Tight Controls Over Cuban Web Access
Government slowly making internet more widely available, but it’s expensive and many sites are blocked.
Cuban Lawyers Highlight Domestic Violence
In first report to UN committee, legal-sector NGO says police choose not to act when cases are reported.
Cuban Baseball Breaks Out
After a 50-year ban, players win permission to play professionally abroad.
Cuban Dissidents Shut Out of Job Market
Regime opponents struggle to find means of earning a living.
Cuban Hunger Strikes as Means of Pressure
Tactic now a traditional way of expressing dissent.
Cuban Soap Opera Falls Flat
New tale of rural life has yet to win over audience addicted to racier foreign imports.
Cuban Government Fears Football Defections
Playing in matches in United States offers players chance to escape and seek fame abroad.
Cuban Dissidents Denounce Smear Campaign
Government-linked TV station airs allegations that leading protest group is badly run and financially opaque.
Cuban Traders Slow to Win Acceptance
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Global Voices: Latin America & the Caribbean
Highlights from IWPR’s Consortium to Support Independent Journalism in Latin America (CAPIR).
An investigation by ContraCorriente, one of the investigative units IWPR supports in Honduras, revealed abuses including robbery, torture and kidnappings allegedly inflicted on citizens by police officers. The investigation also addressed how the state of emergency, in place since 2022, has allowed these abuses to occur with impunity. The authorities deny responsibility, claiming that organised criminal groups are using replica uniforms to pose as police officers.
A transnational publication by the investigative units of Plaza Pública and Criterio media revealed the huge extent of Asian cigarette smuggling in northern Central America. In addition to the health problems and millions of dollars lost to tax evasion, this also finances organised crime trafficking of drugs, weapons and humans. The investigation highlighted the failure of institutional efforts to stop this problem, aggravated by the complicity of officials who help falsify documents.
A story by the IWPR beneficiaries Guardiana and La Nube media outlets revealed the unauthorised sale of "medical preparations" to treat mental illnesses such as depression in a market in Cochabamba, one of Bolivia's largest cities. The story showed how products were marketed without information about their ingredients, including unlicensed natural remedies from Peru and Brazil. In response, the Cochabamba department of health announced it would increase the number of police operatives in the market where these products are sold.
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