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Fopea denounces that the press receives an attack “every two days” in Milei’s Argentina
The Argentine Journalism Forum (Fopea) denounced this Tuesday that during the first year of the Government of Javier Milei there were 173 aggressions against the press, that is, “one every two days,” and most of them came from senior state officials and the president of the country himself.
“The deterioration of freedom of expression is worrying” and most attacks come in the form of “harassment and digital violence,” highlights the Fopea Freedom of Expression Monitoring in a statement that includes data and graphics, on the occasion of Milei’s first anniversary in the Argentine Government.
In 120 of those attacks, the violence came from a state source, “which implies that in 69.36% of the registered cases there was a participation of some type of public official,” Fopea added.
In addition, 22 cases of “parastatal violence, that is, of direct relatives to state power, 12.72%” were recorded.
Milei, one of the main aggressors
President Milei was the one who starred in the most aggressions against the press, 56 in total (32.37% of the total), while ten other cases were the work of national government officials (5.78%).
The rest of the aggressors were distributed among police officers, municipal, provincial and migration officials, mayors, members of the federal and provincial justice, legislators and governors.
Fopea also concludes in its analysis that of the 173 attacks, a total of 77 (44.51%) were classified as “stigmatizing speech”, that is, direct attacks on the reputation of journalists and/or media.
There were also 44 “attacks on integrity”, 23 on the “restriction of access to information”, eleven “civil or criminal judicial actions”, six cases of “censorship”, five classified as “abuse of state power”, three “attacks against property”, two of “abusive use of official advertising” and two of “internal censorship”.
The 173 cases registered by Fopea leave a trail of 275 victims, of which 153 were men, 57 women, 15 media. On other occasions, the attacks were on the press in general or on an organization of journalists.
Fopea, an organization that ensures freedom of information and quality journalism in Argentina, also denounces “the discriminatory, aggrieveing and stigmatizing tone with which the president refers to the press in general and to journalists, in particular.”
And remember that those attacks have also been carried out against international organizations.
International
Mexico, Brazil and Colombia left out of Trump’s “Shield of the Americas” summit
Left-wing governments in Latin America, including Mexico, Brazil and Colombia, were excluded from the “Shield of the Americas” summit convened by U.S. President Donald Trump.
The meeting, held in Miami, Florida, brought together 12 presidents from across the continent to discuss strategies to combat drug cartels and organized crime.
In Mexico’s case, President Claudia Sheinbaum had recently rejected the use of military force as a solution to the drug trafficking problem. She has argued that her administration’s security strategy is producing results and emphasized that force alone is not the answer.
During the summit, Trump said that most narcotics entering the United States come through Mexico and referred to his previous conversations with Sheinbaum on the issue.
“I like the president very much, she’s a very good person,” Trump said. “But I told her: ‘Let me eradicate the cartels.’ And she said, ‘No, no, no, please, president.’ We have to eradicate them. We have to finish them.”
The remarks highlighted ongoing differences between Washington and Mexico over how to confront drug trafficking networks operating across the region.
International
Trump announces 17-nation alliance in the Americas to “destroy” drug cartels
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Saturday the creation of a 17-nation alliance across the Americas aimed at dismantling drug cartels, during a regional summit held at his golf club in Doral.
Speaking to a group of allied leaders at the Shield of the Americas Summit, Trump said the initiative would rely on military force to eliminate powerful criminal networks operating throughout the hemisphere.
“The heart of our agreement is the commitment to use lethal military force to destroy these sinister cartels and terrorist networks. Once and for all, we will put an end to them,” Trump told the assembled heads of state.
The Republican leader argued that large portions of territory in the Western Hemisphere have fallen under the control of transnational gangs and pledged U.S. support to governments seeking to confront them. He even suggested the potential use of highly precise missiles against cartel leaders.
Before making the announcement, Trump greeted the roughly twelve leaders attending the summit, including close allies such as Javier Milei, Daniel Noboa and Nayib Bukele, whom he described as a “great president.”
The meeting forms part of Trump’s broader regional strategy inspired by his reinterpretation of the Monroe Doctrine, which seeks to reinforce Washington’s influence in the Americas, strengthen security cooperation and counter the growing presence of powers such as China.
Trump pointed to recent U.S. actions in the region as examples of his administration’s approach, including the operation that led to the capture of former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro earlier this year.
The summit also takes place amid escalating international tensions following the conflict launched last week by the United States and Israel against Iran.
International
Trump replaces Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem with Senator Markwayne Mullin
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday the departure of Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security, one of the key architects of the administration’s policy of deporting undocumented immigrants.
Noem, who has been assigned a new role as a “special envoy” to Latin America, will be replaced starting March 31 by Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin, the president said in a message posted on his social media platform Truth Social.
According to media reports, Trump made the decision after Noem’s recent hearings in Congress, during which she faced tough questions regarding the awarding of a major public contract.
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