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Incidents in South America, stage: silence, national level

Each incident is a dated action by a government, an official, a regulator, a court or a legislature that limited journalists' ability to gather or publish news.

The number of entries reflects the depth of this record, not the severity of a country's conduct.

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Date	Incident	Country	Tactic	Head of government	Outcome
4 March 2024	Milei's government shuts down Argentina's state news agency Telam	Argentina (RSF 2026 rank: 98th of 180)	Funding and ownership pressure	Javier Milei	Sustained
27 May 2007	Venezuela: the government declines to renew RCTV's broadcast concession	Venezuela (RSF 2026 rank: 159th of 180)	Licensing and closure of outlets	Hugo Chavez	Sustained (8 September 2015)
11 September 1973	Chile's military government shuts opposition radio stations and newspapers after the 1973 coup	Chile (RSF 2026 rank: 70th of 180)	Shutdowns and blocking	Augusto Pinochet	Sustained (1 March 1990)
13 December 1968	Brazil's military government decrees the Fifth Institutional Act and moves to control the press	Brazil (RSF 2026 rank: 52nd of 180)	Prior restraint	Artur da Costa e Silva	Unknown
October 1951	Argentina: President Juan Perón's government hands the expropriated newspaper La Prensa to the CGT labor federation, October 1951	Argentina (RSF 2026 rank: 98th of 180)	Licensing and closure of outlets	Juan Perón	Sustained (1 October 1951)
1939	Brazil's Vargas government creates a state messaging department with broad press powers	Brazil (RSF 2026 rank: 52nd of 180)	Licensing and closure of outlets	Getúlio Vargas	Reversed (1 January 1945)

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