's speech. In the footage, the attacker can be seen saying […]
"A journalism team from Record Bahia was attacked on Friday morning (July 25), while covering an accident involving a car and a motorcycle, on Avenida Anita Garibaldi, one of the main streets in Salvador [Brazil]. The incident occurred live during the "Bahia no Ar" program and involved reporter Mateus Borges and cameraman Tarcísio Lima. The […]
"In May 2025, the Mexican government's Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists recorded an increase in applications from journalists, rising from 26 in May 2024 to 32 in the same month this year. This represented an increase of six cases, equivalent to a 23% increase over the previous year. However, of those 32 […]
"On the night of Friday, July 25, Marcelo Ruiz, a correspondent for TC Televisión network in [the Ecuadorian province of] Manabí, was the victim of an armed attack. The journalist was driving along the Portoviejo–Santa Ana road. According to preliminary information, another vehicle intercepted the journalist near El Guabito neighborhood. Several shots were fired at […]
"On Friday [July 25], the Colombian government publicly acknowledged its international responsibility for failing to protect journalists Julio Daniel Chaparro and Jorge Enrique Torres, from the newspaper El Espectador, who were killed 34 years ago in the town of Segovia, in the department of Antioquia [in Colombia]. Chaparro, a 29-year-old reporter and poet, and Torres, […]
“Martín Martínez, a reporter for the El Sol de Irapuato newspaper, was assaulted by a local police officer while covering a police incident in the El Cantador neighborhood. Part of the incident was caught on video by nearby residents and shared on social media. Witnesses said they heard the officer tell Martínez to ‘get the […]
“The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and its Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression condemned the recent attack on Gustavo Chica, a journalist at the Estéreo Guaviare radio station, and called for a swift investigation. The international body reported that two people have been arrested in connection with the incident. They […]
“In a letter read publicly this morning, Cinthia González, widow of the murdered Brazilian journalist Leo Veras, denounced that the [Paraguayan] congressman for Amambay, Santiago Benítez and owner of Radio Imperio, allegedly interceded on behalf of Waldemar Pereira, alias ‘Cachorrão’, a 41-year-old Paraguayan and alleged hitman linked to organized crime who was investigated for the […]