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Leftists lean on the Latin American media
Analysis from the Americas section of Attacks on the Press in 2006:
Ataques á la prensa en 2006:
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ARGENTINA
CPJ Special Report: News for Sale
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Millions of pesos in government advertising are distributed without clear rules or standards.
October 23, 2007
Radio reporter wounded while covering social protest
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September 13, 2007
Supreme Court ruling limits manipulation of state ads
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September 7, 2007
Radio journalist convicted on criminal slander charge
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NEWS ALERT
September 4, 2007
CPJ urges Argentine municipal government to reopen newspaper plant
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LETTER
August 7, 2007
Death threats follow allegations of police abuse
CASE
January 7, 2007
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BAHAMAS
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BELIZE
Journalist beaten outside home in Belize City
CASE
October 2, 2007
Unidentified individuals vandalize local journalist’s car
CASE
September 28, 2007
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BOLIVIA
Bolivian media attacked in protests over constitutional reform
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NEWS ALERT
November 27, 2007
CPJ Special Report:
Bolivia's Historic Moment
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Class and ethnic tensions stir antagonism between the Morales adminitration and the press.
September 25, 2007
CPJ mission to Bolivia finds growing difficulties for media
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NEWS ALERT
June 8, 2007
Reporter attacked while covering protests
CASE
January 16, 2007
11 journalists attached while covering protests
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January 10, 2007
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BRAZIL
Radio commentator shot and wounded
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November 26, 2007
Four arrested in journalist shooting
CASE UPDATE
September 27, 2007
Crime reporter shot and wounded
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September 20, 2007
Assailants fire shots at TV host’s car
CASE
September 13, 2007
Former mayor receives prison sentence for journalist’s murder
CASE
August 10, 2007
Photojournalist brutally detained while covering plane crash
CASE
July 18, 2007
Journalist who denounced corruption shot to death
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May 7, 2007
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CANADA
Urdu-language columnist attacked after alleged anti-Islam articles
CASE
April 19, 2007
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CHILE
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COLOMBIA
National Police Director links journalist to leftist guerrilla group
CASE
November 24, 2007
Journalist threatened with death following reports on corruption
CASE
November 22, 2007
After death threats, two Colombian journalists flee the country
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October 24, 2007
Uribe urged to retract comments about reporters
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LETTER
October 11, 2007
Journalist forced to flee following Uribe’s accusations
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October 9, 2007
Uribe’s accusations raise alarm
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October 3, 2007
Threatened journalist flees the country
CASE UPDATE
September 22, 2007
Two politicians arrested for 2003 journalist murder
CASE
September 13, 2007
Journalist stabbed to death in Cartago
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September 5, 2007
Bogotá journalist receives threats after probe
CASE
August 13, 2007
Police attack photographer covering protest
CASE
June 27, 2007
Authorities detain and deport Ecuadorian TV crew
CASE
June 26, 2007
Correspondent for US daily receives death threat
CASE
May 25, 2007
Radio journalist flees his home after guerrilla threats
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May 25, 2007
CPJ urges Colombia to probe tapping of journalist’s phones
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May 15, 2007
Photographer threatened after denouncing police attack
CASE
May 9 and 10, 2007
Two journalists flee after death threats and murder plot
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March 27, 2007
Paramilitary fighter convicted of 2002 murder of local journalist
CASE
February 27, 2007
Unidentified gunmen in Colombia fire shots outside paper’s offices
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February 22, 2007
Photographer attacked by local police
CASE
February 13, 2007
CPJ alarmed by gag order against daily
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January 30, 2007
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COSTA RICA
Two men convicted in Costa Rica murder
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December 20, 2007
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Journalist released after 15 months in prison
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August 21, 2007
Independent journalist, held for more than a year, is sentenced
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July 6, 2007
Health of jailed independent journalist worsens, says family
CASE
June 22, 2007
Health of independent journalist in prison deteriorates
CASE
June 21, 2007
Health of jailed journalists deteriorates
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NEWS ALERT
June 20, 2007
Journalist sentenced to prison on ‘dangerousness’ charge
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NEWS ALERT
April 19, 2007
CPJ urges acting president to immediately release all jailed journalists
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LETTER
March 14, 2007
CPJ condemns Cuba's decision to ban three foreign correspondents
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NEWS ALERT
February 23, 2007
CPJ concerned about the health of jailed independent journalist
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February 16, 2007
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Police beat and threaten journalist
CASE
November 24, 2007
Journalist threatened after corruption report
CASE
June 11, 2007
Court sentences man to 30 years in journalist’s murder
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May 3, 2007
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ECUADOR
CPJ: Ecuadoran President Correa should drop libel suit
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NEWS ALERT
May 15, 2007
Journalist convicted on criminal defamation charges
CASE
March 13, 2007
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EL SALVADOR
Two journalists attacked during protest in western El Salvador
CASE
October 25, 2007
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GUATEMALA
Protesters detain cameraman
CASE
August 27, 2007
Radio station attacked in the wake of presidential elections
CASE
September 4, 2007
Radio producer gunned down
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May 4, 2007
Local reporters attacked while covering mob attack
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April 26, 2007
Journalists threatened with death after reporting on murder scandal
CASE
March 2, 2007
Local mayor threatens radio reporter with death
CASE
February 9, 2007
Shots fired at reporter’s car
CASE
February 3, 2007
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GUYANA
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HAITI
Two convicted in Haitian journalist’s murder
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NEWS ALERT
December 14, 2007
Unidentified gunman shoot at radio station in Port-au-Prince
CASE
November 6, 2007
Prominent Haitian journalist threatened
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October 31, 2007
Préval pledges justice in murders of Haitian journalists
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September 27, 2007
Two gang members sentenced to life in prison for journalist murder
CASE
August 30, 2007
Committee will oversee investigations of journalist murders
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August 13, 2007
Radio journalist shot to death
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May 18, 2007
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HONDURAS
Radio journalist murdered in Tegucigalpa
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October 19, 2007
CPJ urges president to reverse broadcast order
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LETTER
May 31, 2007
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MEXICO
Reporter killed in central Mexico
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NEWS ALERT
December 10, 2007
CPJ Special Report:
A New Front in Mexico
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Drug-fueled violence against the press has spread to the central state of Michoacán.
November 7, 2007
Reporter threatened and robbed in central Michoacán
CASE
October 26, 2007
CPJ calls for investigation into Bradley Will murder
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LETTER
October 26, 2007
Newsroom resigns following death threats and murder of mediaworkers
CASE
October 9, 2007
Three media workers murdered in the state of Oaxaca
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NEWS ALERT
October 9, 2007
Federal authorities exonerate reporters held by Mexican army
CASE
September 17, 2007
Three reporters die covering truck explosion
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September 10, 2007
Bullets found outside home of journalist who criticized local government
CASE
August 28, 2007
Mexican human rights commission investigates case of reporters detained by the army
CASE
August 15, 2007
Mexican journalist recounts abuse during army detention
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August 14, 2007
Journalists detained by Mexican army are released
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August 10, 2007
Mexican army detains four reporters covering a drug raid
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August 9, 2007
Journalist shot and wounded after corruption reports
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August 6, 2007
Colleagues of journalist who was shot receive death threats
CASE
August 5, 2007
Warnings issued for U.S. reporters working along Mexican border
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July 13, 2007
Supreme Court says governor may have violated journalist's rights
CASE UPDATE
June 26, 2007
Oaxaca journalist shot and wounded
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June 13, 2007
Severed head left outside newspaper in southeastern Mexico
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May 29, 2007
Daily in northern Mexico shuts down after attacks
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May 25, 2007
Second grenade attack against northern newspaper
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May 17, 2007
TV news crew missing since Thursday
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May 14, 2007
In meeting with Mexican ambassador,
CPJ urges action on press attacks
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May 9, 2007
Leading journalist Cacho harassed
CASE
May 7, 2007
Police assault journalist without provocation
CASE
April 30, 2007
Missing reporter is found dead
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NEWS ALERT
April 24, 2007
CPJ Special Report:
A Killing in Mexico
Brad Will was shot down while documenting civil unrest in Oaxaca.
April 17, 2007
Abducted crime reporter still missing
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NEWS ALERT
April 17, 2007
Grenade explodes outside daily in northern Sonora state
CASE
April 17, 2007
Border journalist flees the country after violent attack
CASE
April 14, 2007
CPJ welcomes Calderón’s signature on landmark defamation law
NEWS ALERT
April 13, 2007
Two men arrested in connection with journalist’s murder
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April 11, 2007
CPJ urges Mexican president to stop attacks against the press after execution of journalist Amado Ramírez Dillanes
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LETTER
April 9, 2007
Respuestas del gobierno mexicano
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March 7, 2007
After crime stories, a reporter disappears in southern Mexico
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January 26, 2007
Local government supports attack two radio reporters
CASE
January 24, 2007
Mexican reporter says coverage of priest abuse case sparks threats
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January 17, 2007
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NICARAGUA
President’s security officers beat journalist at official event
CASE
December 19, 2007
Local officials threaten reporter with death
CASE
February 14, 2007
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PANAMA
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PARAGUAY
Radio journalist gunned down in southeastern Paraguay
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August 23, 2007
Missing radio journalist found 17 months after vanishing
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July 16, 2007
Journalist threatened after corruption, drug trafficking reports
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May 3, 2007
Paraguayan reporter missing for over a year; CPJ seeks urgent investigation
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LETTER
February 8, 2007
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PERU
Court convicts killers but acquits masterminds in murder
CASE
November 14, 2007
Five journalists shot at by land traffickers
CASE
June 28, 2007
CPJ Special Report:
A Mayor and a Murder
A surprising reversal by the Supreme Court leaves a slain reporter's family seeking justice.
May 30, 2007
Two journalists threatened in northwestern Áncash province
CASE
May 24, 2007
Provincial journalist convicted of defamation
CASE
May 22, 2007
In Peru, radio commentator slain in front of family
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March 19, 2007
Journalist threatened with death after reporting on corruption in local government
CASE
January 26, 2007
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PUERTO RICO
U.S. judge says FBI did not use excessive force against reporters
CASE
June 14, 2007
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UNITED STATES
CPJ Special Report:
The Local Newsman
Chauncey Bailey was a tough local reporter who dug into crime and corruption.
October 31, 2007
Al-Jazeera cameraman’s health deteriorates at Guantanamo
NEWS ALERT
October 10, 2007
Former BBC captive voices support for detained Al-Jazeera cameraman
NEWS ALERT
October 4, 2007
CPJ expresses support for Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act
LETTER
September 27, 2007
Al-Jazeera cameraman’s health said to deteriorate
CASE
August 24, 2007
Suspect confesses to Oakland editor’s murder
NEWS ALERT
August 6, 2007
U.S. editor gunned down in Oakland
NEWS ALERT
August 2, 2007
Miami columnist target of threats
CASE
June 2007
CPJ urges New York City to act against newspaper destruction, threat
LETTER
June 6, 2007
In clearing soldiers in 2004 Iraq shooting, U.S. report leaves contradictions unaddressed
NEWS ALERT
May 24, 2007
Panel raises concerns about journalists held without charge by U.S.
NEWS ALERT
May 8, 2007
Government probes Michael Moore’s work in Cuba
CASE
May 2, 2007
L.A. police attack journalists covering immigration rights rally
CASE
May 1, 2007
CPJ delegation meets with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
NEWS ALERT
April 27, 2007
CPJ welcomes word that freelance journalist Josh Wolf may be released
NEWS ALERT
April 3, 2007
CPJ calls for release of imprisoned journalist Josh Wolf
NEWS ALERT
March 29, 2007
Disappointment as mediation fails to free U.S. video blogger
NEWS ALERT
March 9, 2007
Al-Jazeera cameraman force-fed during hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay
NEWS ALERT
March 5, 2007
Concern about jailed Al-Jazeera camerman's health
NEWS ALERT
February 28, 2007
Two journalists avoid jail in steroid case
NEWS ALERT
February 15, 2007
CPJ welcomes talks on code of conduct for Internet companies
NEWS ALERT
January 18, 2007
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URUGUAY
Supreme Court convicts journalist in criminal defamation case
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April 18, 2007
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VENEZUELA
Television reporter attacked while covering debate
CASE
October 25, 2007
Authorities issue arrest warrant for journalist who has reported on corruption
CASE
August 14, 2007
Court’s decision allows RCTV to remain on cable
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August 2, 2007
Venezuela could remove RCTV from cable
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July 31, 2007
Director of critical news Web site resigns after threats
CASE
June 27, 2007
RCTV off the air; CPJ urges government to respect dissent
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May 29, 2007
Police attack TV reporter covering student protest
CASE
May 28, 2007
CPJ urges Chávez to allow RCTV to stay on the air
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LETTER
May 24, 2007
Reporter detained while covering protest
CASE
April 30, 2007
CPJ Special Report:
Static in Venezuela
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The Chávez administration pulls a broadcast license as it asserts media muscle.
April 24, 2007
Authorities accuse Ceferino García of premeditated murder of Mauro Marcano
CASE
March 29, 2007
Newspaper and humorist fined over satirical letter to Chávez' daughter
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February 15, 2007
CPJ, IPYS cite 'lack of transparency' in broadcast case
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January 12, 2007
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