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La Asamblea Legislativa prohibió las concentraciones masivas hasta diciembre

El Salvador Impacto | Negativo Rating CIVICUS | Obstruido El 20 de octubre la Asamblea Legislativa, controlada por el oficialismo, sancionó sin discusión previa un decreto legislativo que prorroga hasta el 8 de diciembre de 2022 la prohibición de las concentraciones públicas y privadas masivas, en las que no se respete el distanciamiento social ni […]

Colombia, one of the most dangerous countries for environmental activism

Colombia Colombia is already one of the most dangerous countries in the world for environmental defenders, with a record 65 murders registered throughout 2020. This is according to the latest report published by the NGO Global Witness in mid-September. A third of these attacks targeted indigenous and Afro-descendant people, while around half affected small-scale farmers […]

Curfew declared for one month after protests in the interior of the country

Guatemala Impact | Negative Civicus Rating | Obstructed On October 24 the government headed by President Alejandro Giammattei declared a curfew in the municipality of El Estor, in the northeast of the country. The measure followed clashes between security forces and local demonstrators protesting against a mining operation. Congress has already ratified the measure, which […]

Colombia, uno de los países más peligrosos para el activismo ambiental

Colombia Colombia ya es uno de los países más peligrosos en el mundo para defensores del medio ambiente, con un récord de 65 asesinatos registrados a lo largo de 2020. Así se desprende del último informe publicado por la ONG Global Witness a mediados de septiembre. Un tercio de dichos ataques estuvieron dirigidos a personas […]

IAPA warns press freedom in a state of emergency

Latin America Impacto | Negativo Within the framework of its 77th General Assembly, held between October 19 and 22, the Inter American Press Association presented a report on the state of press freedom in the region. In the Chapultepec Index 2021, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Cuba came out worst, though restrictions to freedoms were noted in […]

La SIP advirtió que la libertad de prensa se encuentra en estado de emergencia

América Latina Impacto | Negativo En el marco de su 77º Asamblea General, realizada entre el 19 y el 22 de octubre, la Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa presentó un informe sobre el estado de la libertad de prensa en la región. Si bien en casi todos los países se documentaron restricciones, en el Índice de […]

How Nayib Bukele is becoming “the world’s coolest dictator”

El Salvador Introduction Since assuming the presidency on June 1, 2019, Nayib Bukele has tightened his grip on power at the expense of eroding democracy and rule of law. At the beginning of this year, the ruling party secured a majority in the Legislative Assembly allowing it to pass laws without negotiating with the opposition […]

A new transparency law without guarantees

Venezuela Impact | Negative CIVICUS Rating | Repressed On September 17, the National Assembly sanctioned the new Law on Transparency and Access to Information of Public Interest. The bill took barely four days to be approved, which was introduced hours after the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet presented her report on […]

The National Assembly rushes a package of laws for judicial reform

Venezuela Impact | Negative CIVICUS Rating | Repressed Between September 16 and 17, the Venezuelan National Assembly approved eight laws, all framed within the judicial reform plan promoted by the government, among them an Organic Amparo Law of Protection of Liberty and Security and a reform to the Criminal Procedure Code. The Amparo Law creates, […]