Spain: Journo Code of Conduct Proposed

Observatório da Imprensa (Brazil) reproduces the note from Spain’s El País.
Jornalistas deverão cumprir um código ético
Por Rosario G. Gómez / El País em 5/6/2008
Reproduzido do El País, 2/6/2008; texto em espanhol

A Associação de Imprensa de Madri prepara um estatuto que será enviado ao governo
Press Association of Madrid prepares statute to be submitted to govenrment.
Periodistas y [...]

Colombia: Parapolitics and the Media Wars

[Editorial independence] is a necessary condition for responsibly performing the task of informing the public, a condition that is threatened [in Colombia] by armed actors, powerful economic groups and the political establishment
As O Dia (Rio de Janeiro) reporters subjected to electric shocks and Russian roulette in mid-May by cops moonlighting as paramillitary protection racketeers can [...]

Mexico: Slim’s Nuclear Option and the Struggle for the BMV

Mexican journalist Miguel Badillo of Oficio de Papel on the tactical nuclear option in the struggle for control of the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores between Carlos Slim and Francisco Gil Díaz.
Badillo has written extensively on Gil Díaz’ tenure as secretary of the Treasury under Vicente Fox, when the Mexican customs service was allegedly handed over [...]