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Guatemalan Attorney General's Office accuses journalist José Rubén Zamora of money laundering and influence peddling, and seizes elPeriódico accounts

"The first hearing of well-known Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora, scheduled for Monday morning, was suspended without a new date because the court has not transferred his file. At the same time that this news became known, elPeriódico, the newspaper founded by Zamora, communicated on its Twitter account that the newspaper's bank accounts were seized […]

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Guatemala: Authorities raid offices of elPeriódico and its president José Rubén Zamora

"Journalists and collaborators of elPeriódico reported raids on the central offices of that media outlet, as well as on the residence of its president, José Rubén Zamora. According to a short article published by the Guatemalan media outlet, a vehicle without plates and a patrol of the Special Forces of the National Civil Police (PNC) […]

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Guatemalan official files criminal suit against three journalists under violence against women law

"Guatemalan authorities should drop all charges against three journalists from the independent newspaper elPeriódico and stop using laws intended to protect women from violence to target and intimidate reporters, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. On May 13, Judge Anaelsee Ramírez formally notified elPeriódico publisher José Rubén Zamora, editor Gerson Ortiz, and reporter Cristian […]

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US State Department report highlights human rights setback in Guatemala

"The United States pointed to a setback in human rights guarantees in Guatemala and other countries in a report published on April 12 by the State Department. (...) The US State Department stated that, regarding freedom of expression for members of the press and other media, independent media outlets were active and expressed a wide […]

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Award-winning Guatemalan journalist: the challenge is to convince the media 'not to be afraid' of addressing inclusivity issues

"Daniel Villatoro speaks the same way he has lived: with passion, criteria, perseverance, and maturity. He is only 29 years old and has not only led a growing LGBT rights organization in Guatemala, launched a magazine that addresses these issues, won various awards, but is also one of the five winners of the “Journalist of […]

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Guatemalan journalist Juan Luis Font leaves the country after former official accuses him of ‘unlawful association’

"Guatemalan authorities should immediately dismiss criminal proceedings against journalist Juan Luis Font, allow him to work freely without fear of reprisal, and stop using lawsuits to harass members of the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. In late March 2022, the country’s former communications minister Alejandro Sinibaldi brought a criminal case against Font, […]

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Journalists in Guatemala: 'During the Giammattei presidency, journalistic work has been criminalized'

"Despite the complaints, the Guatemalan government assures that 'at no time has it carried out acts of censorship towards the media, reserving only the right of clarification so as not to distort the information.' Sonny Figueroa is not afraid. For one reason only: the truth. Despite threats against him, including death threats, the 29-year-old Guatemalan […]

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CPJ honors Guatemalan journalist Anastasia Mejía Tiriquiz with press freedom award

"The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) paid tribute Thursday to brave journalists from Guatemala, Mozambique, and Myanmar by presenting them with CPJ’s 2021 International Press Freedom Awards (IPFA) in New York. (...) The awardees recognized at the event included Mozambican investigative journalist Matías Guente, Guatemalan radio journalist Anastasia Mejía Tiriquiz, and Myanmar journalist and Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) founder Aye Chan […]

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Another edition of ForoCap is back, organized by Salvadoran media outlet El Faro

From Nov. 4 to 11, the series of conferences, events and journalistic workshops ForoCap 2021 will be held. They are organized by the investigative journalism site El Faro, from El Salvador. In this edition the events will be held from 3 countries, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, with face-to-face and virtual access. "You will be […]

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Journalist's residence in Guatemala raided

"[During the State of Siege issued by the El Estor municipality, in Izabal, Guatemala] one of the inspection and registration raids was carried out at the residence of Juan Bautista Xol, a correspondent for Prensa Comunitaria. The National Civil Police denied that the journalist has been detained According to the institution's spokesman, Jorge Aguilar, Bautista […]