Miami (April 26, 2024) – The Cuban regime detained the correspondent of the Spanish newspaper ABC, Camila Acosta, when she was heading to the municipality of Cárdenas to interview kinfolk of political prisoners. Acosta expressed that “the tales of political prisoners are delicate points and they’re stopping me from doing my job in any respect prices.”
In Paraguay, the official deputy Yamil Esgaib attacked journalists Fiona Aquino and Rocio Pereira Da Costa once they requested him concerning the hiring of his daughter, who works on the Paraguayan embassy in the UK. Subsequently, the parliamentary majority blocked a movement of no confidence towards the legislator.
In Mexico, the group Article 19 reported that in 2023 there have been 22 circumstances of judicial harassment towards journalists and media shops and, in Costa Rica, a consultant requested the federal government of President Rodrigo Chaves to desist from its aggressive attitudes in direction of the questions of the press.
However, the Minister of Overseas Commerce of Peru snatched the microphone from Néstor Larico, a journalist from Nueva TV Nacional, when questioned about her acceptance of the place. The Nationwide Affiliation of Journalists of Peru condemned the incident and maintained that “this stage of intolerance is inappropriate for somebody who workouts public workplace.”
The Basis for Freedom of the Press (FLIP) reported in Colombia that not less than 13 journalists had been attacked throughout protests towards President Gustavo Petro. “The reporters from RTVC, Juan Maza BQ, El Tiempo, Cofradía para el Cambio, Tras Este Visor and El Tamal Information had been victims of bodily and verbal assaults, obstruction of journalistic work and threats, which pressured them to interrupt protection to safeguard its integrity,” the group stated in a press release.
In Argentina, the Freedom of Expression Fee of the Chamber of Deputies talked about 20 journalists with whom President Javier Milei has clashed in current months.
In the USA, as a part of the felony trial towards former President Donald Trump, the director of the New York tabloid Nationwide Enquirer launched particulars concerning the apply of eliminating compromising details about public figures in change for paying cash to sources. The apply, referred to as “catch and kill”, doesn’t represent an specific crime however represents a critical influence on the train of free and impartial journalism.
Relating to the intense disaster in Nicaragua, a report from the NGO “Human Rights Collective Nicaragua By no means Once more“, since 2018, not less than 253 Nicaraguan journalists dwell in exile for safety causes.
The doc was printed throughout the sixth anniversary of the dying of journalist Ángel Gahona, whose homicide stays unsolved. This week, his case was highlighted by the IAPA within the marketing campaign “Voices that Demand Justice”an initiative that seeks to fight impunity and rescue the reminiscence of murdered journalists.
