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RSF: Government advertising freeze compounds crisis facing independent journalism in Trinidad and Tobago

“Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is concerned by the Trinidad and Tobago government's suspension of public advertising contracts with news outlets as the country's independent media faces growing financial strain. Since the policy was announced in May 2025, one national daily newspaper has closed, and another has announced layoffs in its newsroom — in a country […]

'We don't need liar journalists paid with public funds,' said Argentina's president as he celebrates state advertising shutdown

“Argentina's president, Javier Milei, rejoiced on Saturday [March 1] for having withdrawn state advertising from the country's media, and said that they do not need ‘liar journalists paid with public funds.’ 'We completely eliminated official advertising, which was used by the [political elite] to promote themselves in the media. We don't need to bribe the […]

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Argentina's government says there will be no official advertising in media for one year

"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 […]

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In Mexico, official advertising continues to be exercised under discretionary practices and without due transparency: Article 19

"Analysis of the final expenditure on official advertising for the year 2020, obtained through the Social Communication System (COMSOC, for its acronym in Spanish) belonging to the Ministry of Public Administration, indicates that 2,248 million pesos were exercised, out of a total of 2,452 million approved for that fiscal year. This means that the federal […]