Americas News Sources

Last reviewed: July 2026

Americas News Sources

A working directory of news sources for North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean, covering major outlets and significant independent and new media, in native languages and English. Descriptions are factual: ownership, funding model, and editorial reputation, not bias scores. Where independent journalism faces serious pressure, that is noted directly. This directory currently covers six larger countries plus a pan-regional and “other sources” list. More countries will be added over time.

Pan-Regional Sources

  • Americas Quarterly (United States-published; English/Spanish) — Policy and politics analysis covering the Western Hemisphere, published by the Americas Society/Council of the Americas.
  • InSight Crime (United States/Latin America-based; English/Spanish) — Nonprofit investigative outlet focused on organized crime and security across Latin America and the Caribbean.
  • Reuters, Americas Desk (Global wire; English/Spanish) — International wire service with an extensive Latin American bureau network, widely used as a source by regional outlets.

United States

Ownership spans large public companies, family trusts, and, increasingly, billionaire proprietors. Nonprofit and donor-funded investigative outlets have grown substantially over the past two decades. NewsBridges covers US politics through the lens of international and comparative coverage; domestic US political coverage is the focus of the network’s sister site, PoliTalking.US.

Major / Mainstream

  • The New York Times (English) — National paper of record, subscription-funded.
  • The Washington Post (English) — Major national daily, owned by Jeff Bezos since 2013.
  • The Wall Street Journal (English) — Leading business and financial daily, owned by News Corp; editorial page is generally conservative, newsroom operates separately.
  • Associated Press (English) — Nonprofit cooperative wire service, one of the world’s largest news organizations.
  • NPR (English) — Nonprofit public radio network, funded by member stations, sponsorships, and a small share of federal funding.
  • CNN (English) — Major cable and digital news network, generally seen as centrist-to-left in the US context.
  • Fox News (English) — Most-watched US cable news network, generally conservative-leaning.

Independent / New Media

  • ProPublica (English) — Nonprofit newsroom dedicated entirely to investigative journalism, funded by donations and grants, publishes under a permissive republication license.
  • The Intercept (English) — Independent outlet founded to focus on adversarial, accountability journalism, funded by First Look Media.
  • Axios (English) — Digital-native outlet known for concise, format-driven reporting on politics, business, and technology.

Brazil

Legacy broadcast media remains dominant and concentrated, but Brazil has one of Latin America’s most developed nonprofit investigative sectors, several outlets founded and led by women.

Major / Mainstream

  • Globo (Portuguese) — Brazil’s largest media conglomerate, spanning television, print, and digital.
  • Folha de S.Paulo (Portuguese; some English) — Brazil’s largest-circulation newspaper by digital subscription.
  • O Estado de S. Paulo (Estadão) (Portuguese) — Historic national daily, generally center-right.
  • Veja (Portuguese) — Brazil’s largest-circulation weekly newsmagazine.
  • CNN Brasil (Portuguese) — Brazilian licensee of the CNN brand, cable and digital.

Independent / New Media

  • Agência Pública (Portuguese; some English/Spanish) — Brazil’s first nonprofit investigative journalism agency, founded in 2011 by three women reporters, funded by donations and grants; distributes its reporting free for republication under Creative Commons.
  • Intercept Brasil (Portuguese) — Brazilian edition of The Intercept, known for its role publishing the “Vaza Jato” leaks on the Lava Jato corruption probe.
  • Nexo Jornal (Portuguese) — Independent digital outlet focused on explanatory, context-driven journalism.

Mexico

Government advertising is a major revenue source for much of the traditional press, which shapes coverage; a cluster of digital-native outlets founded by journalists who left legacy newsrooms has become the country’s main source of adversarial reporting on corruption and organized crime. Mexico is also one of the world’s most dangerous countries for journalists.

Major / Mainstream

  • Reforma (Spanish) — Major national daily generally regarded as more editorially independent of government advertising than most Mexican papers.
  • El Universal (Spanish) — One of Mexico’s largest and oldest national dailies.
  • Milenio (Spanish) — Major multimedia news outlet with wide national reach.
  • Excélsior (Spanish) — One of Mexico’s most influential and long-running newspapers, founded 1917.
  • La Jornada (Spanish) — Historic national daily generally associated with left and grassroots reporting.

Independent / New Media

  • Animal Político (Spanish) — Independent digital-native outlet founded in 2010, known for investigative reporting on corruption and human rights; funded primarily by advertising rather than government sources.
  • Sin Embargo (Spanish) — Independent digital outlet founded by journalists who left mainstream newsrooms over editorial interference.
  • Proceso (Spanish) — Independent investigative weekly magazine publishing since 1976, repeatedly targeted by defamation suits over its reporting.

Canada

A mix of public broadcasting and a small number of large private chains dominates the landscape; independent digital outlets occupy a smaller niche than in some other large democracies.

Major / Mainstream

  • CBC News (English; CBC/Radio-Canada also in French) — Canada’s public broadcaster.
  • The Globe and Mail (English) — National paper of record.
  • National Post (English) — National daily, part of Postmedia, generally conservative-leaning.
  • Toronto Star (English) — Canada’s highest-circulation daily, generally centrist-to-left.
  • CTV News (English) — Major private broadcaster.

Independent / New Media

  • The Tyee (English) — Independent, reader- and grant-funded outlet based in British Columbia, known for investigative and policy-focused reporting.
  • Canadaland (English) — Independent outlet and podcast network focused on media criticism and accountability journalism.
  • The Narwhal (English) — Independent nonprofit outlet focused on environmental and resource-industry investigative reporting.

Argentina

Media ownership is concentrated among a few large conglomerates with historically adversarial relationships to different governments; Argentina also has one of the region’s most established independent fact-checking organizations.

Major / Mainstream

  • Clarín (Spanish) — Argentina’s largest-circulation daily, flagship of the Grupo Clarín conglomerate.
  • La Nación (Spanish) — Historic national daily, generally center-right.
  • Página/12 (Spanish) — National daily generally associated with the center-left.
  • Infobae (Spanish) — Argentina’s largest digital-native news outlet, widely read across Latin America.
  • Perfil (Spanish) — National weekly and digital outlet known for political coverage.
  • Ámbito Financiero (Spanish) — Leading business and financial daily.

Independent / New Media

  • Chequeado (Spanish) — Independent nonprofit fact-checking organization, one of the first of its kind in Latin America.
  • elDiarioAR (Spanish) — Independent digital outlet, Argentine edition of Spain’s elDiario.es.

Colombia

Traditional print media remains influential alongside a strong tradition of independent digital political analysis and investigative reporting, developed partly in response to decades of conflict-related reporting risk.

Major / Mainstream

  • El Tiempo (Spanish) — Colombia’s largest-circulation newspaper.
  • El Espectador (Spanish) — Historic national daily with a reputation for critical, sourced reporting.
  • Semana (Spanish) — Colombia’s most widely read newsmagazine.
  • Noticias RCN (Spanish) — Major broadcast news division.
  • Noticias Caracol (Spanish) — Colombia’s most-watched television news broadcast.
  • Blu Radio (Spanish) — Major national radio news network.

Independent / New Media

  • La Silla Vacía (Spanish) — Independent digital outlet specializing in political analysis and power-mapping journalism.
  • Cuestión Pública (Spanish) — Independent nonprofit investigative outlet.

Other Americas Sources

A working list of additional sources across the region, to be expanded into full country sections over time.

  • CIPER Chile (Chile; Spanish) — Independent nonprofit investigative journalism center.
  • Ojo Público (Peru; Spanish) — Independent investigative digital outlet.
  • Efecto Cocuyo (Venezuela; Spanish) — Independent outlet founded by journalists after mainstream media faced government pressure; reports under significant restriction.
  • 14ymedio (Cuba; Spanish/English) — Independent outlet founded by dissident journalist Yoani Sánchez, blocked inside Cuba and operating largely from exile.
  • El Universo (Ecuador; Spanish) — Ecuador’s largest-circulation newspaper.
  • El Observador (Uruguay; Spanish) — Major national daily.
  • La Nación (Costa Rica; Spanish) — Costa Rica’s leading national daily.
  • Prensa Libre (Guatemala; Spanish) — Guatemala’s largest-circulation daily.
  • Listín Diario (Dominican Republic; Spanish) — The Dominican Republic’s oldest and most widely read daily.
  • ABC Color (Paraguay; Spanish) — Paraguay’s leading national daily.
  • Jamaica Gleaner (Jamaica; English) — Jamaica’s oldest and most widely read newspaper.
  • La Razón (Bolivia; Spanish) — Major national daily.