"The [Bolivian] National Press Association (ANP, by its Spanish acronym) denounced that the journalist of the newspaper El Deber, Guider Arancibia [Guillén], was threatened after publishing a news item about the capture of a cocaine shipment transported in a light aircraft that fell in Argentina, and demanded governmental protection for the reporter. [...] Arancibia Guillén […]
Article 19, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP), Freedom House, Asociación por la Democracia y los Derechos Humanos de Honduras and Reporteros de Investigación denounced and demanded that Honduran authorities investigate attacks on journalists and human rights defenders that have been taking place in recent months. According to the organizations, […]
"In Tuluá, Colombia, seven journalists were 'threatened and pressured to publish information about the criminal group 'Los Cancerberos,'` according to the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP, for its Spanish acronym) on its Twitter account. Likewise, the entity points out that 'this aggravates the situation of the press covering matters of public interest in the municipality […]
"Opposition politicians and non-governmental organizations in Venezuela called this Sunday [July 23] for the release of Roland Carreño, a journalist who worked in the team of former interim president Juan Guaidó and who completed this weekend 1,000 days in prison since he was arrested for allegedly 'promoting violent actions.' 'Roland [Carreño] is innocent and was […]
"In 2022, the year of one of the toughest elections in Brazil, the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji, by its Portuguese acronym) registered 557 cases of aggression against press members, 26% involving some type – more or less explicit – of gender violence. Of this group, 5% were categorized as episodes of sexual violence, with […]
"A journalist has been kidnapped in the Haitian capital, [which represents] the sixth kidnapping affecting the Haitian press this year. Blondine Tanis, co-host of the 'Tribune Matinale' program broadcast on Radio Rénovation FM (107.1FM), fell into the hands of her captors on Friday, July 21, as she was entering her home in the Delmas neighborhood, […]
"The Press Freedom Observatory of the National Association of Journalists (ANP, by its Spanish acronym) of Peru recorded attacks on seven press men and women during the [dubbed] Takeover of Lima mobilization. On the first day of mobilizations of the third Takeover of Lima [Thursday, July 20], according to a report prepared by the Journalist's […]
"The killings of two journalists in one week in Mexico has renewed calls for the country’s media community to be given better protection. The most recent attack took place Saturday in Acapulco, Guerrero state, when Nelson Matus, the director of news website Lo Real de Guerrero, was fatally shot outside a store. The previous Saturday, […]
"The radicalization of the political landscape has seriously affected the press freedom situation and journalistic activity in Brazil. The number of serious assaults on journalists increased by 34.2% between Jan. 1 and May 15, 2023, compared to the same period last year. The so-called assault on the Three Powers Square in Brasília, on Jan. 8, […]
"Once again, aggressions against the press were registered in the marches against the Executive Power [in Lima, Peru]. This time [July 19], those affected were a reporter and a cameraman belonging to Panamericana TV. In addition to insults, journalist Tifanny Tipiani was kicked and cameraman Gustavo Castro fell victim to the theft of one of […]