Foro de Periodismo Argentino

Silvio Novelino reported, after having received a series of threats, that in the early morning of 20 August 2012 a molotov cocktail was thrown at his car, which was in his garage next to his home, where his family was sleeping.

FM UNO journalist Hernán García was threatened at gunpoint after he repeatedly called for transparency at the local administrative level in a community in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina.

FOPEA propone fijar un límite a los reclamos de daños morales contra periodistas En el marco del inminente debate sobre la reforma al Código Civil, el Foro de Periodismo Argentino (FOPEA) enviará una propuesta al Congreso de la NaciónArgentina para que se incluya en el nuevo texto un tope lógico y previsible de los montos […]

Marcelo Massimini believes the attack is related to a TV report on the unsanitary conditions at a public school in Longchamps and the impact on the students.

Gustavo Tinetti told FOPEA he thinks the incident is related to an investigation he is doing on the 9 de Julio mayor, Walter R. Battistella, and accusations of tax evasion.

FOPEA called for quick action, stressing the need for an immediate end to the threats against Ester Lutz and Gustavo Raffin.

Omar Millalonco and Lilen Mercado study journalism at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata and work to defend human rights.

Mariano Martinez, a journalist at Radio FM Popular, was severely beaten and left unconscious by activists linked to the mayor of Los Antiguos.