“The Chavista regime seized cameras, computers, and transmission equipment from the independent network VPItv and closed the Maracaibo headquarters of the newspaper Panorama. In addition, the site TalCual was hacked and the official network Globovisión published an extensive article accusing Efecto Cocuyo, Caraota Digital and El Pitazo of being 'financed to overthrow the government.'" Read […]
“On December 2 in the town of Altagracia de Orituco in central Guárico state, armed assailants shot [Jamel] Louka, a reporter and photographer with the privately owned Diario La Antena and a contributor to independent news website El Pitazo, in his left arm as he was fleeing what he described as a botched kidnapping attempt […]
"The Government of Venezuela confirmed this Tuesday (10.27.2020) that journalist Roland Carreño - of whom there had been no news for 24 hours and who acts as coordinator of Voluntad Popular (VP), the party of opposition leader Leopoldo López - was arrested. The Minister of Communications, Freddy Ñáñez, explained on his Twitter account that 'he […]
"Journalist María Ramírez and Susana Reyes, secretary, both employees of [newspaper] Correo del Caroní, were released by the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebin, for its acronym in Spanish). The situation occurred after more than 6 hours of arbitrary detention ... On Tuesday morning, Sebin raided the headquarters of the newspaper Correo del Caroní, located in […]
"Officials from the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service on Tuesday raided the headquarters of the newspaper Correo del Caroní, located in Puerto Ordaz, Bolívar state... On Monday, October 12, the soldiers detained David Natera Febres, director of Correo del Caroní, for several hours after raiding his residence." Read original article (in Spanish)
"Venezuela and Brazil dominated the Roche Awards for Health Journalism in sound, digital and daily health coverage, which were delivered virtually on Thursday night." See the list of winners (in Spanish)
“The Venezuelan Press and Society Institute (IPYS-Venezuela) published its most recent investigation ‘Atlas of Silence: The news deserts in Venezuela,’ in which it revealed that more than five million people live without access to sufficient media in the country. Through its national network of correspondents and the systematization of data, it analyzed the reality of […]
“The agents belong to a squad created by president Nicolás Maduro and of which the High Commissioner of the UN for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, had demanded last year its dissolution due to multiple denouncements of human rights violations. Six agents of the Special Action Force (FAES) of Venezuela were arrested after the killing of […]
"Five Venezuelan journalism associations in the world have decided to unite as a Federation to multiply their efforts for their fight for the freedom of expression and to support Venezuelan journalists, in their integration in the societies they reside in." Read original article (Spanish)
"A team with Venezuelan site Crónica.Uno was detained in Catia while covering measures taken by the Maduro government in relation to the coronavirus. Three press workers also reported that the authorities did not allow them to work. Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López said Sunday that the press could be on the streets despite the demand […]