The new acts were revealed firsthand by the country's two largest newspapers and by Radio Corporación, the only opposition radio station that broadcasts nationwide, AFP reports. read more »

At least 10 reporters and camera operators were attacked in recent days in the north and east of the country, alarming the two leading media worker unions, EFE reports. read more »

The assassination of police reporter Bladimir Antuna in Durango has once again exposed the helplessness of media workers in Mexico. The situation makes the country one of the world's most riskiest in which to practice journalism. read more »

The Brazilian Association for Investigative Journalism (Abraji) reported an alleged assault on Fábio Oliva, editor of Folha do Norte in Januária, Minas Gerais. The journalist says he was punched and kicked by Fabrício Viana, the city’s ex-Finance Secretary. read more »

Mexico’s newly seated Chamber of Deputies has disbanded a special committee formed in 2006 to deal with crimes against journalists and the news media, the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) says. read more »

Wellington Raulino, owner of TV Integração, was beaten by four men while crossing the Parnaíba River on a boat towards the northern city of Benedito Leite, Maranhão, where his station operates, read more »

The report issued this week by Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) criticizes Mexico's press defense institutions as being passive and negiligent, contributing to "pepetuating the plight of the Mexican press." (Download the report as a PDF file.) read more »

At the Emergency Forum about Freedom of Expression held Friday in Caracas and sponsored by 17 journalism organizations, The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) criticized attacks against freedom of expression, emphasizing Venezuela and Cuba, Reuters reports (in Spanish). read more »

Judge Marcela Siles has issued a ruling prohibiting Aldolfo Cerrudo, an activist accused of repeatedly attacking journalists, from being near reporters or places where they are working, La Razón reports. read more »

A reporter and cameraman for the Santa Cruz branch of the private TV network Unitel were covering a prisoner transfer when the police shot at the crew, beat them, destroyed a camera, and took away their footage, La Razón reports. read more »

The Venezuelan Graphic Reporters Circle said attacks against media workers are "cowardly" and the "product of an aggressive and threatening discourse" that has "morally beaten Venezuela journalism," El Nacional reports. read more »

Approximately 35 people displaying the colors and paraphernalia of a political party that supports Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez attacked the headquarters of the opposition TV station Globovisíon. On Monday, the attackers rode in on motorcycles and threatened station personnel with guns and tear gas, Dow Jones reports. read more »

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) urged officials to promptly investigate acts of violence and intimidation reported in recent days. read more »

The federal government attributes 78 percent of Mexico's attacks against the press to private individuals and organized crime, but freedom of expression advocates blame authorities for at least 49 percent of the incidents, Liliana Alcántara reports for El Universal.

The UN's freedom of expression monitor, Frank La Rue—who is traveling to Mexico informally this week—says the State is obliged to guarantee journalists' safety and to investigate crimes against them, Alcántara adds. read more »

The National Workers Press Workers Union (SNTP) of the Dominican Republic reported a shooting attack against radio and TV producer José Luis Tejada and demanded that authorities investigate the case, Diario Digital reports. read more »

The Center for Journalism and Public Ethics (CEPET) reports an increasing number of attacks against journalists in Chihuahua state, with at least five cases reported in the last week. read more »

Faced with "a climate of severe repression around journalistic work," the federal government and the Mexican Congress agreed to create a Committee for Risk Assessment in order to protect the work of media and journalists around the country, El Universal reports.

Mexico is considered one of the most dangerous countries to practice journalism, due in part to violence linked to drug trafficking. read more »

Mexico City's Human Rights Commission and Amnesty International (AI) have urged federal authorities to guarantee the security and safety of Lydia Cacho and to conduct an exhaustive investigation of her most recent threats, EFE and read more »

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) called on newspaper readers in the Americas to sign an open letter to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, asking him to put resources into solving the death of journalist Jorge Vieira da Costa, who was killed in 2001 in read more »

In his class “Special Topics in Journalism,” Professor Gilson Monteiro lectured this week about politicians who interfere with news reporting in Amazonas state, using Vice Gov. Omar Aziz as an example. read more »