"On March 30, near the village of Santa Bárbara, about five miles northeast of the capital, La Paz, a group of truck drivers abducted, assaulted, and robbed Guzmán, a freelance reporter on assignment for the privately owned broadcaster Radio FM Bolivia, according to Guzmán and Radio FM Bolivia news director Galo Hubner, both of whom […]
"The Consortium to Support Regional Journalism in Latin America (CAPIR, for its acronym in Spanish) calls on local independent media outlets and freelance independent journalists in Bolivia to participate in journalistic investigations at the national or local level between April and November 2021. The Project will have different components of practical training and support, among […]
"Fifteen journalists from radio stations, television channels, newspapers and a private media agency in the city of Cochabamba suffered physical attacks and intimidation during journalistic coverage of blockades carried out by sectors that questioned the results of the general elections last October." Read original article (in Spanish)
"Several journalists denounced yesterday that the 'hate lists' that circulate on social networks and in which the names of journalists, authorities and analysts can be found are part of 'a strategy' to instill 'fear,' for which they demanded guarantees from the new government of Luis Arce for the work of the press. 'This is a […]
"The verbal fight between two rival political groups in the Plaza 14 de Septiembre in the city of Cochabamba, on Thursday, Sept. 24, ended in a pitched battle and assault on journalists who were covering the news. Edwin Soria, journalist for the Univalle television channel, suffered first and second degree burns on his left hand […]
"On Wednesday Aug. 12, a Red Uno television news team from Bolivia was surrounded and attacked by protesters that interrupted the circulation of vehicles in the region of Santa Fe of Yapacani, in the municipality of San Carlos, located 120 kilometers from the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. According to the journalist Marco […]
“Bolivian authorities should quickly and thoroughly investigate the attack on journalist David Sapiencia, identify those responsible, and hold them to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On August 5, about two dozen protesters in the central Bolivian town of Mairana attacked Sapiencia, a freelance photojournalist, according to news reports and the journalist, who […]