Government empowers itself through law blocking audiovisual content

Uruguay Impact | Negative Civicus Rating | Open In addition to income and expenditure plans, the 2020-2024 Budget, sanctioned by the Uruguayan Senate on December 10, brought in something new: powers assigned to the country’s telecommunications authority to block audiovisual content from the Internet in order to prevent copyright violations. The blocking or suspension of […]

Government approves new restrictions on the operation of international social organizations

Venezuela Impact | Negative Civicus Rating | Repressed Late November, a joint resolution of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and of the Interior was issued, obliging foreign non-governmental organizations that wish to work in the country to register in a special registry, establish permanent residency within Venezuela and designate a representative According to the regulations, […]

Mounting concerns over lack of transparency in El Salvador

El Salvador Impact | Negative Civicus Rating | Obstructed In recent months, concern has grown over the Bukele government’s refusal to release information to the public about the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, the Ministries of Health (MINSAL, in Spanish), Economy (MINEC, in Spanish) and Agriculture and Livestock (MAG, in Spanish) have […]

El gobierno, habilitado por ley para bloquear contenidos audiovisuales

Uruguay Impacto | Negativo Rating CIVICUS | Abierto Además de la previsión de gastos e ingresos, el Presupuesto 2020-2024 sancionado por el Senado uruguayo el pasado 10 de diciembre, introdujo una novedad. Asigna a la autoridad en materia de telecomunicaciones la facultad para bloquear contenidos audiovisuales de internet con el objeto de prevenir violaciones a […]

Crecen las denuncias por la falta de transparencia en el gobierno de El Salvador

El Salvador Impacto | Negativo Rating CIVICUS | Obstruido En los últimos meses, ha crecido la preocupación ante la denegatoria del gobierno de Bukele a dar información a la ciudadanía sobre el manejo gubernamental de la pandemia de COVID-19. Los Ministerios de Salud (MINSAL), Economía (MINEC) y Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG) son algunos de los […]

Injuries after police clampdown on anti-government demonstrators

Guatemala Impacto | Negativo CIVICUS Rating | Obstructed On November 21, thousands of protesters took to the streets to reject the actions of the Executive branch, demanding the resignation of Giammattei and his vice president Guillermo Castillo. Among the main rallying cries were better usage of public funds to deal with the pandemic and opposition […]

A proposed reform to the Access to Public Information Law advances in Congress threatening to weaken the independence of the body that supervises its implementation

Guatemala Impact | Negative Probabilty | Medium Civicus Rating | Obstructed On November 12, the Transparency Committee recommended to the Plenary of Congress the approval of an initiative to create an autonomous body specializing in the protection of the right of access to information linked to Congress. This recommendation is seen as the first step […]