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Montevideo, August 3rd 2026 - 16:06 UTC

Tag: journalism

  • Friday, July 24th 2026 - 06:48 UTC

    Family of murdered journalist urges Paraguay to comply with Inter-American Court ruling

    The family also said it had proposed holding the official act of acknowledgment of responsibility at the site of the killing, a proposal that was not accepted

    The widow and children of Paraguayan journalist Santiago Leguizamón, murdered in 1991, have called on the state to fully comply with the ruling in which the Inter-American Court of Human Rights found Paraguay responsible for failing to properly investigate the crime. The demand was voiced on Monday at a ceremony beside the monument honoring the broadcaster in Pedro Juan Caballero, on the border with Brazil, convened by the family, the Paraguayan Journalists' Union, and the Human Rights Coordinating Body, with backing from the International Federation of Journalists.

  • Wednesday, October 2nd 2024 - 09:04 UTC

    Assange says he was free not because the system worked

    Journalism is not a crime, Assange insisted

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Tuesday in his first public appearance after his release from the Belmarsh maximum security prison in the United Kingdom in late June that he was “free because I pled guilty to journalism.”

  • Wednesday, September 18th 2024 - 09:54 UTC

    Brazilian court about to release suspect in reporters Bruno and Dom case

    “Crime scene and crime dinner are different things,” the case rapporteur argued in the murder of Phillips and Pereira

    Brasilia's Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region (TRF1) Tuesday agreed to review an appeal filed by the legal team of one of the three defendants in the much-publicized 2022 murder of native-peoples activist Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips in the Indigenous Land of Vale do Javari in the Amazon, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Friday, October 20th 2023 - 09:09 UTC

    Brazil: Bolsonaro fined for abusing reporters verbally

    The journalists' union recorded 175 attacks by Bolsonaro against the press in 2020 alone

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced Thursday by a Sao Paulo court to pay journalists R$ 50,000 (US$ 9,900) for collective moral damages which will go to the State Fund for the Defense of Diffuse Rights.

  • Friday, May 26th 2023 - 09:29 UTC

    Unesco to create spaces for Latin American reporters at risk

    Costa Rica will be “a pilot instance” to be replicated throughout Latin America, said Weibel

    The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) announced that the global project Supporting Safe Spaces for Journalists in Conflict Situations will reach Latin America, starting in Costa Rica in the second half of 2023, it was reported Thursday.

  • Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 15:58 UTC

    A news site set AI to write text and had to cancel the whole thing: it turns out bad

    As with automation in other parts of the workforce, some people don't trust companies to use AI ethically.

    The U.S. technology website CNET has stopped publishing articles written by Artificial Intelligence (AI), at least for the time being, as reported by The Verge.

  • Friday, September 16th 2022 - 09:43 UTC

    Guild of Venezuelan journalists feels threatened by unlicensed teachings

    “Pretending to usurp the functions of journalists carries penalties that include imprisonment from three to six months,” the CNP warned

    In a country where some people claim freedom of expression is at risk after many radio stations were shut down, Venezuela's National College of Journalists (CNP) Thursday issued a press release warning against journalism workshops that do not lead to a qualifying degree.

  • Tuesday, May 3rd 2022 - 09:24 UTC

    Angela Rayner, porn in parliament and a depressing week for British politics

    An unnamed source had told that Labour's deputy leader, Angela Rayner, crosses and uncrosses her legs to “distract” the PM during parliamentary sessions

    By Lindsey Blumell (*) - There are more women in the UK parliament and government than ever before – making up about one-third of the total 650 members. Yet, there are still cases like The Mail on Sunday running the headline “Stone the crows! Tories accuse Rayner of Basic Instinct ploy to distract Boris”. An unnamed source had told the outlet that Labour's deputy leader, Angela Rayner, crosses and uncrosses her legs to “distract” the prime minister during parliamentary sessions. In case anyone was in doubt about the reference, the article was accompanied by the famous image of Sharon Stone from the film.

  • Wednesday, February 9th 2022 - 22:01 UTC

    Cabello judicially seizes Caracas' El Nacional newspaper

    Venezuela's second most powerful man behind President Maduro had been reported as linked to drug trafficking, so he sued the outlet for damages

    Caracas' El Nacional newspaper has been handed over to United Socialist Party of Venezuela Deputy Chairman Diosdado Cabello Rondón, thus executing a judiciary ruling issued late in January in a damages suit against the publication.

  • Saturday, June 26th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

    Mexican government accused of spying on non-acquiescent columnists

    A columnist wondered if AMLO wanted to become a copycat of Daniel Ortega or Nicolás Maduro

    The Mexican government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has been accused this week of mounting an espionage scheme to intimidate journalists, it was reported by the newspaper El Universal.

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