"The National Union of Press Workers (SNTP, for its Spanish acronym) of Venezuela reported on Monday [Jan. 5] that 14 previously detained journalists have been released, on a day when the National Assembly began its 2026-2031 legislative session in Caracas. Via X (formerly Twitter), the SNTP said that one of the journalists was deported and […]
Two days after the seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. authorities, the Venezuelan National Union of Press Workers (SNTP, by its acronym in Spanish) warned that a democratic transition in Venezuela is impossible while political persecution, censorship, arbitrary detentions and the systematic violation of fundamental rights persist. In a statement released on Jan. […]
"A contributor to the digital outlet La Patilla, Rory Branker, 43, was arrested on Feb. 20, 2025, in Caracas by officers of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN, for its initials in Spanish) as he was leaving his home. He spent 206 days incommunicado before his family was finally allowed to see him in a holding cell of the […]
“Chilevisión correspondent Roberto Cox said Dec. 16 that he was detained for six hours by Venezuela’s military counterintelligence agency at a border outpost. The incident occurred after an episode at the Francisco de Paula Santander International Bridge, which connects Cúcuta, Colombia, with Ureña, Venezuela. Cox described what happened in a post on Instagram. ‘Six hours […]
"The Committee to Protect Journalists and Free Press express outrage that journalist Mario Guevara faces imminent deportation back to his native El Salvador after the Board of Immigration Appeals on Friday re-opened his 13-year-old immigration case, declining to release him on bond. [...] Guevara—an Emmy-winning, Spanish-language reporter who covers immigration— has been in law enforcement […]
"The United States has demanded that the Nicaraguan government, headed by Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, provide proof of life for 62-year-old Nicaraguan journalist Leo Catalino Cárcamo Herrera, who was arrested on Nov. 23, 2024, by the National Police of León. According to the State Department office, the Nicaraguan journalist's whereabouts 'remain unknown after the […]
"After 206 days of an enforced disappearance that kept his family and colleagues on tenterhooks, the location of journalist Rory Branker has been confirmed. He is being held in the cells of the Bolivarian National Police in Boleíta (Zone 7), Caracas, Venezuela. His mother was able to see him for the first time, as confirmed […]
Guatemala’s Constitutional Court ruled by majority to overturn a temporary injunction that had been granted by the Supreme Court’s Injunction Chamber in favor of journalist José Rubén Zamora. Although the injunction did not order Zamora’s release, it allowed his case to return to the Third Court of Appeals for a new review of a legal […]
"Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín turned 69 on Tuesday, with his son, Ramón Zamora, saying his father has spent the last four birthdays in 'arbitrary' detention. The founder and former editor of the newspaper El Periódico was arrested in July 2022 and has been held in pretrial detention ever since, with the exception of […]
"The Human Rights Committee of the Vente Venezuela party reported on Saturday [Aug. 16] the declining health of journalist Víctor Ugas, who has been detained since the disputed re-election of Nicolás Maduro in August 2024. The Voluntad Popular party warned last July that the journalist needed urgent medical attention, after suffering from fever for almost […]
"Organizations defending the press and freedom of expression have expressed concern about the detention of independent Cuban journalist Orlidia Barceló Pérez, who is at risk of being deported from Bolivia. They are calling for asylum for the reporter because she has been threatened by Cuban authorities. According to Red Voces del Sur this Tuesday [Aug. […]
"Activists, independent journalists and relatives of political prisoners in Cuba reported on Tuesday [Aug. 5] that they were briefly detained or prevented from leaving their homes by state security agents on the anniversary of the ‘Maleconazo,’ the only protest that former president Fidel Castro faced while ruling the island. […] There was ‘surveillance, house arrests, […]