Photojournalist Jailed for One Year
Yoel Bencomo Martínez, who photographed images the government didn't like, gets 12 months after spending over a year in custody.
Cuban Journalists Agree Ethics Code
Press freedom group meets despite security service objections.
Contesting Human Rights in Cuba
Government uses term to mean welfare provision while critics call for civil, political and economic rights.
Cuban Political Arrests Top 5,000
Activists note slight but insignificant dip in numbers compared with 2012.
Cuba's Biggest Black Market Thrives Despite Threats
As authorities warn of clampdown, traders say business should carry on as usual, eased by a bit of bribery.
Drugs Fuel Cuban Disco Violence
Locals caught in the middle when gangs clash.
Thriving Cuban Market in Fake Goods
Home-made beauty products and soft drinks cost less than originals, but who knows what goes into them?
Cuban Bloggers Defy Spate of Arrests
Arbitrary detentions have increased in recent months.
Hard Grind in Cuban Bakeries
Ingredients often sold on the black market, leaving customers with poor-quality bread.
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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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