The back to back murders of two prominent crime journalists have cast a dark shadow over Mexican press freedom. Miguel Angel Lopez Velasco, 55, a...
Drug wars threatening Mexican crime reporting
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CATEGORY: Mexico
A poet is Mexico’s new voice against drug violence
Javier Sicilia led 200,000 people to Mexico City's El Zocalo plaza in May in a National March for Justice and against Impunity. Just last week he...
Journalist’s body located after drug boss confesses
The ongoing violence against Mexico's media workers means there is little surprise when another journalist is found dead. Twelve journalists have...
Pirate community radio operators fined and jailed
Community radio stations have had a difficult time in Latin America in the last four years. In Mexico, Brazil and Chile, community radios have been...
Citizen journalism fills a void
Mexico City is the third largest city in the world. And like every major city, its citizens have a love hate relationship with governability. But in...
Colombian reporters to hold silent protest
Violence against journalists in Colombia has escalated recently, with paramilitary groups issuing threats against reporters all over the country....
Community radio conflicts
Community radio station have grown more popular in Mexico in the last few years creating conflicts with private radio networks. It is expected new...
Lucha Libre wrestler remains unmasked in topless row
The 1962 film Santoy las Mujeres Vampiro (Santo and the Vampire Women) was due to be screened for the first time last week at Mexico's Guadalajara...
Presumed Guilty found innocent
The scandal caused by the banning of the documentary Presunto Culpable Presumed Guilty has given a shot of life to Mexicans. On Wednesday, after a...
Award-winning documentary “Presunto Culpable” banned
A Mexican judge has ordered a temporary ban of Presunto Culpable, Presumed Guilty, an independent documentary that depicts the faults in public...
Aristegui reinstated
Carmen Aristegui, the radio broadcaster who was forced off the air recently, hit the wave lengths again this week after MVS, the Mexican radio...
Top journalist sacked for reporting rumours Mexico’s president is an alcoholic
Mexico's latest media scandal is the dismissal of popular radio and television host Carmen Aristegui, an incisive journalist who worked for the MVS...
