Americas

After British climate journalist Dom Phillips was found dead in Amazonas’ state Javary Valley region on June 15, 2022, his widow, Alessandra Sampaio, set out to finish his most important work, compiled in the new book “How to Save the Amazon.” Now she is helping prepare a new generation of Indigenous journalists to continue their fight to defend the…

Miami, December 4, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply alarmed by threats made against Radio TV Caraibes (RCTV) news host Ronald Desormes by Haitian gang leader Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Cherizier, and calls on the Caribbean nation’s authorities to take comprehensive steps to ensure Desormes’ safety. In a widely disseminated social media video reviewed by CPJ, Cherizier — leader…

Wanted Colombian rebel leader Aníbal Hernández Garavito was irate when he called into the local Es el Colmo (“It’s the last straw”) radio program at 5:48 a.m. on March 14, 2025. His voice raised, Hernández slammed the station’s critical coverage of his guerrilla group, but show host Gustavo Chicangana Álvarez refused to be bullied. Hernández, who had a  $13,000 bounty on…

Bogotá, December 1, 2025—Colombian authorities should thoroughly investigate threats made by a rebel group against the investigative unit of news outlet Caracol Noticias and ensure that its reporters can safely do their jobs, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. In a November 27 video reviewed by CPJ, negotiators with the General Staff of Blocks and Front,…

Washington, D.C., December 1, 2025—A White House website purporting to tackle “media bias” in fact creates a skewed representation of the work of journalists and creates an environment that seems to deliberately undermine independent reporting in the United States, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Monday. The page, published on November 28 and accessed…

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 28 other press freedom organizations on Wednesday in a joint statement to express concerns over the climate of harassment, stigmatization, and threats faced by journalists and media outlets in Honduras ahead of the country’s November 30 general election. The statement warns that high-ranking military authorities attacks, judicial harassment, digital…

The Committee to Protect Journalists has joined an amicus brief, authored by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP), in support of the Stanford Daily Publishing Corporation’s lawsuit against the Trump administration’s visa and deportation policies in connection with First Amendment rights for non-citizens. The Stanford Daily Publishing Corporation, which publishes Stanford University’s…

Bogotá, Colombia —The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Colombian authorities to take comprehensive steps to ensure the safety of RCN media employees after a reported bomb attack on the outlet’s headquarters in the western city of Cali, and bring those responsible to account. Authorities told local outlets that a device, believed to be a grenade, exploded at…

Mexico City, November 11, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Chilean authorities to stop the harassment and intimidation of journalists by politicians, who filed two separate criminal defamation cases against independent news outlets this week. “We are increasingly concerned about the misuse of lawsuits and judicial powers in Chile, particularly criminal defamation cases against…

Miami, November 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned about the reported arson attack on independent radio station Radio Émancipation, the fifth such attack on a station in the last six months, and calls on the Haitian government to establish conditions in the country that allow journalists, and citizens more broadly, to work safely without…