Journalists in Colombia are frequently victims to threats and intimidation, the country’s Prosecutor General told Associated Press. “Just when information comes out, for example about a corruption case, there immediately…
The United Kingdom denied a visa to Colombian journalist Claudia Duque, British journalism organizations report. Duque had been invited to the U.K. by the National Union of Journalists to give…
Colombia’s former Vice President Francisco Santos will be director of national broadcaster RCN Radio’s morning news, the station announced. Santos, who is President Juan Manuel Santos’ cousin, used to be…
President Alvaro Uribe’s private secretary and the former director of Colombia’s intelligence agency DAS ordered the illegal wiretapping of government critics, a former intelligence director of the DAS told investigators.…
The Organization of American States (OAS) asked U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to reconsider her department’s decision to deny Colombian journalist Hollman Morris entry to receive a journalism fellowship…
Venezuelan authorities on Friday arrested four Colombian journalists, two of which work for broadcaster RCN, the network denounced. According to RCN director Clara Elvira Ospina, one of the station’s journalists…
Is it possible to live in Colombia without seeing the war? Can you write about the country without mentioning its armed conflict? Superficially, the answer to this is “yes,” as…
Colombian journalist Hollman Morris is not allowed to enter the United States because the State Department considers him “permanently ineligible for a visa under the “Terrorist activities” section of the…
Colombia is ranked 126 out of 175 countries world-wide in terms of press freedom, according to NGO Reporters Without Borders‘ 2010 report, released to coincide with World Press Freedom Day. The…