taz Talk – Stimmen, die nicht verstummen

In the organizer's words:

In this taz Talk by the taz Panter Foundation, five journalists from Mexico, Venezuela, Guatemala and Ecuador report on how they continue their work despite repression.

Intimidation, threats, violence: in many Latin American countries, journalists risk their lives when they report on corruption, organized crime or human rights violations. The Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and taz Panter Foundation 's Refugium time-out scholarship gives threatened media professionals the opportunity to come to Berlin for a few months and recharge their batteries.

Guests are former or current scholarship holders:

🐾 Heriberto Paredes Coronel is a photographer and journalist from Tlaxcala, Mexico. His work is dedicated to organizational processes in indigenous communities and environmental issues in Mexico. He has worked with international media, filmed documentaries, produced podcasts and founded Molino Informativo.

Leonardo Gómez Ponce, an investigative journalist from Ecuador, is editor-in-chief of the independent media Tierra de Nadie, which investigates organized crime, corruption and local power structures. His work has earned him the Sigma Award 2025, among others.

Luis Assardo is a journalist and academic from Guatemala and has received several awards for his investigative research. He researches troll factories, disinformation, hate speech and election manipulation. In 2017, he founded Confirmado, a project against misinformation.

🐾 Ronna Rísquez Sanchez, born in Venezuela, is an investigative journalist. The main topics of her work are violence, migration, human rights and organized crime in Latin America.

🐾 Vania Pigeonutt has been a journalist for 15 years, focusing on human rights, migration, organized crime and gender-based violence. As co-founder of amapolaperiodismo.com and mataranadie.com, she is committed to new narratives and the commemoration of murdered female colleagues.

🐾 The discussion will be moderated by Gemma Terés Arilla, head of the taz Panter Foundation and Nube Alvarez, advocacy officer at Reporters Without Borders and project coordinator for the "Defending Voices Program" Mexico and Brazil.

The event will be held in Spanish and German. There will be simultaneous German-Spanish translation.

A taz Talk in cooperation with Reporters Without Borders.

Price information:

Free admission. Seat reservation required. Participation is only possible with a pre-booked ticket. We therefore ask you to register via the ticket portal: https://pretix.eu/panter/auszeit/. Places are limited, admission is free. Access to the event is barrier-free.