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Date	Incident	Country	Tactic	Head of government	Outcome
28 July 2024	Venezuela detains, expels and restricts journalists after disputed 2024 election	Venezuela (RSF 2026 rank: 159th of 180)	Detention and violence	Nicolas Maduro	Sustained
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
1 September 2017	Venezuela expels or denies entry to dozens of foreign journalists covering anti-government protests	Venezuela (RSF 2026 rank: 159th of 180)	Expulsion and visa denial	Nicolas Maduro	Ongoing (25 January 2018)
25 June 2013	Ecuador's Organic Communication Law creates a regulator that issues hundreds of sanctions against journalists and outlets	Ecuador (RSF 2026 rank: 125th of 180)	Funding and ownership pressure	Rafael Correa	Reversed (20 February 2019)
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)
24 March 1976	Argentina's military junta threatens journalists with prison for reporting on its opponents	Argentina (RSF 2026 rank: 98th of 180)	Detention and violence	Jorge Rafael Videla	Reversed (10 December 1983)
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)
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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