texas-moody

Brazil

KC logo

RSF expresses alarm after two journalists killed in Brazil

"Reporters Without Borders (RSF) deplores the extremely tense climate for journalists in Brazil after a series of press freedom violations in recent weeks, including the murders of two journalists. The authorities must punish those responsible and protect media personnel throughout the country, RSF says. [...] Weverton Rabelo Fróes, 32, a radio show host and humourist […]

KC logo

Latin American photographers among winners of World Press Photo Contest

Latin American photographers were among the category winners of the 2021 World Press Photo Contests. The awards are presented by the World Press Photo Foundation, and go to "the best visual journalism of the past year." The Latin American winners are: 1st prize in the Contemporary Issues, singles category: Pablo Tosco of Argentina for the photo […]

KC logo

Brazil: Men invade studio and threaten to attack broadcaster who criticized Bolsonaro

"Four unidentified men invaded a radio studio located in the municipality of Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, in Agreste de Pernambuco, [Brazil], on Tuesday night (April 6, 2021). On the occasion, the men, who declare themselves supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro, threatened to attack radio broadcaster Júnior Albuquerque after he criticized the federal government's health policy […]

KC logo

Police investigate whether fire at newspaper in Olímpia, São Paulo, was a criminal act

"At dawn on March 17, 2021, in Olímpia, a city in the north of São Paulo, there was a fire at the headquarters of newspaper Folha da Região. The police suspect that the act was a response to the positioning of the outlet in defense of scientific and legal measures to confront the pandemic. The […]

KC logo

Photographer of newspaper Estado de Minas in Brazil is attacked and harassed by Bolsonaro supporters

"A protest carried out this Monday (March 15) in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, culminated in censorship of the work of the press, with violent attacks against a photographer-reporter from the Estado de Minas (...) The group tried to prevent the journalist from filming and photographing the act, on the grounds that he is a 'communist.' The […]

KC logo

Site wins appeal in criminal defamation case against fact-checking site Aos Fatos

"On March 1, the Justice of Rio de Janeiro accepted an appeal by Jornal da Cidade Online against Aos Fatos and its executive director, Tai Nalon, in which it accused them of crimes of defamation and unfair competition. The appeal was a response to a previous decision from the TJ-RJ, of September 2020, which had […]

KC logo

Brazilian sports blogger faces 5-month prison sentence over 2016 defamation case

"On Feb. 23, the 26th Criminal Court of São Paulo state issued an arrest order to enforce a five-month prison sentence for [Paulo Cezar de Andrade] Prado, who covers sports and politics on his blog Blog do Paulinho, in relation to a criminal defamation case that has been ongoing since 2016, according to Prado and […]

KC Logo

Journalists from Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, and Peru are in the first cohort of fellows of Rainforest Investigations Network

"The Rainforest Investigations Network (RIN), the Pulitzer Center's new initiative for investigative journalism in tropical rainforest regions, has selected its first cohort of Fellows. Thirteen journalists from 10 countries will spend a year producing investigative stories on key issues facing the future of the Amazon, the forests of the Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia. The […]

KC logo

Periodistas de Colombia, Brasil, Venezuela y Perú entre los primeros becarios de red de investigaciones de bosques tropicales

"La Red de Investigaciones de la Selva Tropical (RIN, por sus siglas en inglés), una nueva iniciativa del Centro Pulitzer para el periodismo de investigación en las regiones tropicales, ha seleccionado su primera grupo de becarios. Trece periodistas de 10 países pasarán un año produciendo reportajes de investigación sobre cuestiones clave para el futuro de […]

KC logo

Facebook has an apparent double standard over COVID-19 misinformation in Brazil, researchers say

"Researchers want Facebook’s Oversight Board to evaluate the platform’s exemption of politicians from fact-checking after new research from Brazillian fact-checking organization Agência Lupa pointed to 29 examples of President Jair Bolsonaro spreading COVID-19 misinformation. [...] The research, first reported on by Brazillian news outlet Folha de Sao Paulo, looked at Facebook videos and live sessions […]