“The local government in Lima, Peru, issued a statement accusing La República newspaper and its reporting team of sabotaging trains on the Lima-Chosica railway line. The accusation followed a report exposing the poor condition of locomotives and train cars — some more than 40 years old and decommissioned in the United States — that were […]
"Gudelia Gálvez Tafur, director of digital news outlet Huaraznoticias.com, has received death threats in response to her reporting on alleged irregularities in public works projects in the city of Huaraz, [department of Áncash, Peru]. The International Federation of Journalists and the National Association of Journalists of Peru have condemned the threats and are calling for […]
“Protesters blocking the highway that connects the city of Oruro with the department of Cochabamba intercepted two journalists on Tuesday, June 10, taking their cellphones and threatening to burn them, according to Bolivia’s National Press Association (ANP). The journalists—Adrián Toro Rojas of the digital outlet El Fulgor and Luis García Cabrera of private TV network […]
“A protester marching alongside supporters of former President Evo Morales in the city of Cochabamba threatened to set fire to news outlets that do not cover their demand for President Luis Arce’s resignation. Meanwhile, in Yapacaní (Santa Cruz), a journalist received a death threat. As roadblocks on major highways and marches by Morales supporters continued […]
“The director of news portal Portavoz MX, Andrés Pérez Mendiola, requested the intervention of the State Commission for the Protection and Attention of Journalists (CEAPP, by its Spanish acronym) after allegedly suffering a threat from the mayor of the municipality of Cazones [in the Mexican state of Veracruz], Miguel Ángel Uribe Toral, related to Pérez […]
"A few hours before the beginning of the silent period priors to elections [...] for mayoral candidates in [the Mexican state of] Veracruz [on May 29], journalist Raymundo García García, a contributor to [the newspaper] El Mundo de Orizaba, was the target of anonymous threats. The intimidations, which were also directed at his family, were […]
"Hours after revealing that [Argentina’s] State Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE, for its initials in Spanish) had approved a National Intelligence Plan opening the door for the collection and analysis of information on journalists, economists and other ‘actors’ seen as potentially undermining public confidence in government officials or ‘manipulating’ public opinion, journalist Hugo Alconada Mon was targeted […]
Magistrate Magda Zulema Mosri Gutiérrez, candidate for minister of Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), was accused of threatening journalist Álvaro Delgado Gómez with the phrase “This is as far as you go” ("hasta aquí llegaste") on the social media platform X after the journalist publicly pointed out that she is the […]
"2024 will go down in history as the deadliest year worldwide for journalists: 128 reporters were killed in retaliation for their work. In Colombia, the past year was the deadliest and most violent of the past decade. In the first months of this year, that trend continues: from Jan. 1 to May 2, there have […]
The Colombian tabloid "Q'Hubo Medellín reported on its social media accounts threats against its team of journalists after covering the murder of Sara Millerey González, an event that occurred on April 6 in the town of Bello, neighboring the city of Medellín. 'The calm in our newsroom was shattered after publishing a video of this […]
Several national and international organizations, as well as journalists and individuals known for their defense of the freedom of expression, have expressed solidarity and condemnation of a systematic campaign of attacks and threats against the journalists of Prensa Comunitaria and cofounder Nelton Rivera. The attacks have primarily occurred on social media and represent an attempt […]
The main organizations defending journalists in Brazil have expressed their support for reporters Gabriela Biló and Thaisa Oliveira, from Folha de S.Paulo, who have been suffering intimidation due to their coverage of the Jan. 8, 2023, coup in Brasília. The Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji, for its initials in Portuguese), the Brazilian Press Association […]