A ruling by the Constitutional Court sided with two journalists seeking to unlock the Catholic Church’s 'secret archive' on investigations into priests accused of sexual abuse. Church officials say the ruling goes too far.
Nine military personnel were sanctioned for monitoring and profiling 130 people, including 30 journalists. But for investigative outlet Rutas del Conflicto, the punishment overlooks long-term harm.
Claudia Duque has spent two decades fighting for justice after being spied on and threatened by government agents. So now that the state is finally offering an apology, why is she refusing to accept it?
Through a theatrical performance, investigative journalists from Colombian site Rutas del Conflicto tell the story of how the Sikuani Indigenous people were displaced from their ancestral home.
More than half of a group of Colombian journalists surveyed consider leaving the profession due to low salaries and job instability. The study also showed that press workers in that country do not see unionization as a way to improve their working conditions.
As two armed groups fight for control to traffic drugs through the Catatumbo region, local journalists are facing new risks to cover violence that has displaced 36,000 people.
In less than a month, at least four journalists have been killed in Mexico, Peru and Colombia for reasons that could be linked to their work. Experts say these numbers are evidence that violence continues to be one of the main ways to censor in many countries in the region.
Countering narratives of hate, listening to migrants and delivering practical information are practices journalists who report on migrant communities are implementing to improve coverage ahead of possible measures from the U.S. president.
In her debut book ‘A Poison Called Lead,’ reporter Eél María Angulo chronicles her decade-long fight to expose lead pollution's impact on Colombia's children.
Latin America remains one of the most dangerous regions for journalists, with criminals and governments using killings and arbitrary detentions to silence press workers.
Digital satire programs, such as Mexico’s “El Pulso de la República” or Colombia’s “La Pulla,” are gaining increasing visibility and having big impacts on public discourse in their countries. They’re also filling the gap in sociopolitical criticism left by traditional media, according to research by Peruvian journalist and academic Paul Alonso.
Collusion by authorities, lack of official data and indifference from society make it difficult to cover human trafficking and exploitation, according to journalists who have investigated the topic in Colombia, Mexico and Paraguay.