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Press Freedom in the Americas Saw a ‘Dramatic Deterioration’ Last Year, Watchdog Says
The 2025 Chapultepec index reports 170 attacks on journalists in the U.S. and widespread censorship and violence in 23 countries, driven by authoritarianism and impunity, IAPA said.
- On Tuesday, the Inter American Press Association released its Chapultepec index showing press freedom dramatically deteriorated in 2025 across 23 Western Hemisphere countries.
- Venezuelan media practiced 'self-censorship', and Nicaragua's constitutional reform institutionalized censorship, as the IAPA said, under authoritarian presidents.
- In the United States, the IAPA documented 170 attacks against journalists in 2025 and poor government action, while the report flagged assaults during Immigration and Customs Enforcement coverage, including one journalist shot in the shoulder.
- The IAPA, backed by its more than 1,300 member news organizations, framed these trends as regionwide threats, noting El Salvador's high restrictions and Haiti's impunity amid gangs' intimidation.
- Other democracies such as Canada, Brazil, Chile and Panama were placed in the low-restriction category, while the report recorded 180 attacks against media workers in a Central American country between May and July.
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Press freedom in the Americas saw a ‘dramatic deterioration’ last year, watchdog says
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Press freedom in the Americas suffered a “dramatic deterioration” in 2025, a regional watchdog said on Tuesday, following an assessment of conditions for the profession in 23 countries across the Western Hemisphere. “This has been one of the worst years in the region, with homicides, arbitrary arrests, and impunity” for crimes committed against journalists, the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) said in its annual re…
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Press freedom in the Americas saw a 'dramatic deterioration' last year, watchdog says
Press freedom across the Americas dropped sharply in 2025, with more killings, arrests and intimidation of media workers, according to a monitoring watchdog.
Miami, United States. The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) warned on Tuesday of a “dramatic deterioration” of freedom of expression and press in the Americas in the last year, marked by homicides, arbitrary detentions and exiles in several countries, according to regional barometer.The Chapultepec Index highlights that, among the 23 countries analyzed, two have no freedom of expression —Venezuela and Nicaragua — and eight have high restri…
According to the most recent report of the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA), Mexico is going through one of its most critical moments for the journalistic exercise and the country dropped five positions in the Freedom of Expression and Press Index 2025, ranking 18 out of 23 nations evaluated in America and [...]
The organization warns of aggravated violence and impunity in countries such as Mexico, Ecuador, Nicaragua, El Salvador or Colombia.
Venezuela occupies the last place among 23 countries evaluated in the Freedom of Expression and Press Index 2025, according to the report released this Tuesday by the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA), which analyzes the conditions for the exercise of journalism in the Americas. The entry Venezuela occupies the last place among countries with press freedom, according to the IAPA was first published in the Digital Process.
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