"In a symbolic gesture on Journalists' Day, Ministers Wellington César Lima e Silva (Justice and Public Security) and Sidônio Palmeira (Secretariat for Social Communication of the Presidency of the Republic) participated this Tuesday [April 7] in the signing ceremony for the National Protocol for the Investigation of Crimes Against Journalists and Communicators. Developed within the […]
"Journalist Fernando Busian, a member of the communications team for the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL, for its Portuguese initials), reports that he has been the target of threats since last Wednesday (March 25). The case was reported on Monday (March 30) at the Cybercrimes Division of the São Paulo Civil Police, and the journalist […]
Colombia’s Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP, by its acronym in Spanish) rejected the death threats reported by journalist Gonzalo Guillén and warned they represent an attack on press freedom. Guillén said on social media on March 26 that he had received information about an alleged plan to kill him, allegedly coordinated from a prison in […]
"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, […]
“The Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) reported that journalist Yeison Rojas, a correspondent for Teleantioquia in the Urabá subregion, was threatened by alleged members of the Gaitanist Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AGC), who ordered him to leave the territory with his family before midnight on March 2. According to the organization, Rojas received a phone […]
"Reporters Without Borders (RSF, for its French initials) has documented four cases of death threats against journalists in Ecuador between January and February 2026, a shocking spike as a RSF partner recorded three of these threats for the whole year of 2025. The threats — phone calls and direct messages — often follow reporting on […]
Pedro Segura, a former candidate with Mexico's Green and Labor parties for governor in the state of Guerrero, threatened journalist Carlos Loret de Mola after the latter showed on the digital channel Latinus a video showing Segura singing a corrido in tribute to the alleged slain drug trafficker Nemesio Oseguera “El Mencho.” In a video […]
"On Friday, Feb. 20, journalist Fernanda de Luna Ferral was notified by the Veracruz Public Security Secretariat (SSP, for its Spanish initials) about the withdrawal of her security detail, even though these types of measures are carried out in coordination with the Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists, an agency that did not […]
"On Feb. 18, members of the newspaper Proclama del Pacífico were intercepted, threatened and forced to suspend distribution of their paper in northern Cauca. The Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP, for its Spanish initials) condemns and denounces this act, which constitutes a violent act of censorship that restricts the public's right to receive information and […]
"Reporter Leonardo Martínez Peralta —displaced for four years— denounced that the Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists has ignored his request to change his refuge, even though the place has been broken into and robbed on at least three occasions. He recounted that in March 2025, thieves broke into the house provided by […]
"The Foundation for Press Freedom [FLIP, by its Spanish acronym] is alerting the public of a serious escalation of intimidation against Dubán García, director of the Al Día Noticias newscast, and Hamilton Obando, cameraman and producer for the same media outlet in Mocoa, [in the Colombian department of] Putumayo. In recent days, a plot to […]
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 […]