US EditionPress 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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The Toronto Star
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 Tuesday in an assessment of conditions for the profession in 23
Press freedom in the Americas saw a ‘dramatic deterioration’ last year, watchdog says - The Boston Globe
Press freedom across the Americas dropped sharply in 2025, with more killings, arrests and intimidation of media workers, according to a monitoring watchdog.
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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…
Honduras continues in the strip of countries with "high restrictions" on press freedom and ranks 16th among the 23 states evaluated in the Chapultepec Index of Freedom of Expression and Press of the Americas, prepared by the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA). According to the sixth edition of the barometer, presented on Tuesday [...]
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