The island’s most famous blogger, author of Generation Y, said she and a fellow blogger were punched and forced violently into a car by presumed state security agents, Juan Tamayo reports for the Miami Herald. The bloggers were walking toward downtown Havana to take part in a protest march organized by musicians. read more »

An unidentified person hurled a fragmentation grenade at an influential radio station, HRN, while it was broadcasting the "Tegucigalpa at Night" program. A radio technician and one other person received minor injuries from falling debris, AFP reports. read more »

Devanil Rodrigues da Silva, host of a police program for CNT in Londrina, Paraná, was injured in the shoulders during the attack, which occurred as he arrived at home, Portal Imprensa reports. read more »

Rafael Dias, a reporter for the Diário de Pernambuco newspaper, was struck in the newspaper's lobby by two men who identified themselves as sons of Councilman Luiz Vidal of Recife who died on Saturday, the newspaper and Comunique-se report. read more »

A deputy from the ruling party submitted a bill to the House of Deputies that would restrict the use of data obtained through the information access law. read more »

Elena Rodríguez, a correspondent in Ecuador for the Telesur TV network, said she received a written threat on her car windshield the day after being robbed, beaten and kicked while in her car north of Quito, CRE Satelital and EFE report. She said the attack was aimed at her network, not at her. See more information in Spanish. read more »

Javier Núñez, a correspondent for Última Hora newspaper in
Caaguazú department, was taking photos of people he thought were illegally extracting gasoline from a truck. One of the men fired several shots, narrowly missing him, the Paraguayan Journalists Forum (FOPEP) reports. read more »

Several gunmen fired on the home of Guillermo Soto Bejarano in Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, La Jornada and El Universal report.

Police were unsure who carried out the attack on Sunday at 4:15 a.m.
Soto Bejarano edits two weeklies, Nuevo Milenio (New Millenium) and De Opinión, Voz del Istmo (Opinions, Voice of the isthmus).
He and his family were transported by local police to a secure location. read more »

The president of the Assocation of Journalists and Communicators of Alta Verapaz (APC-AV), Félix Maaz Bol, said his house in Cobán was attacked with gasoline and homemade bombs, Cerigua/IFEX reports. read more »

Four armed men used iron bars to smash the equipment of Diário FM, of Marília, São Paulo, after overpowering and tying up a guard, the Diário de Marília newspaper reports. read more »

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) condemned "acts of intimidation" against Clarín's executives and facilities. The Association of Argentine TV and Radio Broadcasters (ATA) also protested the actions, La Nación reports. read more »

The military prosecutor in the port of Valparaíso refused to indict a military police officer who struck photographer Víctor Salas, causing serious injury to his eye, La Tercera reports. read more »

José Muraro, an attorney and owner of the newspaper Pluriverso Chapadense in Mato Grosso state was arrested on charges of stabbing the former mayor of Chapada dos Guimarães, Sebastião Moreira da Silva, who underwent surgery for wounds from the attack. read more »

The day after gunmen shot up the offices of El Siglo de Torreón in the northern state of Coahuila, the head of Mexico's National Human Rights Commision said 52 journalists and media workers have been killed in Mexico in the last decade, the Associated Press reports. read more »

Unknown attackers opened fired on the home of Santiago Benítez in Pedro Juan Caballero, on the Brazilian border, 340 miles (550 km.) northeast of Asunción. The house was hit nine times in the 5:15 a.m. attack, and the journalist says most of the bullets were fired at a part of the house where his bedroom was previously located, the Paraguayan Journalists Union reports via IFEX. read more »

Four armed men invaded the offices of Hondudiario.com in an exclusive neighborhood of the capital, Tegucigalpa, fired shots into the air, and destroyed newsroom equipment, the Committee for Free Expression (C-LIbre) reports. See this story in English by IFEX. It was the second assault the daily has experienced in 15 days. read more »

Teleamazonas has leapt to its own defense after President Rafael Correa announced he is taking legal actions against the TV network and the El Universo newspaper, El Comercio reports. The actions would amount to the third lawsuit against the station and could lead to its definitive closure, El Comercio adds. read more »

The National Journalists Guild (CNP) of Venezuela decided, unanimously, to declare a state of conflict throughout the country due to constant threats against democracy and freedom of expression, El Universal reports. read more »

The Bolivian National Press Association (ANP) says attacks against independent media and journalists by the government of Evo Morales and radical sectors have increased, El Deber reports. read more »

Several media outlets in Oaxaca have expressed concern over attacks this month against their reporters, Mexico’s Center for Journalism and Public Ethics (CEPET) reports (in English via IFEX). read more »