El Siglo de Torreon, a newspaper in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila, said Tuesday that its offices were the target of a shooting attack that left no casualties. “According to preliminary reports, it was close to 1:00 a.m. in the morning when a burst of gunfire from large-caliber weapons was heard,” the newspaper said on its Web site. The newspaper has its main offices in Torreon, capital of Coahuila. “Broken windows, walls riddled with bullets and damaged...

A group of Venezuelan journalists who who were protesting peacefully in a crowded street in Caracas were attacked by people supporting the Chavez government. 12 Journalists from "Grupo Editorial Cadena Capriles" were wounded. Source:

El Salvador's attorney general should conduct a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation of the murder of the community leader and environmental advocate Gustavo Marcelo Rivera Moreno, as well as subsequent threats against journalists and human rights defenders, Human Rights Watch said today. According to news reports, Rivera, director of the Association of Friends of San Isidro Cabañas (Asociación Amigos de San Isidro Cabañas, ASIC), disappeared in Ilobasco,...

Government supporters protested Monday outside the studios of Globovision, the only television station stridently against Hugo Chávez remaining on the open airwaves. The protesters, riding motorcycles and waving the flags of the radical pro-Chávez party, tossed tear gas canisters at the station. The channel said some assailants fired shots at the studios in Caracas, and it broadcast video showing clouds of tear gas outside the building as employees ran for cover. Globovision's...

The Venezuelan Government is definitely ready to take control for all the media in the country. In a new attack to news network Globovision, several members of the channel were injured when at least 35 motorbike riding men entered the company headquarters, throwing ter gas bombs. At about 1 pm local time, civil groups identified with symbols of Hugo Chávez’s party hurt one of the safety guards in a hand, threw two tear gas grenades. The attack takes place two days after the...

Thirteen channels ordered to be closed by the Venezuelan government went off the air on Saturday and more than 200 are expected to close in coming weeks. The government broadcasting watchdog, Conatel, said that 34 radio outlets would be closed because they failed to comply with regulations. However, critics claimed the crackdown infringed on freedom of speech and hundreds of protesters demonstrated in Caracas against the closures. "They're closing the space for dissidents in...

The Venezuelan government has adopted and proposed measures that reduce the ability of government critics to voice their opinions and will seriously limit freedom of expression in Venezuela, Human Rights Watch said today. On July 30, 2009, Venezuela's attorney general introduced draft legislation on "media crimes" that establish prison sentences of up to four years for anyone who, through media outlets, provides "false" information that "harm[s] the interests of the...

Evidence obtained by Human Rights Watch suggests that Honduran soldiers may have used excessive force against supporters of the ousted president, Manuel Zelaya, outside the Tegucigalpa airport on July 5, 2009, Human Rights Watch said today. At least one teenage boy was killed, and more than 10 other people are reported to have been injured during the confrontation between soldiers and demonstrators. Reports of a second death remain unconfirmed. Honduran officials have publicly claimed that...

"The UnoAmerica group located in Bogota, warned that Hugo Chavez could provoke a massacre in Honduras to maintain order/change the Constitution the way Zelaya desires. They also stated that the financial support that the Venezuelan Government gives to Zelaya comes with a series of obligations. Among them are: Incorporate himself to the ALBA Align himself with the axis of Havana and Caracas Confront the Untied States Establish relations with Ahmadinejad Modify the Constitution Take...

TEGUCIGALPA - Honduras has shut down television and radio stations since an army coup over the weekend, in a media blackout than has drawn condemnation from an international press freedom group. Shortly after the Honduran military seized President Manuel Zelaya and flew him to Costa Rica on Sunday, soldiers stormed a popular radio station and cut off local broadcasts of international television networks CNN en Espanol and Venezuelan-based Telesur, which is sponsored by leftist governments...