Freedom of the press

Mexico’s populist president held court each morning for 6 years. Now he’s retiring from public life

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Mexico’s populist president held court each morning for 6 years. Now he’s retiring from public life

MEXICO CITY — Every day at 7 a.m., President Andrés Manuel López Obrador strolls onto a stage in Mexico’s National Palace, clad in a smart suit and tie, and peers out at a room of bleary-eyed reporters and social media personalities. “Buenos días, look alive!” the 70-year-old leader calls out in a gravelly voice. And … Read more

Italy’s RAI journalists strike over budget streamlining, complain of censorship and media repression

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Italy’s RAI journalists strike over budget streamlining, complain of censorship and media repression

ROME — Some journalists at Italy’s state-run RAI went on strike Monday to protest budget streamlining and what they said was an increasingly repressive atmosphere in Italy for media under the government of Premier Giorgia Meloni. The 24-hour RAI strike is the latest protest by Italian journalists against what they say are threats to freedom … Read more