Police reform: a long overdue issue brought to the fore by the National Strike
Colombia Impact | Negative Civicus Rating | Repressed The death toll from police crackdowns on protests since April already exceeds 50 according to Indepaz and the NGO Temblores, while official sources put the figure at 27. With this, an issue that was high on the agenda in 2019 has gained renewed profile: the need to […]
Constitutional Court endorsed a law restricting civil society organizations
Guatemala Impact | Negative Civicus Rating | Obstructed On May 12, the Constitutional Court decided to annul the provisional injunction suspending the entry into force of a reform to the Law on Non-Governmental Organizations for Development, enacted in February 2020. With this decision, the government – through the Ministry of the Interior – is empowered […]
INAI and IFT challenged a decree involving data collection from cell phone users
Mexico Impact | Negative Civicus Rating | Repressed At the end of April, the National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (INAI, in Spanish) filed an action of unconstitutionality before the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) against the decree that creates a registry of cell phone users […]
Reforms to restrict protests during election campaigns already in force
Nicaragua Impact | Negative Civicus Rating | Repressed After an express legislative treatment, on May 5, the government promulgated the reform to the Electoral Law presented by ruling party deputies of Frente Sandinista and endorsed by President Daniel Ortega. Among other points, the new law obliges political parties to request authorization from the National Police […]
The Assembly strips newspapers of tax benefits and closes its doors to journalists.
El Salvador Impact | Negative Civicus Rating | Obstructed On May 5, during its second plenary session, the new Assembly approved a reform to the Printing Law eliminating tax exemptions favoring printed newspapers. The initiative, presented by the deputy of Nuevas Ideas Christian Guevara, was supported by deputies of the ruling party and allies and […]
The new Legislative Assembly aligned with the ruling party threatens judicial independence
El Salvador Impact | Negative Civicus Rating | Obstructed On May 1st, a new period of legislative sessions began with the inauguration of the 84 deputies elected on February 28, a day in which the ruling party, represented by the Nuevas Ideas party, secured its own majority. In the inaugural session, the 56 ruling party […]
Special committee created by the Assembly to investigate NGOs receiving public funds
El Salvador Impact | Negative Civicus Rating | Obstructed The Committee, formed entirely by deputies of the ruling bloc and allies, began working on May 20. The list of the organizations to be investigated has not been made public so far. However, threatening remarks on Twitter by officials and deputies appear to implicate 24 NGOs. […]
La Asamblea creó una comisión especial para investigar a ONGs que recibieron fondos públicos
El Salvador Impacto | Negativo Rating Civicus | Obstruido La Comisión, conformada enteramente por diputados del bloque oficialista y aliados, inició sus actividades el 20 de mayo. El listado de las organizaciones que serán investigadas no se hizo público hasta el momento. Sin embargo, publicaciones de corte amenazador realizadas a través de Twitter por funcionarios […]
La nueva Asamblea Legislativa afín al oficialismo pone en jaque la independencia judicial
El Salvador Impacto | Negativo Rating Civicus | Obstruido En su primera sesión plenaria, realizada el 1° de mayo, los diputados electos del bloque oficialista Nuevas Ideas y aliados aprobaron sin discusión la destitución de los magistrados de la Sala de lo Constitucional de la Corte Suprema de Justicia y del Fiscal General, quienes fueron […]
Tras denuncias por favoristimo en la aplicación de vacunas COVID-19, el gobierno lanzó un registro de datos abiertos
Argentina Impacto | Positivo Probabilidad | Bajo Rating Civicus | Limitado A finales de marzo, el Ministerio de Salud de la Nación y la Secretaría de Innovación Pública lanzaron un nuevo registro de vacunación en formato de datos abiertos con información sobre la edad, género, vacuna y condición de aplicación de las personas vacunadas que […]