"A total of 913 journalists have been forced to leave their countries in Latin America from 2018 to 2024 to protect their lives, safety, or freedom. This is according to the report “Displaced Voices: An X-ray of Latin American Journalistic Exile 2018–2024,” published by Proledi at the University of Costa Rica, along with Fundamedios (USA) […]
"The young Venezuelan journalist Nakary Mena Ramos marked 100 days in detention on Wednesday, July 17. The National Union of Press Workers (SNTP for its initials in Spanish) called for her release, noting she is the only woman among the 20 journalists currently jailed in the country. Mena Ramos, a reporter for the outlet Impacto […]
"Venezuela’s National Union of Press Workers (SNTP for its initials in Spanish) reported the release of journalist José Gregorio Camero on the night of July 21. The SNTP said Camero, like the other jailed journalists, was unjustly detained. ‘We continue to demand the release of the other 19 journalists and press workers who remain behind […]
"This Sunday [July 13], Yris Azócar, the mother of detained journalist Víctor Ugas, asked the Attorney General's Office, the Ombudsman's Office and the Venezuelan Penitentiary Ministry for information on the state of her son's health as a matter of urgency. 'I urgently need to know how my son, Víctor Andrés Ugas, is doing, if he […]
"Journalist's Day was not a day of celebration in Venezuela. Press workers, censored, persecuted, underpaid and almost exterminated, now have the duty to demand the freedom of some 20 of their colleagues detained by the regime. On July 4, they staged an eloquent scene by displaying on the façade of the National College of Journalists […]
"The National Association of Journalists, the National Union of Press Workers (SNTP, for its acronym in Spanish), and the Circle of Photojournalists demanded the release of the 20 journalists and media workers detained in the country and paid tribute to their work and courage. The event, held at the National House of Journalists, brought together […]
"Gabriel Jesús Sarmiento Rodríguez recorded his own murder in a live Tiktok stream. The 25-year-old influencer died in his home in the El Piñonal sector, Aragua state, in the central region of Venezuela, at the hands of several armed men who had broken into his residence, according to the tiktoker's own narration. In the recording […]
“The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) on Tuesday [June 10] demanded that Venezuela immediately release three journalists from the South American country ‘detained for reporting’ over the past two months in ‘a context of growing repression against the independent press.’ In a statement, the Miami-based organization 'strongly' condemned the 'forced disappearance and subsequent arbitrary detention' of […]
"Miguel Henrique Otero, publisher and editor of El Nacional of Venezuela, reiterated this Thursday, June 5, his accusation against the telecommunications company Telefónica for censorship and repression of freedom of expression in Venezuela. Otero, who is in exile, said that both the company and its president collaborated directly with Nicolás Maduro's regime to allow the […]
"The National Association of Journalists (CNP, for its Spanish acronym) of Venezuela has made an urgent call for the release of 16 press workers detained in the context of political instability following the elections held in July last year. These elections gave a disputed victory to President Nicolás Maduro and, as a result, left a […]
"The National Association of Press Workers (SNTP, for its Spanish acronym) denounced this Friday [May 23] the detention of journalist and university professor Carlos Marcano, after Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello accused him of being part of an alleged plot against the regional and legislative elections scheduled for this Sunday [May 25]. According to what was […]
“The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression (SRFOE) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) releases its thematic report ‘Exile of Journalists and Freedom of Expression’, a document that examines the rising number of journalists across the Americas forced to leave their countries of origin, as well as the causes, challenges […]