Argentina / Americas

  

Los servicios de inteligencia de Argentina espiaron al periodista Hugo Alconada Mon durante la gestión del presidente Macri

Miami, 18 de junio de 2020 – Las autoridades argentinas deben realizar una investigación exhaustiva sobre el espionaje a periodistas durante la gestión del Gobierno anterior, y hacer rendir cuentas a los responsables, declaró hoy el Comité para la Protección de los Periodistas (CPJ, por sus siglas en inglés). El 15 de junio, en el…

Read More ›

Argentine intelligence services surveilled journalist Hugo Alconada Mon under Macri administration

Miami, June 18, 2020 – Argentine authorities should conduct a thorough investigation into the surveillance of journalists under the previous presidential administration, and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On June 15, at the Federal Court of Lomas de Zamora, judge Federico Villena presented evidence showing that Argentina’s Federal…

Read More ›

Audit finds that Argentine intelligence services compiled files on hundreds of journalists

New York, June 16, 2020 – Argentine authorities should conduct a transparent and impartial investigation into allegations that intelligence agents compiled dossiers of journalists in 2017 and 2018, and should ensure that such programs are not conducted in the future, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On June 5, a federal prosecutor conducting an…

Read More ›

Police officers are seen in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 22, 2019. Journalist Diego Moranzoni recently received a death threat over his coverage of a murder in Buenos Aires. (Reuters/Joaquin Salguero)

Journalist receives death threats after reporting on murder in Argentina

Miami, February 25, 2020 — Argentine authorities should conduct a quick and transparent investigation into a death threat made against journalist Diego Moranzoni and his family, and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Read More ›

A federal police motorcycle is seen in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on November 16, 2018. Unidentified individuals recently shot at journalist Carlos Walker's home in Buenos Aires province. (RArgentine Ministry of Security/Handout via Reuters)

Unidentified individuals shoot journalist’s home in Argentina

Miami, January 30, 2020 — Argentinian authorities should conduct a speedy and transparent investigation into the shooting of the home of journalist Carlos Walker, and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Read More ›

The Federal Justice building is seen in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 27, 2019. Journalist Daniel Santoro has been summoned to appear before an Argentine federal court, which has already subpoenaed his phone records. (AFP/Juan Mabromata)

Argentine journalist Daniel Santoro summoned, phone records seized in extortion investigation

Miami, July 16, 2019 — The Committee to Protect Journalists today expressed concern over an Argentine court’s summons of journalist Daniel Santoro and urged authorities to respect the confidentiality of journalistic sources.

Read More ›

A demonstration calling for LGBT rights in Trinidad and Tobago on April 12. Journalists covering LGBTQ issues say they often face retaliation for their work. (Reuters/Andrea de Silva)

Covering LGBTQ issues brings risk of threats and retaliation for journalists and their sources

To mark the annual International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, CPJ spoke with journalists and news outlets based in Argentina, Iran, Indonesia, the U.S., Uganda, and Russia, about the challenges they face reporting on LGBTQ issues.

Read More ›

Security forces in Misiones, Argentina, display seized packets of Marijuana, August 25, 2009. (Reuters/Handout)

Radio journalist shot four times in northern Argentina

Unidentified gunman shot a local radio host in the Argentine province of Misiones, on July 26, 2017, according to press reports and Argentine journalists.

Read More ›

Journalists view the damage caused by a forced entry at the Argentine paper Tiempo Argentino on July 4. (AP/Victor R. Caivano)

Newspaper and radio station offices damaged during forced entry linked to ownership dispute

New York, July 6, 2016–Argentine authorities should investigate the forced entry and damage caused at the Buenos Aires offices of the newspaper Tiempo Argentino and radio station, Radio América, on July 4, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The newspaper was being run by a journalists’ collective after a dispute over ownership earlier this…

Read More ›

Wife of Argentina reporter who denounced drug trafficking is raped

New York, December 15, 2015–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the attack Friday on the home of Argentine radio journalist Sergio Hurtado, who reported on drug trafficking. The journalist’s wife was raped in the attack in the town of San Antonio de Areco.

Read More ›