National Mexican television network Televisa, based in Matamoros, Tamaulipas state, suffered a bomb attack on 25 March. No one was injured in the...
Mexico: TV network faces bomb attack
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Brazil: Two journalists murdered
Two Brazilian journalists were murdered near the Paraguayan border over the weekend. Onei de Moura, owner of weekly newspaper Costa Oeste was...
Venezuela: Chavez accuses press of “media terrorism”
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez accused the press of "media terrorism" during a Ministers Council meeting this week, following reports on...
El Salvador: Online newspaper faces government criticism
Last week, the online newspaper El Faro ran a story on how the Salvadoran government negotiated a truce with criminal gangs, known as "maras", just...
Bolivia: Journalist sentenced to prison for defamation
A Bolivian journalist has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison on charges of "defamation, libel and spreading insults". Rogelio Peláez,...
Brazilian journalist abducted by armed kidnappers
Journalist Milton Alves Jr. was reportedly abducted on 7 March in Aracaju, capital of the Brazilian state of Sergipe. After placing a hood over his...
Honduras: 18th journalist killed since 2010
A radio broadcaster has been killed in Sabá, northern Honduras, making him the 18th journalist to be killed in the country since 2010. Fausto Elio...
Bestselling author sued for libel after suggesting corruption
The author and publisher of a bestselling book on Mexican drug trafficking were sued in Mexico City this week for defamation. Anabel Hernandez, and...
Venezuela: GlobovisiĂłn journalists attacked
A team of Globovisión journalists were attacked by supporters of President Hugo Chávez in Venezuela on Sunday. The journalists were covering an...
Correa pardon does not lessen chill on Ecuador’s free press
When Ecuador's President Rafael Correa issued Monday a presidential pardon and forgave a multi-million dollar fine and prison terms for a former...
Cuba: Ladies in White prevented from marking activist’s death
Cuban authorities yesterday prevented members of women's organisation Ladies in White from entering a building in downtown Havana for an event...
Panama: Ecuadoran newspaper publisher offered asylum
Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli offered asylum to Ecuadoran publisher Carlos Pérez Barriga, one of the owners of the El Universo newspaper....
