“A group of at least nine people attacked the main entrance of the Clarín Group building, in the Barracas neighborhood of Buenos Aires, with Molotov cocktails. The sequence was filmed and an investigation is already underway by the Federal Court No. 9, led by Judge Luis Rodríguez, who classified the case as "public intimidation." [...] […]
"Two Argentine journalists denounced that during the coverage of elections in the Government House of the province of Tucumán they were victims of sexual abuse. According to the accounts, the first attack occurred on Sept. 12 during the Simultaneous and Mandatory Open Primaries and the second, on Nov. 14. One of the affected is Carolina […]
“The Federal Chamber confirmed the acquittal of Clarín journalist Daniel Santoro in a case where he was accused of participating in extortion, because a source of his asked a businessman for money in exchange for his name not being published in relation to a case of smuggling. Santoro was accused on similar matters by the […]
On Oct. 21, Columbia Global Freedom of Expression and the World Leaders Forum, with the support of UNESCO, are pleased to host a dialogue on the application of global norms on freedom of expression. Justices and academics from Latin America, including Argentina, Ecuador, Brazil and Colombia will present. Read schedule and register
“The Argentine Journalism Forum (FOPEA) repudiates the intimidation and physical attacks suffered by journalists and cameramen from Tucumán this Tuesday [Oct. 5], during the coverage of a trial. Mariana Romero (Los Primeros), José Inesta (TN), Javier Cacieccio (El Tucumano), José Romero Silva and Javier Doldan (Telefé Tucumán) received insults and were attacked with stones by […]
"Politicians from opposition parties, businessmen and journalists repudiated on Wednesday, Sept. 23, the statements of the mayor of José C. Paz, Mario Ishii, who issued a harsh warning against the media during an act. Along with President Alberto Fernández and Axel Kicillof, with whom he led the inauguration of a faculty, Ishii said: 'Have mercy […]
Newsrooms from Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela are among the finalists for the 2021 Online Journalism Awards. The awards honor excellence in digital journalism and are a program of the Online News Association. Winners will be announced on Oct. 15. The finalists from Latin America are: GENERAL EXCELLENCE IN ONLINE JOURNALISM Agência Pública (Small Newsroom Finalist) […]
"On Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. Argentina, at SembraMedia we launched Amuna Digital, an initiative focused on Argentina that we developed with the support of the Facebook Journalism Project. Amuna Digital is an education and acceleration program for digital media in Argentina that was born with a federal perspective. The initiative seeks to […]
"The Voces del Sur (VDS) network presented the Shadow Report 2020 that compiles alerts related to violations of freedom of expression, freedom of the press and access to information that occurred in 13 Latin American countries: Argentina , Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. [...] The regional results […]
"Journalists from Latin America warned about the use of new forms of judicial harassment –among them the Lawfare theory– by certain political sectors against journalism in the region. The most serious example was when on Tuesday [June 22] the 'justice' of the Daniel Ortega regime in Nicaragua raided the home of investigative journalist Carlos Fernando […]