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The media strategy of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, shown after casting his ballot in Sunday's election, is to ignore journalists. (AP)

Secretive Ortega frustrates Nicaraguan press

November 7, 2011 1:08 PM EST

It used to be that covering the Nicaraguan presidency was a coveted job for reporters. Now, it’s a frustrating exercise that borders on stenography.

Bolivian journalist who exposed corruption is threatened

September 12, 2011 2:37 PM EDT

New York, September 12, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by the repeated death threats and harassment of a journalist who exposed corruption in the Bolivian government’s Institute of Forensic Investigations this April.

Mexico’s drug war claims young photographer

March 29, 2011 3:17 PM EDT

New York, March 29, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists deplores the shooting death of Mexican photographer Luis Emanuel Ruiz Carrillo on Friday and calls on Mexican authorities to launch a thorough investigation into his killing.