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‘We know what’s coming: exile or prison’ – Salvadoran journalist Óscar Martínez on surviving Bukele’s crackdown

Written by Committee to Protect Journalists

2 weeks ago

‘I sold my iris; now what?’: What drives Brazilians to hand over their unique, personal data

Written by Agência Mural

Translated by Liam Anderson

7 June 2025

MediaHack: 36 hours against electoral disinformation in Ecuador

Written by Carlos E. Flores

Translated by Melissa Vida

28 March 2025

From a soap opera to cyberattacks: The unexpected connection between North Macedonia and Venezuela

Written by Estefanía Salazar, Filip Stojanovski

7 February 2025

Stories about Latin America

We demand the immediate release of Venezuelan human rights defender Carlos Correa

Global Voices Advox and more than 80 signatories demand the release of human rights defender Carlos Correa

Written by Melissa Vida

11 January 2025

Where is Carlos Correa? Unidentified men take Venezuelan activist away from the middle of Caracas

Prominent Venezuelan human rights activist went missing on January 7

Written by Estefanía Salazar

9 January 2025

Internet outages and blocks in Latin America in 2024

Latin America between power outages and internet blockages

Written by Jacobo Nájera

Translated by Dalia Tarek

3 January 2025

Data Narratives Civic Media Observatory: Country Reports

For the past year, the Civic Media Observatory — through its Data Narratives project — conducted research in Brazil, El Salvador, India, Turkey, and Sudan

Written by Civic Media Observatory

31 December 2024

How the UN Cybercrime Convention 2023 can pose a threat to human rights defenders and exiled journalists

Without adequate safeguards, the treaty could legitimize and facilitate the persecution of human rights defenders and journalists beyond national borders

Written by Guest Contributor

30 December 2024

Artificial Intelligence Narratives: A Global Voices Report

By situating AI in the context of data, we analyzed their narrative relationship, shared incentives, and strategies necessary to protect the public interest

Written by Civic Media Observatory

23 December 2024

Fresh threats to free press in Paraguay, Argentina, and Cuba

A round-up of threats against freedom of expression in October

Written by IFEX

10 November 2024

Bukele boasts of his government's successes amid allegations of an attack on press freedom.

Pro-Bukelism is amplified in social networks.

Written by ProBox

Translated by Dalia Tarek

8 November 2024

Brazil's Supreme Court lifts suspension of X after Musk backs down

X paid a USD 5.2 million fine

Written by Global Voices Brazil

11 October 2024

Latin America: Uncovering the hidden human workforce behind AI

AI platform ‘ghost work’ is another form of labor exploitation

Written by Distintas Latitudes

Translated by Laura

5 October 2024

Ecuador: Two journalists who revealed corruption and drug trafficking forced into exile

Ecuador has become dangerous for journalists investigating corruption cases at the highest levels of state power

Written by Gina Yauri

Translated by Rowan Glass

24 September 2024

Operation Knock Knock: On the hunt for dissident voices in Venezuela

Venezuelan security forces target dissident voices in an operation informally called Operation Knock Knock

Written by ProBox

12 September 2024

VenApp, the Chavista app co-opted for harassment in Venezuela

The app was boycotted and reported after the presidential election

Written by ProBox

11 September 2024

What you need to know about the X (formerly Twitter) situation in Brazil

Without a representative in the country, the platform was suspended following a Brazilian Supreme Court ruling

Written by Global Voices Brazil

7 September 2024

What online narratives tell us about the aftermath of the election in Venezuela

We delve into two narratives forging the current political climate in Venezuela a month after the 2024 presidential elections.

Written by Civic Media Observatory

30 August 2024

Venezuelans use AI avatars and Instagram Live to fight back Maduro's repression

Journalists and activists do everything they can to keep the information flowing

Written by Gabriela Mesones Rojo

19 August 2024

Post-election repression in Venezuela: Authorities target human rights defenders and humanitarian workers

Venezuelan NGOs report more than 1,000 arbitrary detentions

Written by Estefanía Salazar, Gabriela Mesones Rojo

Translated by Melissa Vida

9 August 2024

Controversial hacktivists may have prompted El Salvador’s censorship of Telegram

Hackers offer insights in exclusive interview

Written by Abigail Paz

10 July 2024

Bitcoin mining's toll on El Salvador leaves communities without water

Eight thousand people lost access to running water for over a month

Written by Abigail Paz

31 May 2024

Guatemalan journalist receives prestigious award from prison

Zamora is a symbol of the persecution against journalists in Guatemala and the region

Written by Prensa Comunitaria

Translated by Melissa Vida

17 May 2024

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