In the News: Human Rights in the Americas

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01/28/2011: Cuban dissident held for second time in as many days

01/25/2011: Calif. man held over infamous massacre during Guatemala's 1982 civil war
01/25/2011: Rights Group: Chavez Using Judiciary Against Foes
01/25/2011: Report: Despite security gains, criminal bands and threats to labor leaders still plague Colombia

01/24/2011: Human Rights Watch Says Cuba Represses Virtually All Forms of Dissent
01/22/2011: Duvalier torture victims disinclined to forgive
01/21/2011: Rights group: Haiti probing Duvalier's alleged atrocities

01/17/2011: Returning Haitian Dictator Should Be Tried, Rights Groups Say
01/17/2011: Rally planned to protest Duvalier's return to Haiti
12/22/2010: Former Argentine dictator sentenced to life
12/22/2010: Critics of Venezuela's new media laws fear dangerous crackdown
12/21/2010: International human rights court blames Mexican army for torture
12/17/2010: France: 13 Pinochet-Era Officials Convicted in Absentia
12/16/2010: Amnesty for Brazil Dictatorship Is Challenged

12/15/2010: Dissident urges EU to press Cuba on rights
12/15/2010: Photos provide evidence in Guatemalan killings case, commission says
12/15/2010: Chavez foes, US condemn plan for decree powers
12/15/2010: Journalism advocates lash out at Chavez moves

12/15/2010: Haiti candidate calls for single-round vote
12/15/2010: Hugo Chávez may get additional powers
12/14/2010: Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas refused exit visa

12/14/2010: EU decries no-show of Farinas for rights prize
12/14/2010: Candidates appeal results

12/11/2010: Haiti candidates reject election recount
12/10/2010: President Chavez seeks decree powers in Venezuela
12/10/2010: Cuban Blogger Chosen for Spanish Human Rights Award

12/10/2010: Peaceful protests mark human rights day in Cuba

12/10/2010: Haiti orders recount of disputed presidential election
12/09/2010: Cuban dissidents jeered ahead of Human Rights Day
12/09/2010: Group: Near 14,000 murders in Venezuela last year
12/09/2010: Chile's Pinera vows prison reform after deadly fire

12/08/2010: 14 ex-officials of Pinochet on trial in France
12/08/2010: Candidates Face Runoff in Haiti’s Troubled Vote

12/07/2010: Haitians wait anxiously for election results
12/06/2010: Honduras president wants ousted leader's return

12/05/2010: Uruguayan activist against 'dirty war' dies at 92
12/04/2010: Ballot inspections under intense scrutiny in Haiti
12/03/2010: Ex-Militia Chief Sentenced Under Colombia’s Demobilization Law

12/03/2010: Have Passport, Cannot Travel

12/03/2010: Haiti candidates lead protest to nullify election
12/02/2010: Cubans stage rallies, test new openness

11/29/2010: Haiti election valid despite "irregularities", says OAS

11/29/2010: Haiti presidential candidates denounce election fraud
11/28/2010: WikiLeaks: US Embassy in Honduras Believed Zelaya Removal Was Illegal Coup
11/26/2010: OAS urged to address threats to TV channel Globovisión
11/25/2010: Venezuelan NGOs fear restrictions on foreign funds
11/24/2010: Another Controversial Acquittal of Members of Military
11/24/2010: Colombian Court Strikes Down Law Protecting Ex-Paramilitaries
11/24/2010: Nicaragua accused of 'failing rape victims'
11/24/2010: South American leaders envision democratic charter
11/24/2010: Chilean Bishop Who Defended Human Rights Dies

11/20/2010: Chavez demands action against owner of TV channel
11/19/2010: Three Additional Cuban Dissidents Fly to Freedom in Spain

11/18/2010: Groups Blame Honduran Government for Deadly Rural Clash

11/18/2010: Int'l Court looking at crimes in Nigeria, Honduras
11/17/2010: Amnesty Law Still Blocking Justice in Uruguay
11/14/2010: Cuba frees political prisoner who refused exile deal
11/12/2010: Reading the Bones
11/11/2010: Search for disappeared dissidents begins in Brazil

11/11/2010: 50 Activists Slain in Colombia Under Santos, Opposition Says
11/10/2010: Rights Panel Calls for Probe of Mexican Reporter’s Killing
11/09/2010: Dissidents vow protests to free comrades
11/09/2010: Latin media leaders: Gangs, censors both threats
11/09/2010: Haitian Migrants’ Offspring Face Discrimination in Dominican Republic
11/08/2010: Cuba urged to free more prisoners
11/08/2010: Active Uruguayan general imprisoned in 1974 murder

11/04/2010: Brazilians Who Tortured Future President Face Civil Suit

11/03/2010: Brazilian Police Free 131 Workers Held in Slavery Conditions

11/03/2010: US Court OKs Extradition of 'Butcher of the Andes'

11/03/2010: Colombia soldiers suspended after three children killed

11/02/2010: Honduras Has Much to Explain in Human Rights Exam

11/02/2010: Protest marchers beaten, detained

11/02/2010: Spain: Any EU Talks with Cuba to Include Human Rights

11/02/2010: U.S. Judge: No Argentine Extradition in Killings

11/02/2010: Group Urges Brazil to Probe Murders of Journalists

11/01/2010: Brazil’s 1st Woman President-Elect Vows Push for Equality

11/01/2010: Uruguay's high court annuls dictatorship's amnesty

11/01/2010: Cuba to send 3 more prisoners to exile in Spain

10/31/2010: Under Investigation Mexican Cops Who Shot Student

10/31/2010: Cuba faces looming deadline for prisoner release

10/26/2010: Exclusive investigation: Guards cash in on smuggling Haitian children
10/23/2010: Trafficking, sexual exploitation of Haitian children in the Dominican Republic on the rise
10/21/2010: Church announces release of 5 more Cuba prisoners
10/21/2010: Cuban dissident wins European Parliament freedom prize
10/20/2010: Voices of Women Peace Activists Silenced
10/19/2010: Rights groups rap Mexico plan on military trials
10/15/2010: Peacekeepers break up anti-UN protest in Haiti
10/15/2010: Murder trial postponed for Suriname's president
10/12/2010: UN says Latin American democracy still vulnerable
10/11/2010: Elite Colombian soldiers guilty of killing civilian
10/09/2010: Cuba to free 3 prisoners not in church deal of 52
10/07/2010: UN condemned over 'appalling' Haiti earthquake camps
10/06/2010: At least 46 officers detained for Ecuador revolt
10/06/2010: Venezuelan Prison Inmates on Hunger Strike
10/06/2010: Havana Denies Blocking Cubans’ Internet Accounts
10/06/2010: Torture of Suspect in Mexico Reported
10/04/2010: Human Rights Court: Mexico responsible for rapes
10/04/2010: Cuba to free more prisoners, human rights leader says
10/01/2010: Church: 7 jailed dissidents reject leaving Cuba
10/01/2010: U.S. apologizes for Guatemala STD experiments
10/01/2010: Ecuador calm after revolt; Correa alleges coup
10/01/2010: Piñera calls CONARE's decision on Apablaza 'a backward step for human rights'

09/29/2010: Election results could free two prisoners in Venezuela
09/29/2010: Prospect of Jail for Libel Alarms Salvadoran Journalists
09/29/2010: Bolivia's Morales: law lets him seek re-election
09/28/2010: Cuban Ex-Political Prisoner Arrives in Miami
09/28/2010: Politicos Suspected in Murder of Colombian Journalist
09/28/2010: Freedom of Information Laws a Model; Not So the Practice
09/27/2010: Rights group claims Mexican military abuse
09/27/2010: Polls close in Venezuela's parliamentary race
09/27/2010: Three More Cuban Dissidents Agree to Go to Spain
09/27/2010: El Salvador’s High Court Deals Blow to Press Freedom
09/24/2010: Freed dissidents who stay in Cuba may be put under parole
09/23/2010: Mexican bishop wins Norway’s Rafto human rights prize
09/23/2010: Mexican Activist Wins Prestigious RFK Prize
09/23/2010: Mexican news media grapple with life in shadow of drug cartels following stunning editorial
09/23/2010: Cuban hunger striker Guillermo Fariñas nominated for 2010 Sakharov Prize
09/22/2010: Five Million Women Have Fallen Prey to Trafficking Networks
09/22/2010: Calderon government says it is preparing plan to protect journalists in Mexico
09/21/2010: Fidel Castro meets with Japanese activists
09/21/2010: Row over Mexico newspaper's plea to Juarez cartels
09/21/2010: Argentine govt sues media chiefs in newsprint row
09/20/2010: Mexico paper asks drug cartels what they can print without risk of murder
09/17/2010: Cuba to free 4 more political prisoners into exile
09/17/2010: Newspaper: Mexican media defenseless against gangs
09/16/2010: Honduran police tear gas Zeyala supporters; 1 dead
09/16/2010: Colombia High Court Orders Militia-Seized Land Returned to Owners
09/15/2010: Three Brothers Lynched in Bolivia
09/13/2010: Peru President backtracks on amnesty decree
09/13/2010: Vargas Llosa Quits Peru Rights Memorial Panel in Protest
09/13/2010: Mexican Army to Prosecute 4 Soldiers Involved in Deadly Shooting
09/13/2010: U.N. Launches Anti-Rape Campaign in Haiti
09/10/2010: Video shows armed Cuban police breaking up student protest
09/09/2010: Chilean MPs join hunger protest by indigenous detainees
09/08/2010: Guatemalan ex-soldiers on trial in landmark war case
09/08/2010: Mexican Military Launches Investigation Into Killing Of Civilians
09/08/2010: US news media group calls attacks on Mexican journalists a 'national crisis'
09/08/2010: Portuguese-born businessman ends hunger strike in Venezuela
09/07/2010: Mexico begins inquiry after soldiers fire on family car
09/06/2010: Rights Activists Released in Cuba
09/06/2010: Suriname president shrugs off questions about dictatorship, murder trial, drug conviction
09/04/2010: Cuban Blogger: Press Freedom Award Brings Responsibility
09/03/2010: More than 4,000 Venezuelan Inmates on Hunger Strike

08/31/2010: Farmer-turned-hunger striker dies in Venezuela
08/31/2010: Newsweek: Why are Latin American democracies suddenly attacking the free press?
08/31/2010: Castro admits 'injustice' for gays and lesbians during revolution
08/28/2010: AI Prisoner of Conscience Acquitted of Murder in Mexico
08/27/2010: Mexican army to compensate families of students slain by soldiers during gunbattle with gunmen
08/27/2010: Human trafficking second only to drugs in Mexico
08/27/2010: Court says Brazilians can laugh at election
08/26/2010: Regional Rights Court to Hear Mexican Army Abuse Case
08/26/2010: Honduran journalist killing makes 8 for the year
08/25/2010: Cuba Agrees To Free More Dissidents Into Exile In Spain; U.S. May Take Some
08/24/2010: 7,500 Colombians Displaced by Conflict in 2010
08/24/2010: Groups Demand Action to End Violence Against Mexican Journalists
08/24/2010: Argentine president accuses leading newspapers of conspiring with former dictatorship
08/24/2010: UN: Mexico most dangerous in Americas for press
08/23/2010: Brazilian Comics Protest Ban on Imitating Political Hopefuls
08/23/2010: Colombia's FARC rebels offer to discuss conflict with forum of South American leaders
08/22/2010: Venezuela, More Deadly Than Iraq, Wonders Why
08/22/2010: Mother of dead Cuban hunger striker holds march without incident after weeks of
confrontations
08/21/2010: Argentine government clamps down on country's largest media organisation
08/20/2010: Cuban blogger starts digital magazine
08/20/2010: Venezuelan judge says newspapers can print violent pictures
08/19/2010: Cuba frees 2 protesters
08/18/2010: Five anti-Castro protesters jailed
08/18/2010: Venezuelan newspaper cries 'CENSORED' on front page after court ruling banning violent photos
08/18/2010: Brazilian company fined $2.8 million for slave labor, government says
08/17/2010: Amnesty: Cuba harassing dead hunger striker's mom
08/17/2010: Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega lays groundwork to stay in power
08/17/2010: Cuban Dissidents Say Their Release Not a Sign of Liberalization
08/17/2010: Venezuelan newspaper owner defends photo that spurred investigation
08/15/2010: Opposition group slams Venezuela for opening probe against newspaper
08/15/2010: Mexico TV station Televisa hit by blasts
08/14/2010: Nixon endorsed death threats in Uruguay
08/13/2010: Cuba to free 6 more dissidents
08/13/2010: Bolivia protesters demand talks with Evo Morales
08/12/2010: Narco-blogger beats Mexico drug war news blackout
08/12/2010: Suriname's ex-dictator returns to power, bringing painful memories and worries for the future
08/11/2010: Nicaraguan top court replaces opposition judges
08/11/2010: Peru leader charged with rebellion eyes politics
08/11/2010: Chávez Sees Cuba as a Model

08/10/2010: Colombia, Venezuela restore diplomatic relations
08/10/2010: Guatemala acts on extra-judicial prison killings
08/09/2010: UN, OAS Examine Threats to Free Press in Mexico
08/09/2010: Spanish judge to help Argentina on human rights
08/09/2010: Juan Manuel Santos Inaugurated In Colombia; Says Will Improve Relations With Venezuela, Human Rights
08/08/2010: At least 20 candidates file to run in Haiti's presidential elections
08/07/2010: Mexico Journalists Protest Killings
07/28/2010: Freed Cuban Dissident Arrives in U.S.
07/28/2010: Mexican NGOs Protest Government Bid to Control Crime Data
07/28/2010: New Trial Begins in France for Noriega
07/27/2010: Mapuche Indians in Chilean Prisons Expand Hunger Strike
07/27/2010: 4 journalists reported missing in northern Mexico
07/27/2010: Haiti Investigates Prison Shootings
07/26/2010: Mexican officials: Prison inmates released to commit killings
07/26/2010: Nicaraguan prosecutors drop case against Daniel Ortega in 1980s killings of Miskito Indians
07/26/2010: Honduras Faces Criticism Over Journalist Killings After a Coup
07/25/2010: Rebuking church, Chilean president rejects sweeping pardons that would free rights offenders
07/23/2010: Venezuela leader Hugo Chavez severs ties with Colombia
07/23/2010: Cuba Prevents Blogger Yoani Sanchez from Traveling to Brazil
07/22/2010: Ecuador ambassador resigns ahead of tense OAS meeting
07/21/2010: Chavez says government has stake in opposition broadcaster
07/21/2010: Rights group concerned about new Venezuela gov't agency that will monitor information
07/21/2010: Church seeks pardons in Pinochet-era cases
07/20/2010: Freed dissidents urge EU not to soften its Cuba policy
07/20/2010: Suriname president and ex-dictator vows not to interfere with own trial in 1982 massacre
07/19/2010: OAS not to intervene in Venezuela's ban on Chilean electoral observers
07/19/2010: UN secretary-general wants human rights boost in Cuba to build on 'encouraging' release
07/16/2010: UN concerned about extrajudicial killings in Ecuador
07/15/2010: 'Cuba not opening up to democracy' - released prisoners
07/14/2010: TV station chief vows to stay critical of Hugo Chávez
07/14/2010: Two more Cuban dissidents arrive in Spain
07/13/2010: Freed Cuban dissidents arrive in Spain
07/13/2010: Freed Cuban Prisoners Vow Defiance
07/12/2010: Six months after quake, Haiti still suffers
07/12/2010: Mexican Reporters Say Soldiers Attacked Them

07/10/2010: Cuban church identifies 12 more dissidents for release

07/09/2010: Citing political persecution, owner of Venezuela's anti-Chavez TV channel seeks help from OAS

07/08/2010: Cuba agrees to release 52 political prisoners

07/08/2010: Cuba: Key players in the dissident movement

07/06/2010: Argentina's Videla: 'Troops followed my orders'

07/05/2010: Imprisoned Venezuelan journalist declares hunger strike

07/05/2010: Spain to press Cuba over jailed dissidents

07/04/2010: Venezuela rejects U.S. accusations of rights abuses

07/04/2010: Cuban hunger striker risks death

07/01/2010: Amnesty urges Cuba to end political repression

06/30/2010: Caracas prison deaths spark call for probe

06/30/2010: Former Argentina dictator to go on trial in rights abuse case

06/29/2010: Honduras still split one year after president's removal

06/05/2010: 37 arrested in Cuba crackdown

06/03/2010: Freedom House Reveals the World's Worst Human Rights Abusers

10/22/2009: Last Uruguayan dictator sentenced to 25 years

10/21/2009: IAPA concerned at press freedom restrictions in proposed communications law

10/20/2009: Re-election issue divides Nicaragua

10/14/2009: Mexico: Human Rights Defenders Under Attack, UN Warns

09/29/2009: Honduras 'may restore liberties'

08/06/2008: New Decrees From Chávez Mirror Spurned Measures

07/30/2008: Central America: Backsliding on Human Rights

07/21/2008: Wave of arrests targets Cuban activists

07/08/2008: Ecuador authorities seize televisions station alleging unpaid debt

07/02/2008: ARGENTINA: Radio station’s closure highlights need to replace radio broadcast law

06/30/2008: Double life term for Pinochet secret police chief

06/27/2008: COLOMBIA: Making the ‘Disappeared’ Reappear

06/26/2008: Reporters Without Borders urges action on behalf of Ricardo González Alfonso, other imprisoned journalists after EU sanctions lifted

06/23/2008: ECUADOR: Critical journalist shot to death in Guayaquil

06/22/2008: Cuba releases six dissidents

06/22/2008: Following examples in Venezuela and Colombia, youths in Nicaragua have used the Internet as an outlet for opposition to President Daniel Ortega

06/17/2008: Brazilian cop denies torturing journalists

06/09/2008: Pinochet's foot soldiers in firing line

06/08/2008: Chávez backtracks on Venezuela spy law

06/03/2008: Chávez Decree Tightens Hold on Intelligence

05/29/2008: End of Cuba's ‘tourist apartheid' leaves vast racial divide

05/26/2008: Peru recovers mass grave bodies

05/17/2008: Argentina's dirty war: the museum of horrors-Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

05/08/2008: Cuba's two-currency system adds up to a social divide

05/07/2008: Former colonel gets 54-year term for massacre in Colombia

05/02/2008: Argentina Dirty War atrocities witness says captors beat, threatened him

04/19/2008: Retired navy officers indicted in Chile for killing, torture of priest

04/11/2008: Cuba reforms bring shrugs and expectations

04/08/2008: An Ambassador Born of the 'Dirty Wars': Argentina's New Envoy Occupies the Office of a Man He Once Openly Fought

04/07/2008: Venezuelan Web radio struggles as President Hugo Chávez cracks down on press freedoms

04/01/2008: Cuban leader Raúl Castro will allow Cubans to stay at island hotels, but few can afford them

03/27/2008: Chávez tightens grip on media

03/24/2008: Cuba blocks access to top Cuban blog

03/21/2008: Extrajudicial slayings on rise in Colombia

03/20/2008: Chávez threatens to silence 2nd TV station

03/17/2008: "Student Power": An Op-Ed on Yon Goicoechea by Mary O'Grady of the Wall Street Journal

03/16/2008: Venezuelan ex-leader called to court

03/12/2008: Argentine sues 'Dirty War' couple

03/07/2008: Top electoral court suspends Bolivia's referendum

03/05/2008: US Judge Awards Millions in Damages to Massacre Survivors

03/01/2008: Raul takes small steps on human rights

02/27/2008: Argentine 'dirty war' witness is found dead

02/25/2008: Guatemala: A Minute of Silence for the Victims

02/25/2008: Justice Disserved for Indigenous Prisoners

02/17/2008: Cuban dissidents arrive in Spain

02/15/2008: Spaniard says Cuba will free 7 dissidents

02/13/2008: Student: I want to build `better socialism'

02/07/2008: Students challenge Cuban regime: Rare video showed Cuban National Assembly President Ricardo Alarcón getting an earful from students demanding Internet access, more accountability

02/05/2008: "Chávez's Anti-Semitism": An Op-Ed by Abe Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League

02/05/2008: Argentine Dirty War Trial Opens

02/04/2008: Radio journalist threatened and assaulted in Tingo María following coverage of allegations of governor's corruption

01/29/2008: Argentine Dirty War officers punished

01/27/2008: Women lose in Mexico Indian rights gain

01/24/2008: Fugitive officer arrested in rights case

01/23/2008: Mexico rights official says army tortured, raped

01/20/2008: Change may be brewing in Cuba: Analysts see signs of modest political and economic reform in the 18 months since Fidel Castro temporarily stepped down

01/19/2008: Loss of news talk show dismays Mexicans

01/18/2008: South America's Constitutional Battles

01/17/2008: Freedom House: Freedom is retreating in Venezuela

01/16/2008: Cuba rights abuses continue but fewer prisoners: group

01/16/2008: National human rights commission denounces irregularities in investigation of journalist's murder

01/12/2008: Chávez wants another vote

01/12/2008: ‘Operation Condor’ Was No Mystery to Washington

01/10/2008: Cuban doctor and prisoner of conscience, Dr. José Luis García Paneque, is suffering from bouts of profuse bleeding

01/09/2008: Journalist: There is a new fear among Jews in Venezuela

01/08/2008: PERU: Operation Condor Tentacles Stretched Even Farther

01/04/2008: Brazil military downplays role in Condor killings

01/03/2008: Humanizing revolution

12/27/2007: Fujimori denies ordering 'dirty war' against opponents

12/26/2007: Brazil signals no extradition for "Condor" suspects

12/24/2007: Italy seeks Condor plot suspects

12/21/2007: Human Rights in Argentina - Progress and Pending Tasks

12/20/2007: Former Argentine army officers convicted of abuses

12/20/2007: Peru's Fujimori defends amnesty:On trial for murder and kidnapping, Alberto Fujimori defended his decision to grant amnesty to people who may have violated human rights.

12/18/2007: Cuban dissident backs political amnesty

12/16/2007: Cuban dissidents note subtle change in Raul Castro's policies

12/11/2007: Cuba's Words, Actions Differ on Rights

12/06/2007: President Proposes National Recall Vote As Bolivia Slides Further Into Chaos

12/06/2007: Cuban activist: dissidents plan action
12/06/2007: Nicaragua judges debate Ortega councils

12/05/2007: Police beat dissidents in Cuban church

12/03/2007: Activist Says 29 Cuban Dissidents Held
12/01/2007: Torture claim in death of magistrate
11/30/2007: Latin constitutional changes raise democracy concerns

11/30/2007: President Brandishes His Own Terror Threat
11/29/2007: Supreme Court Lets Governor Off the Hook
11/26/2007: Deadly riots shake Bolivia over constitution
11/26/2007: Venezuelan killed during referendum protests
11/23/2007: Argentina’s Jewish ‘Desaparecidos’
11/22/2007: Free Press Under Attack in Honduras
11/22/2007: Human rights rhetoric contradicted by rush for Colombia trade pact

11/16/2007: Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta: "I will not give up"
11/15/2007: Mr. Chavez's Coup: A constitutional 'reform' could complete Venezuela's transformation into a dictatorship

11/08/2007: Caracas Chaos: Gunmen fire on anti-Chavez protesters
11/01/2007: Dissident: Cubans Detained for Bracelets

10/29/2007: Cuban political prisoner, Antonio Villarreal Acosta, in critical state

10/23/2007: Violence in Venezuela as Thousands Protest Proposed Constitutional Reforms
10/22/2007: Cuban, Asian Groups Discuss Evils of Communism
10/20/2007: Peru's Fujimori to Be Tried for Murder
10/18/2007: Argentina begins trial on infamous torture center
10/18/2007: Critics say changes in Venezuela law could erode rights

10/15/2007: IAPA: Freedom of speech jeopardized in Latin America for Venezuelan influence
10/15/2007: Law School Program Helping to Protect Indigenous People's Land Rights
10/14/2007: More Attacks on Free Expression Reported
10/13/2007: Mexican 'Dirty War' Case Nears Court
10/11/2007: Press groups concerned by killing of 3 newspaper vendors in southern Mexico
10/10/2007: Priest found guilty in Argentina
10/05/2007: Cuban band battles censorship

10/03/2007: Analysis: Venezuela oil row over rights
09/27/2007: Cuba detains dissidents at ministry protest
09/26/2007: Ex-President of Bolivia Faces Suit in U.S.
09/21/2007: Fujimori Extradited to Peru on Human Rights Charges

07/31/2007: Venezuelan Cable Station Faces Chávez Showdown

07/23/2007: Chávez: Critical Foreigners to Get Boot

07/23/2007: Hugo Chávez to submit unlimited re-election bill to parliament

07/20/2007: Ecuadoran Prosecutor's Office, Congress say presidential decree illegal

07/19/2007: Venezuela wants subscription channels to carry government slots

07/18/2007: Bolivian assembly proposes unlimited re-election for Morales, future presidents

07/16/2007: Television channel critical of Chávez returns

07/16/2007: How Castro targets librarians; Michael Moore, ALA whitewash Cuban thugocracy

07/14/2007: Venezuelan students set up blackboards for free speech

07/14/2007: 'Hot Corner' Tests Free Speech in Cuba

07/11/2007: Venezuelan TV station heads to cable

07/09/2007: Many Venezuelans uncertain about Chávez' '21st century socialism'

07/08/2007: Catholic leaders worried about Chávez's plans to redo constitution

07/05/2007: No human rights progress under Raúl Castro

07/05/2007: Media Mogul Learns to Live With Chávez

07/04/2007: Because freedom matters

07/03/2007: Ecuador President urged by media watchdog not to boycott press

06/28/2007: Bolivian President Wants To Ban Privatisation By Law

06/25/2007: Ecuador's Correa threatens congress

06/25/2007: Venezuelan opposition channel warns against closure

06/22/2007: Dissidents call for change in Cuba

06/18/2007: Venezuela Outlook: Chávez Forever?
06/18/2007: Venezuela Outlook: Q&A
06/18/2007: EU says it's ready to resume 'open political dialogue' with Cuba
06/18/2007: Venezuela warns against protests during Copa America

06/16/2007: Venezuelan Emigres Find Common Ground in Anger

06/16/2007: Venezuela seeks to expand state-owned television channel
06/13/2007: Targeted threats against Quito staff of pan-Latin TV news channel Telesur
06/10/2007: Even off air, Venezuela's RCTV goes on

06/09/2007: Much though Evo Morales might want to be another Hugo Chávez, he will
not find it easy
06/06/2007: Silence = Despotism
06/04/2007: Journalist faces possible prison sentence if convicted of “insult and calumny”
06/01/2007: Chávez Looks at His Critics in the Media and Sees the Enemy
05/31/2007: Venezuela Uproar Concerns Carter Center
05/29/2007: Troops fire tear gas, rubber bullets in TV station protest
05/29/2007: Chile concerned over developments in Venezuela
05/24/2007: Spain to advocate for political prisoners in Cuba
05/21/2007: Supreme Court rules RCTV’s appeal against loss of its licence “inadmissible”
05/20/2007: Ecuador's leftist president invites press freedom groups to visit
05/18/2007: Venezuela’s Supreme Court dismisses challenge by TV station set to lose license
05/18/2007: Latin America's Press Not This Bullied in Decades
05/17/2007: Clash of Hope and Fear as Venezuela Seizes Land
05/17/2007: Farms Are Latest Target In Venezuelan Upheaval
05/16/2007: Governments admits illegally tapping journalists’ phone calls for past two years
05/16/2007: Politicians, journalists and government officials jointly recommend reforms to defamation and access to information laws
05/14/2007: Peru's Fujimori says he will accept Chile's decision
05/10/2007: Independent journalist released after being held for nearly two years
05/08/2007: World Press Freedom Day Marred by Violence
05/05/2007: Ecuador to Investigate Rights Abuses
05/04/2007: Journalists' work threatened by "parallel powers" linked to organised crime through corrupt individuals and ties to political groups, warns CERIGUA
05/03/2007: One imprisoned journalist denied medically-needed exercise; another reports food poisoning due to spoiled meals
05/03/2007: Statistics show freedom of expression under threat, says CENCOS
04/28/2007: A Conference for Cuba’s Freedom in Berlin
04/27/2007: Civil society movement for access to information launched; two draft bills in process
04/26/2007: Journalist struck, detained by National Guard members when covering protest in Aragua
04/25/2007: Argentina cancels junta pardons
04/25/2007: Ecuador MPs seek Colombia asylum
04/24/2007: Sonora journalist’s body found a week after his abduction by armed group
04/23/2007: Defamation lawsuit against television station owner-manager re-opened
04/22/2007: Venezuelans in TV network protest
04/20/2007: Graffiti supporting non-renewal of RCTV's broadcasting license painted on station's walls
04/19/2007: Journalist sentenced to four years in prison as "pre-criminal social danger"
04/16/2007: Ecuador leader celebrates 'win'
04/13/2007: Brazil breaks up 'killing firm'
04/13/2007: Fire attack on offices of critical newspaper
04/13/2007: President enacts law decriminalising press offences
04/11/2007: Arrests in Mexico reporter murder
04/11/2007: Radio journalist convicted in Utcubamba of defamation, fined, given suspended sentence over broadcast on land dispute
04/07/2007: Groups demand justice for slain Mexican journalist
04/05/2007: Rights Groups Hail Arrests of 3 by U.S. in War Crimes
04/05/2007: Most Cuban dissidents spurn Spanish overture
03/29/2007: Judge fired amid Ecuador deadlock
03/27/2007: Violence Against Journalists Threatens Press Freedom in Latin America
03/25/2007: Kirchner: enough, speed up trials
03/24/2007: Colombian judge frees key player in 'para' scandal
03/23/2007: Linked Killings Undercut Trust In Guatemala
03/21/2007: Council to Oversee Guatemala Archives
03/21/2007: Argentina court says former junta ruler to face prosecution in human rights case
03/20/2007: Ecuador ends Congress stalemate
03/19/2007: Radio reporter gunned down in an apparent contract killing linked to his work
03/16/2007: Political motivation suspected in cancellation of radio programme by Santa Cruz provincial station
03/15/2007: Correa v Congress
03/15/2007: Italy convicts 'Dirty War' five
03/14/2007: MPs clash with police in Ecuador
03/13/2007: Report puts Venezuela among countries repressing human rights groups
03/09/2007: Argentine ex-military ruler held
03/09/2007: Journalist assaulted by armed man, fears for her life in wake of death threats against other journalists
03/08/2007: Ecuador referendum row escalates
03/02/2007: Death threats against TV journalists who covered murder of four police officers

02/28/2007: Independent journalist sentenced to 22 months in prison after being held for 19 months without trial
02/26/2007: Press freedom uncertain until journalist's disappearance is solved, impunity in murders ended, and "damages awards industry" curbed, warns IAPA
02/25/2007: Salvadoran torture survivor finds closure in American court
02/23/2007: Two Havana-based foreign correspondents ordered to leave
02/22/2007: Freedom to agree: Silencing dissenting views little by little
02/22/2007: Call for disciplinary measures by interior minister in response to death threats and attacks on journalists
02/22/2007: Paramilitary Scandal Takes Colombian Elite by Surprise
02/21/2007: Argentine rights group: DNA identifies child of disappeared dirty war victims
02/20/2007: Ignoring Chavez's Plan
02/20/2007: Cayman observes human rights court
02/19/2007: Ex-Haitian officer faces civil trial on rights allegations
02/14/2007: Fined Venezuelan comedian says critics are silenced
02/12/2007: Freelance photographer gunned down in Rio de Janeiro

02/10/2007: Colombian paramilitaries rearming after peace deal

01/31/2007: Chavez gets sweeping new powers

01/31/2007: Protesters storm Ecuador Congress

01/29/2007: Two community radio journalists beaten, one arrested, during violent confrontation between PRI militants and community group in Oaxaca

01/23/2007: Arson in Colombia

01/19/2007: Fading Fidel

01/18/2007: More leaders end up paying for the past