Americas
2007
COLOMBIA: Two politicians arrested for 2003 journalist murder
September 13, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 José Emeterio Rivas, Calor Estéreo KILLED Two local politicians have been arrested by Colombian authorities in the northern city of Barrancabermeja in connection with the April 2003 Rivas murder, according to press reports.
Radio reporter wounded while covering social protest
New York, September 13, 2007—Argentine radio reporter Adela Gómez was injured Wednesday after national border guards fired rubber bullets into a crowd of protesters blocking a road in the southern province of Santa Cruz. Gómez, a reporter with radio station FM XXI in the city of Caleta Olivia, about 1,400 miles (2,300 kilometers) south of…
In Mexico, three reporters die covering truck explosion
New York, September 10, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists mourns the death of three Mexican reporters killed during a blast on Sunday night while covering a collision between a truck carrying dynamite and a vehicle in the northern Coahuila state. At least 34 people were killed and 150 injured in the explosion, The Associated Press…
Supreme Court ruling limits manipulation of state ads
New York, September 7, 2007—An Argentine Supreme Court ruling condemning the province of Neuquén for the withdrawal of state advertising from a critical daily will help protect the media from government manipulation, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On Wednesday, Argentina’s highest tribunal ruled the government cannot suppress or substantially reduce official advertising to…
Colombian journalist stabbed to death in Cartago
New York, September 5, 2007–Colombian journalist Javier Darío Arroyave was stabbed to death this morning in Cartago, a city in the western Valle del Cauca Province. The Committee to Protect Journalists is investigating possible links between Arroyave’s murder and his journalism. Arroyave, news director for the Cartago-based radio station Ondas del Valle and host of…
Radio station attacked in the wake of presidential elections
SEPTEMBER 4, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Radio Nuevo Mundo ATTACKED An unidentified individual fired a gunshot into the offices of the Guatemala City-based Radio Nuevo Mundo in the afternoon of September 4, the station’s director Marbin Robledo told CPJ. No one was injured.
Argentine radio journalist convicted on criminal slander charge
New York, September 4, 2007—The criminal slander conviction of an Argentine radio journalist is alarming and should be overturned on appeal, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Monday’s ruling, by a judge in northwestern Salta province, also bars commentator Sergio Poma from working for one year. Judge Héctor Martínez handed Poma, owner of local…
About this Report
A CPJ delegation visited Bolivia from June 3 to 8 to examine press freedom conditions. The delegation included Josh Friedman, a CPJ board member and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and Carlos Lauría, senior coordinator for CPJ’s Americas program. The delegation met with President Evo Morales, Vice President Álvaro García Linera, senior government officials, journalists, editors, media…
Editor sues police over seizure and arrest
SEPTEMBER 2007 Posted January 25, 2008 Roberto Lima, Brazilian Voice HARASSED Newspaper editor Lima filed a civil lawsuit against police in Newark, New Jersey, accusing the department of unlawfully seizing photos at a crime scene. On September 6, 2007, Lima, editor of the Portuguese-language weekly, Brazilian Voice, and his staff discovered a dead body, reported…