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Geraldine Santos (Photo: Cristina Zahar)

Peruvian journalists face threats, death amid country’s democratic backsliding

May 22, 2026 1:59 PM EDT

Peruvian journalist Geraldine Santos is only 30 years old, and she is already preparing for her funeral. Santos says she has received so many threats while reporting on cocaine trafficking and environmental crimes in the Amazon jungle that she has arranged for her family to contact a government source who, in case Santos is murdered,…

CPJ calls on Brazilian authorities to expand search for missing journalist Dom Phillips

June 9, 2022 12:32 PM EDT

Rio de Janeiro, June 9, 2022 – Brazilian authorities must expand their efforts to search for missing journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. Phillips and Pereira went missing the morning of Sunday, June 5. Phillips, a freelance British journalist based in Brazil who has reported for…

A volunteer works to put out a forest fire in Quitunuquina, on the outskirts of Robore, Bolivia, on August 24, 2019. Bolivia’s forest fires have exposed the numerous risks faced by environmental reporters. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Bolivia’s forest fires expose risks for environmental reporters

September 23, 2019 11:44 AM EDT

When Pablo Ortiz, a veteran reporter for El Deber, the main daily in the eastern city of Santa Cruz, set off to cover massive forest fires, he didn’t realize how dangerous the assignment would be.

An area smolders in the Alvorada da Amazonia region in Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil, on August 25, 2019. Brazilian journalist Adecio Piran was threatened on August 28 after reporting on fires in the region. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Brazilian journalist Adecio Piran threatened after reporting on fires in Amazon

August 30, 2019 5:33 PM EDT

Rio de Janeiro, August 30, 2019–Brazilian authorities must thoroughly investigate threats against reporter Adecio Piran, hold those responsible to account, and ensure the reporter’s safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.