"A raging fire that broke out in the early hours of Tuesday [Mar. 5] completely destroyed the office where the digital magazine Anfibia, a prestigious Argentine publication of journalistic crónicas, operated. The fire started during the early hours of the morning and consumed the entire floor where the newsroom was located in the Balvanera neighborhood […]
“Following the announcements of President [of Argentina] Javier Milei, the national government closed the state news agency Télam. Personnel from the Police of the City of Buenos Aires fenced off their buildings in Buenos Aires and on its website www.telam.com.ar a message appeared with the Argentine shield and the phrase: 'Page under construction.' It is […]
Several Argentine organizations, including AMARC Argentina, Centro de Investigaciones ICEP-UNQ, CoNTA, FARCO, FATPREN, REDCOM, Red de Medios Digitales, Sipreba and CELS, jointly made a presentation to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and to the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression with the aim of expressing growing concerns about the situation of press freedom […]
"In its onslaught against state-owned companies, the Argentine government made official the takeover of public media for one year and appointed the officials who will be in charge. The measure had already been announced, but it was confirmed this Monday [Feb. 6] with the publication in the Official Gazette 117/2024. The takeover of Télam, Radio […]
“Since 1997, Jan. 25th has never been the same. José Luis Cabezas, photojournalist for the Perfil editorial group, was murdered by a group of hitmen, made up of guards, criminals and agents of the Buenos Aires Police on behalf of the powerful postal businessman Alfredo Yabrán. Cabezas had focused on the unknown face of the […]
“Everything indicates that strong changes are coming in public media, where the Government [of Argentina] has not yet appointed any official since President Javier Milei took office. The signal that gave the warning of these changes was the strong police presence stationed by the Government at the door of Radio Nacional, Télam and TV Pública, […]
On the night of Thursday, Jan. 4, the Argentine Journalism Forum (FOPEA, for its acronym in Spanish) published a serious statement on social networks rejecting the attitudes of presidential spokesperson for Javier Milei's government, Manuel Adorni. According to Argentine media, Adorni had responded sarcastically to journalist Fabián Waldman, from radio FM La Patriada, earlier that […]
"In a new press conference on the morning of Dec. 12, presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni reported that official advertising for media will be suspended for one year. ... 'I wanted to tell you that, although it was already public knowledge, advertising for media is suspended for a year,” Adorni said, thus ratifying one of the […]
"A far-right ultraliberal economist who is due to be sworn in as Argentina’s president on 10 December, Milei became famous as an economic commentator on radio and TV. For the past five years he has also been notorious for his clashes with journalists and displays of hostility towards them – an aggressiveness he also displays […]
"Media outlets from Argentina, Brazil and Cuba were awarded during the 11th edition of the Roche Health Journalism Award in the categories of written journalism, audiovisual journalism and daily coverage. The awards were delivered in Panama City [on Nov. 16, 2023]. […] 'Partos rotos' [Broken births], published by partoscuba.info from Cuba, which describes obstetric violence […]