"What happens when a country's journalists are forced into exile? 'Te tienes que ir' (You have to go) explores the forced exodus of Venezuelan journalists in the United States. Through the voices of 10 professionals, this narrative essay reveals the struggles, adaptations and resilience of those who, seeing their integrity threatened, sought a refuge that […]
At an April 15 press conference, Venezuela's National College of Journalists warned that journalism has become a high-risk profession and that authorities have turned journalists into “political targets,” according to the outlet Efecto Cocuyo. The college said persecution and repression of journalists have intensified since the presidential elections last July. This year, the organization has […]
Journalist Nakary Ramos, who works for Impacto Venezuela, has been missing since April 8, when she was filming a report in Plaza Venezuela, Caracas. Her family does not know her whereabouts and fears she may be detained due to her work. The reported detention comes a day after Venezuela News published an article—signed by Ramos—criticizing […]
“The Venezuelan Prisons Observatory (OVP for its initials in Spanish) requested the release and medical attention for journalist José Gregorio Camero, detained eight months ago in the central state of Guárico. The organization reported that Camero's wife, Egda Graterol, has reported his health is deteriorating every day, as the journalist and political activist suffers from […]
"Radio Mundial, said goodbye this Monday [March 31] to its listeners in Venezuela after receiving an order from the authorities. At 11 a.m., a host announced that the signal was being suspended because the National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel, for its Spanish acronym) had decided to terminate its official concession. As documented by the NGO Espacio […]
“Medianálisis and its partners Cotejo.info and the Venezuelan Fake News Observatory present a quali-quantitative analysis of disinformation in Venezuela and its milestones from July 2024 to February 2025 with the purpose of contextualizing how the country is increasingly marked by the precariousness and shrinking of its media ecosystem. [...] Only between July 2024 and February […]
"Crime reporter Román Camacho was released from prison in the early hours of Friday, March 7, the journalist himself reported on his social media accounts. Camacho was arrested on Tuesday, March 4, when the National Union of Press Workers (SNTP, for its initials in Spanish) reported that security officials took him away at noon. What […]
“The National Union of Press Workers (SNTP, for its initials in Spanish) denounced this Tuesday, March 4, the arrest of news journalist Román Camacho. The information was released on the social network X. 'Journalist Román Camacho was arrested on March 4. As of noon this Tuesday he was transferred to a headquarters of the Cicpc […]
"Cheryl Ann Branker, the mother of Venezuelan journalist Rory Branker, said she has been unable to contact her son for a week and still does not know his whereabouts. Branker works for the digital news outlet LaPatilla.com. […] Meanwhile, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello addressed the case on Wednesday during his TV program on state media, […]
The National Union of Press Workers in Venezuela confirmed that journalist Eleangel Navas Vidal, who was detained during post-election protests in August 2024, has been released. The union announced on Feb. 26 that Navas Vidal was freed in late January, but the news was not made public until nearly a month later because his family […]
"Rory Branker, a journalist for the online news outlet La Patilla, was detained by officials from Sebin, the intelligence agency, the afternoon of February 20 in Caracas. "The outlet reported he was taken to Sebin’s headquarters in El Helicoide and that agents seized two laptops from his residence, according to the National Union of Press […]
"Carlos Correa, director of the Venezuelan human rights NGO Espacio Público who was arrested on Jan. 7, was released early Thursday [Jan. 16] morning, the organization reported in a message on [social media platform] X. 'We thank all the people, organizations, governments and groups that joined the call for his release,' says the message in […]