Colombia’s media is overly reliant on shady contracts to publish or create government propaganda, press freedom agency FLIP has revealed in its annual report. The vast majority of Colombia’s media outlets…
Colombia’s state officials carried out more attacks on media workers than anyone else in 2018, according to press freedom group FLIP. State officials, including politicians, committed 145 of 477 violations against…
More than half of Colombia has no access to local news, it has been revealed. 578 of 994 municipalities mapped by press freedom foundation FLIP are “silent zones” where no…
The year 2018 was the most violent for journalism in the 12-year history of Colombia’s press freedom foundation, the FLIP said in its annual report. According to the FLIP, which…
Spanish news agency EFE said Wednesday that three of its reporters in Caracas, two of whom Colombian, were taken from the office by Venezuela’s intelligence agency. According to the news…
Juan Pablo Bieri’s job was to keep pesky journalists away from Ivan Duque, until the protege of former President Alvaro Uribe became president and appointed Bieri the public television chief.…
The families of three Ecuadorean journalists who were murdered by “Guacho” have rejected Colombian President Ivan Duque’s claim that killing the FARC dissident means justice. Colombia’s security forces killed Guacho…
Medellin’s city hall paid media more than $40 million (COP130 billion) in 2016 and 2017 to manage the public image of Mayor Federico Gutierrez, according to press freedom foundation FLIP.…
Readers of Colombia Reports have saved the country’s largest news website in English by coughing up the monthly income it needs to pay the bills. Visa issues, hacker attacks and…