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Rebels and government seem committed to talks, yet neither will call a truce to ease transition to peace.
Cuba Goes Before UN Rights Body in May
Review will focus on what government promised to do, but those pledges ignored key recommendations on civil and political rights.
Cuban Journalist on Second Hunger Strike
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Failing Farms Force Cuba to Import Food
Cost of buying in foodstuffs from abroad is heavy burden on government.
Squatters Take Over State Land in Cuba
They hope that after initial warnings, the authorities will relent and give them the land.
Farm Produce Goes to Waste in Cuba
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Cuban Groups Say No End to Repression
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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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