"Chaos and disorder was the main element of the march held this Sunday [March 30] in El Hoyo de Friusa [Punta Cana, Dominican Republic], where a group of Dominicans went to demonstrate in rejection of the massive presence of Haitians in the area. The incident began when agents of the National Police threw tear gas […]
"More than 20 journalists denied having ties to an organized crime group operating in the town of Tapachula, [in the Mexican state of] Chiapas, after a social media page accused them by name and photo. [..] On Friday morning [March 28], a Facebook page called Noticias Chiapas al ROJO circulated information accusing 18 journalists of […]
"There is shock in the Antioquia community and the journalism community following the murder of journalist María Victoria Correa, which occurred on Friday, March 28, in the municipality of Envigado [in the Colombian department of Antioquia]. The 70-year-old journalist was in a bakery when she was approached by two armed men. One of them initially […]
“A reporter for La Nación was assaulted by a person who was participating in the march organized near the Plaza de Mayo, in the center of the city of Buenos Aires, in remembrance of the Day of Memory, Truth and Justice. The TV channel's reporter was in the middle of a report in the afternoon […]
“The Guatemalan Red Cross reported an armed attack in the village of Santa Fe, Coatepeque, [department of] Quetzaltenango, last Friday, March 21. The victim was identified as Ismael Alonzo González, a journalist and member of the Association of Journalists and Communicators of the Southwest (APSCO, by its acronym in Spanish). According to preliminary investigations, the […]
"The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the arson attacks on at least three TV and radio stations in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince over the last week, as escalating gang violence has caused widescale destruction. Between March 12 and 13, armed gangs from the Viv Ansanm (Living Together) coalition attacked independent stations Radio Télévision Caraïbes […]
A 45-year-old man was arrested by police in Buenos Aires for allegedly striking TN news channel journalist Martín González from behind during a protest near the National Congress, authorities told La Nación. City surveillance operators identified the suspect through security camera footage, leading to his arrest about an hour after the incident. The case is […]
“Visual journalists in Argentina presented this Monday [March 17] an video reconstruction where they identified the alleged perpetrator of the attack against photographer Pablo Grillo during the march for retirees and again called for the resignation of the Minister of National Security, Patricia Bullrich, responsible for the police repression operation. According to the Association of […]
"Journalist Paulo Motoryn, editor and reporter for Intercept Brazil in Brasilia, has been receiving sustained threats of death and physical violence since last Thursday, January 13, when he published a report about a fugitive in Argentina. In the report we show that Josiel Gomes de Macedo, sentenced to 16 years in prison for burning a […]
“Iran Villarreal Belmont, director of an independent news page and former candidate for city councilor, was murdered in [the Mexican state of] Guanajuato, the local prosecutor's office said on Friday [March 14]. Villarreal Belmont […] was also an activist and the director of the Facebook page Observatorio Ciudadano, with more than 8,400 followers. According to […]
"The Coalition in Defense of Journalism (CDJor) was received this Thursday, March 13, by the Minister of Justice and Public Security, Ricardo Lewandowski. They discussed the main challenges of protecting journalists and communicators in Brazil today: the increase in physical aggression, the intensification of judicial harassment and hostility with gender and racial content, which mainly […]
"In recent hours, armed gangs attacked the Port-au-Prince facilities of Caribbean Radio and Television (RTVC), Haiti's largest media group, the network reported Thursday [March 13]. As RTCV reported, it had to abandon that facility a year ago in order to continue operating due to the gangs' actions. [...] Photos and videos circulating on social media […]