The Argentine government confirmed yesterday that it would proceed on Friday, Dec. 7 — or “7D” as it has become known in the press — with the forcible breakup of media companies, including Grupo Clarín, that are in violation of “anti-monopoly” measures included in the country’s new media law. “Until midnight on Friday, December 7, […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the Argentine government’s use of television advertising to threaten Grupo Clarín, and renewed its call on President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to end her verbal attacks on the press. Speaking yesterday before a group of students in the Washington, Kirchner complained that “when a journalist doesn’t like something, […]

Public officials allegedly threatened or assaulted at least two journalists last week in Argentina, continuing a troubling trend that has made the country one of Latin America’s worst press freedom offenders in 2012. The Argentine Journalists Forum (FOPEA, according to its Spanish acronym) last week “energetically” condemned an Aug. 14 attack on radio journalist and […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned a recent series of physical and verbal attacks against journalists in Argentina, Honduras, and Panama allegedly at the hands of politicians. IPI Acting Deputy Director Anthony Mills said, “These alleged incidents underscore the reality that political figures are far too often behind attacks on the media in Latin […]