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Police block journalists protesting the government's plans to sue three news outlets. (Reuters/Gaston Brito)

Bolivia charges news outlets with inciting racism

August 30, 2012 3:50 PM EDT

Bogotá, August 30, 2012–Bolivian authorities must immediately drop a criminal complaint filed against three media outlets in connection with their coverage of a speech by President Evo Morales, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The news outlets are being accused of inciting racism and discrimination, according to news reports.

Police stand guard in Colquiri, where two radio stations were attacked on June 14. (Reuters/David Mercado)

Three community radio stations attacked in Bolivia

June 28, 2012 1:58 PM EDT

Bogotá, June 28, 2012–Bolivian authorities must investigate attacks on three local radio stations in the past two weeks that have caused the broadcasters to go off the air, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Free expression in Americas goes beyond left or right

May 31, 2012 3:47 PM EDT

On Sunday the general assembly of the Organization of American States will convene in Bolivia in the verdant, highland valley city of Cochabamba. The 35 member states (every nation in the region except Cuba) are expected to vote on a measure that, if passed, could curtail free expression and press throughout the hemisphere and put…

Bolivian journalist sentenced to prison for defamation

March 15, 2012 4:45 PM EDT

New York, March 15, 2012–A Bolivian journalist who wrote about government corruption was found guilty of defamation by a criminal court in La Paz on Wednesday and sentenced to 30 months in prison.

In Bolivia, mayor’s supporters attack TV, radio stations

November 17, 2011 1:31 PM EST

New York, November 17, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by reports that a Bolivian TV channel and its sister radio station were vandalized and forced off the air on Monday by supporters of a local mayor.

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.

Latin America democracy violated by killings

May 31, 2011 1:54 PM EDT

Lately, we have come to expect violence against journalists in certain regions, such as the Middle East. But here at CPJ, 2011 has also been troubling for the number of journalists killed in an entirely different part of the world, the Americas.

Bolivian journalist dead; explosive cited

April 22, 2011 12:27 PM EDT

New York, April 22, 2011–David Niño de Guzmán, news director for the La Paz-based Agencia de Noticias Fides, was found dead on Thursday, the apparent victim of an explosive device, after being reported missing two days earlier. The Committee to Protect Journalists called on authorities today to thoroughly investigate the death.

Bolivia’s new anti-discrimination law raises concerns

October 18, 2010 12:29 PM EDT

Dear President Morales: We are deeply concerned that provisions in Bolivia’s new anti-discrimination law threaten to stifle press freedom. We call upon you to see that this law is amended to ensure constitutional safeguards for free expression.

Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez appears at a press conference with military leaders to announce the end of unlawful spying. (AP/Fernando Vergara)

In the Americas, Big Brother is watching reporters

February 16, 2010 12:56 AM EST

By Carlos Lauría The topic being investigated by two Colombian reporters was explosive enough that it required unusual security. Fearful that the subjects would learn prematurely of the story, the reporters took separate notes, which they did not share and which they later destroyed. They didn’t communicate by telephone or e-mail, and they met only…