This year’s round-up of the top investigative stories in Spanish explores a wide range, from deforestation in the Mexican Caribbean to drug trafficking on Spain’s Costa del Sol.
Censorship. Imprisonment. Threats and violence. Online harassment. Legal battles. Exile. The list of challenges facing investigative reporters in Latin America is extensive. But despite the difficulties, journalists across the region are doing incredible work and holding those in power to account with their reporting.
Despite a backlash against the media in Latin America, investigative journalists have refused to stay silent. Here we highlight eight of the best investigative stories published in Spanish in the region this year, selecting those that prioritized collaboration, used innovative investigative methods and tools, and those that reached new audiences.
Here’s how reporters from a Honduran investigative newsroom dug into the murders of their colleagues, producing stories and a documentary to explore who is behind growing violence and threats against journalists.
