Carolina de Assis
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Cuban journalist begins serving year-long prison sentence after being convicted of resistance and disobedience
Cuban journalist Roberto de Jesús Quiñones Haces was taken to prison on Sept. 11, just over a month after being convicted of the crimes of resistance and disobedience. Quiñones, w → Read More
With 'listening clubs,' Radio Ambulante wants to bring Latin America closer to the podcast
This story was updated to include details about the funding of the project. When the radio reached Latin American homes in the first half of the 20th century, families and neighbors gathered around th → Read More
Threatened Brazilian media professionals officially included in protection mechanism of the Ministry of Human Rights
Communicators threatened for doing their work were officially included in the protection program for human rights defenders of Brazil’s Ministry of Human Rights (MDH, for its initials in Portugu → Read More
Threatened Brazilian media professionals officially included in protection mechanism of the Ministry of Human Rights
Communicators threatened for doing their work were officially included in the protection program for human rights defenders of Brazil’s Ministry of Human Rights (MDH, for its initials in Portugu → Read More
Press advocates protest after Venezuelan journalist is sent to military prison
A Venezuelan journalist who previously fled his country because of threats is now in a military prison facing multiple charges rejected by press freedom advocates. Jesús Medina (Twitter) Venez → Read More
Radio journalist killed in Bahia is fourth Brazilian journalist killed in 2018
Brazilian radio journalist Marlon de Carvalho Araújo, 37, was murdered on Aug. 16 inside his home in Riachão de Jacuípe, Bahia, in the northeastern region of Brazil. Police suspec → Read More
Cláudio Weber Abramo, transparency advocate and data journalism pioneer, dies in Brazil
Brazilian journalist Claudio Weber Abramo, aged 72, died on Aug. 12 in São Paulo. A mathematician by training and a Master in philosophy, Abramo has been celebrated by his colleagues and friend → Read More
State radio station set on fire amid protests against Nicaraguan government
The headquarters of Radio Nicaragua, state radio station of the Central American country, was attacked and destroyed by a fire in the early morning hours of June 8, according to local press reports. T → Read More
Mexican authorities arrest second person in the murder of journalist Javier Valdez
The Special Prosecutor’s Office for the Attention of Crimes Committed against Freedom of Expression (Feadle) of Mexico, with the help of Federal Police, carried out an arrest warrant against Jua → Read More
Brazilian project MemeNews joins journalism and humor for social transformation
About a month ago, the MemeNews project started sending a daily bulletin with news headlines and summaries focusing on the Brazilian Legislative, Judicial and Executive branches. But more than being a → Read More
Brazilian journalist accused of terrorism after reporting on the Islamic State
Brazilian journalist Felipe Oliveira has been accused of the crime of promoting terrorism after infiltrating a group of sympathizers of the Islamic State (IS) as part of a journalistic investigation c → Read More
Councillor and five others accused in murder of Brazilian radio journalist
On April 4, the Civil Police of the State of Goiás handed the Brazilian justice system the completed investigation of the murder of radio journalist Jefferson Pureza, who was killed in the city → Read More
Argentine newspapers closed or abandoned by owners are recuperated by workers' cooperatives
At the end of 2001, Argentina's political and economic crisis was the main theme in Latin American news coverage. The economic recession that culminated in intense popular protests and the resigna → Read More
Cuban online magazine El Estornudo reports it is blocked on the island
Cuban online magazine El Estornudo said the Cuban government has blocked access to the site, one of the main digital media outlets of an emerging independent journalism scene on the island. “In → Read More
Brazilian deputy secretary of Embu das Artes accused by police in attack on journalist
The Brazilian Civil Police have accused Renato Oliveira, deputy secretary of Embu das Artes prefecture, in the São Paulo metropolitan region, of being the author of an attack against journalist → Read More
Brazilian deputy secretary of Embu das Artes accused by police in attack on journalist
The Brazilian Civil Police have accused Renato Oliveira, deputy secretary of Embu das Artes prefecture, in the São Paulo metropolitan region, of being the author of an attack against journalist → Read More
Brazilian police arrest councilman and three other suspects in murder of radio journalist in Goiás
The Brazilian Civil Police arrested four people on Feb. 9 in the town of Edealina, in the state of Goiás, who are suspected in the murder of radio broadcaster Jefferson Pureza. Those arres → Read More
Abraji activates Tim Lopes Program to Protect Journalists to investigate murder of radio host in Brazil
The Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji) announced on Jan. 24 that members of the organization will investigate the murder of radio journalist Jefferson Pureza Lopes, who was sho → Read More
Two journalists killed in Brazil in the span of two days
Seven months after the last recorded murder in Brazil in which a journalist was killed in retaliation for their work, the country saw two murders of journalists in just two days. Ueliton Brizon (Faceb → Read More
Bolivian journalists declare an ‘emergency’ regarding parts of new Penal Code that criminalize defamation
The National Association of Bolivian Journalists (ANPB, for its initials in Spanish) and the Association of Journalists of La Paz (APLP) have declared an “emergency” in rejection of articl → Read More