"The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Cuban government to release journalist Henry Constantín, director of La Hora de Cuba. Constantín has been detained since Sept. 16 in Camagüey under investigation for alleged ‘disobedience,’ according to La Hora de Cuba’s website.(opens in new tab) Constantín, who is also vice president of the Inter American […]
"On the night of September 17, 2026, Kenny Yucra, journalist and director of the digital news outlet La Lupa, received death threats in the southern Ica region. Via WhatsApp messages from an unknown number, the reporter received two videos showing a firearm simulated to shoot at him. The messages also explicitly referenced his home address […]
“Abraji [Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism] condemns the censorship imposed through a court ruling ordering the removal from the internet of an ICL Notícias report that included an audio message sent by federal lawmaker Nikolas Ferreira to [imprisoned banker] Daniel Vorcaro. In the audio message, sent in March 2025, Ferreira asks the banker to intervene […]
“Venezuela's National Press Workers Union (SNTP, by its acronym in Spanish) reported that six journalists and media workers remain subject to judicial proceedings in the country, despite having previously been released. […] The journalists and media workers named are Jonathan Carrillo (1,506 days under judicial proceedings), Carlos Julio Rojas (871 days), Luis López (811 days), […]
"The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urges the Cuban government to end its harassment of Austin Llerandi, a journalist and the director of Amanecer Habanero, a community media outlet in Havana. Llerandi, 36, has been detained numerous times in recent months for exercising his constitutional right to freedom of expression and a free press. Cuba’s […]
“A broad segment of Colombia’s press has raised concerns over the potential election of Abelardo de la Espriella as president. Ahead of the runoff vote, press freedom organizations and journalists have pointed to the attorney’s long history of using legal action against those who have criticized him or his clients, warning that his ‘pattern of […]
“Journalism organizations condemned a decision by the Special Criminal Court of the Barra Funda Forum in São Paulo to order the imprisonment under an open regime of journalist Luan Araújo. In October 2022, Araújo was chased at gunpoint by then-federal lawmaker Carla Zambelli. The prison order was issued by Judge José Fernando Steinberg, who argued […]
"The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the reported harassment of Intercept Brasil journalists in connection with the outlet’s reporting on former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and sons Flávio Bolsonaro and Eduardo Bolsonaro’s connections to jailed Brazilian banker Daniel Vorcaro. […] Brazilian Congressman Hélio Lopes—an ally of senator and current presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro—asked the Supreme […]
"The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) reported on Tuesday that conditions for journalism and freedom of expression in the Americas have deteriorated dramatically, with a regional average of 47.10 points, the lowest level since the Chapultepec Index of Freedom of Expression and the Press was first compiled. According to the report, now in its sixth edition, […]
“Known as one of the very few journalists in the state of Acre recognized for his critical and independent stance toward local political and economic powers, journalist Leonildo Rosas was sentenced to eight months in prison under a semi-open regime for criticizing federal Rep. Roberto Duarte, a member of the Republicanos party. The pro-Bolsonaro lawmaker […]
ARTICLE 19 Mexico and Central America expressed its concern over threats of legal action against Honduran journalist Helen Montoya Aguilera, of the news outlet Reportar Sin Miedo (Report Without Fear), following the publication of an investigation into alleged nepotism and conflicts of interest linked to the political circle of Honduran President Nasry “Tito” Asfura. The […]
“The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) warns of an increase in judicial actions brought in recent days against journalists and media outlets in Colombia, a trend that reveals a pattern of legal harassment aimed at intimidating, censoring, and obstructing independent journalism. The most recent episodes of this type of harassment affect journalist Lorena Beltrán and […]