Monday’s edition of Sociedad Media’s daily newsletter, Sociedad Media Now, with three stories focusing on Democracy & Political Crisis across Latin America.
Peruvian Journalist & Regional Candidate Assassinated During Event
LIMA, PERU — Journalist and regional candidate Susy Aponte Polo was shot dead in Caraz, Peru, nine days after publicly accusing a senior police official of ordering an attack against her.
A Venezuelan national was detained at the scene, and authorities are investigating whether the killing is connected to her journalism, her candidacy, or the specific threats she reported.
Áncash’s regional governor is now demanding President Fujimori declare a state of emergency in the region — a request her government has not yet answered.
Footage of attack caught on camera, included via X link below ⬇⬇
Lula Meets With Mamdani & Sanders in New York, Days Before Opening U.N. General Assembly
NEW YORK CITY — President Lula of Brazil held back-to-back meetings with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Senator Bernie Sanders in New York, a day before opening the U.N. General Assembly’s general debate and weeks before Brazil’s October 4 election.
The visit extends a closing-stretch campaign strategy built around sovereignty and left-aligned messaging that began with his BRICS absence earlier this month. His compressed schedule — arriving Sunday, meeting leaders Monday, speaking and flying home Tuesday — reflects the demands of the tightening race back home.
U.N. Says Repression in Nicaragua Now “Reaches Every Sector.” Here’s What We Know
NEW YORK CITY — The U.N.’s Human Rights Office told the Human Rights Council that repression in Nicaragua “has reached every sector,” citing 185 National Assembly votes with zero dissenting votes and at least 56 shuttered media outlets.
The findings were compiled remotely, after Nicaragua barred U.N. investigators from entering the country and withdrew from the Human Rights Council entirely in 2025.
A separate March report from U.N. experts alleged the repression is directly financed through institutional corruption and a surveillance network targeting Nicaraguan exiles abroad.
