"Last Sunday afternoon, the 9th, coverage of the classic match between Internacional and Grêmio, for the final of the Gaucho Championship, began with an episode of hostility against the press. Journalist Alice Bastos Neves, presenter for RBS TV, was the target of verbal abuse from a fan in the stands of the Beira-Rio stadium in […]
"The Union of Professional Journalists in the State of Amazonas (SINJOR/AM) has intensified its monitoring and protection efforts for the profession in the first two months of 2026. On Monday (March 2), at a meeting of the Commission on Violence against Journalists, composed of journalists Isac Sharlon, Henderson Martins, and Alessandra Aline, the entity formalized […]
"Non-governmental organizations and members of the press are demanding an investigation and justice for the murder of Merida journalist Walter Jaimes. Jaimes had been reported missing since last Saturday [Feb. 28]; however, it was not until this Tuesday, March 3, that his identity was confirmed, after his body was located in the Puente Viejo sector, […]
"An event considered extremely serious and worrying for press freedom and democratic coexistence was recorded in the district of Laurel, Department of Canindeyú, where the municipal mayor Pablo Karajallo Pérez (ANR-HC) physically assaulted journalist Juan Alcaraz. According to the information gathered, the journalist—a media worker in Saltos del Guairá who is currently active on social […]
“The Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) reported that journalist Yeison Rojas, a correspondent for Teleantioquia in the Urabá subregion, was threatened by alleged members of the Gaitanist Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AGC), who ordered him to leave the territory with his family before midnight on March 2. According to the organization, Rojas received a phone […]
"Reporters Without Borders (RSF, for its French initials) has documented four cases of death threats against journalists in Ecuador between January and February 2026, a shocking spike as a RSF partner recorded three of these threats for the whole year of 2025. The threats — phone calls and direct messages — often follow reporting on […]
“Widespread condemnation has erupted in Yopal [capital of Colombia’s Casanare department], after former mayor Jhon Jairo Torres, known as ‘Jhon Calzones,’ harassed and assaulted El Nuevo Oriente newspaper director Martín Mesa while the journalist was at a restaurant in the city. According to the Foundation for Freedom of the Press (FLIP, by its acronym in […]
Pedro Segura, a former candidate with Mexico's Green and Labor parties for governor in the state of Guerrero, threatened journalist Carlos Loret de Mola after the latter showed on the digital channel Latinus a video showing Segura singing a corrido in tribute to the alleged slain drug trafficker Nemesio Oseguera “El Mencho.” In a video […]
"Following the ruling issued this Thursday [Feb. 26] by the Trial Court in Puebla, those responsible for the murder of journalist Marco Aurelio Ramírez in Tehuacán were sentenced to 46 years and five months in prison each. They are Jesús Armando N. and José Francisco N., who received the sentence after a judicial process that […]
"While broadcasting live from inside the Sinpelos.mx facilities, unknown individuals allegedly launched a Molotov cocktail attack against the location where journalist Víctor Badillo was, alarming internet users. [...] According to available information, the people inside the building, including the journalist, were unharmed. Fortunately, the attack did not escalate and only material damage was reported, mainly […]
"On Friday, Feb. 20, journalist Fernanda de Luna Ferral was notified by the Veracruz Public Security Secretariat (SSP, for its Spanish initials) about the withdrawal of her security detail, even though these types of measures are carried out in coordination with the Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists, an agency that did not […]
"On Feb. 18, members of the newspaper Proclama del Pacífico were intercepted, threatened and forced to suspend distribution of their paper in northern Cauca. The Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP, for its Spanish initials) condemns and denounces this act, which constitutes a violent act of censorship that restricts the public's right to receive information and […]