"Access to public information is crucial for journalists and civil society actors to be able to track money and hold power accountable. However, the platforms that host this data in Latin America are not always easy to use. The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) with the support of Chile Transparente, SANCUS and the […]
"Belisario Solano, president of the Costa Rican Association of Journalists (Colper, by its Spanish acronym), requested the IV Court to declare as unconstitutional an official letter drafted by Joselyn Chacón, Minister of Health, which allegedly restricts officials from giving statements or providing information of public interest. Chacón's directive would violate freedom of the press and […]
"A tool created by OCCRP, an international consortium of investigative journalism, Aleph groups more than 500 databases that can be cross-referenced. (...) Entitled "project_abraji", the Aleph directory created as a result of the partnership groups a series of data from Brazil, among them those related to beneficiaries of Emergency Aid and Bolsa Família; aircraft owners, […]
"Based on the information collected and brought to the public annually in the CPT's Conflicts in Campo Brasil reports, the Conflict Map makes an unprecedented analysis of data, investigating the instances of conflicts in the countryside in the Legal Amazon during the last decade (2011-2020). In addition to being a way to stimulate readers' interest […]
"Law 6, signed on Jan. 22, 2002, "which dictates rules for transparency in public management, establishes the action of habeas data and dictates other provisions," celebrates its first 20 years in an environment of controversy over access to public information, the resistance of national and local authorities to deliver information, and paradoxically supported by an […]
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (I/A Court HR) published a ruling dated Oct. 6, 2021 in the case of the Maya Kaqchikel Indigenous Peoples of Sumpango et al v. Guatemala. The Inter-American Court found the State of Guatemala responsible for violating the rights to freedom of expression, equality before the law, and the right […]
“On August 17, the Cuban government enacted new regulations that criminalize the sharing of ‘false’ and ‘offensive’ information online, and grant authorities expanded powers to restrict online speech, according to the text of the regulations and press reports. [...] The director of cybersecurity for the Cuban Ministry of Communications, Pablo Domínguez Vásquez, said in a press conference that […]
“Since the pandemic began, the media has been banished from the national capitol. […] It is assumed that the session of this July 20, in which the legislature will be installed, will be completely face-to-face due to the fact that the election of the presidency of both chambers will be held, but again the media […]
"A survey conducted by the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji) shows that in addition to blocking 69 journalists, President Jair Bolsonaro's Twitter account has already vetoed six media outlets. For specialists heard by Abraji, the new strategy signals a clear impediment to the work of press professionals and a discriminatory act. According to Abraji's […]
“Almost half of [Brazilian] journalists (48.44%) have never made requests through the access to information law to cover stories, according to a survey launched this Monday (May 17) by Abraji (Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism). The study marks nine years since the implementation of the LAI (Access to Information Law) in Brazil. The law was […]
“Each of the cases was exposed thanks to Mexico’s freedom of information system, often ranked among the world’s most effective. Created in 2002, it has allowed journalists and researchers to wrest documents from a government long known for opacity. The system has been ‘one of the most important democratic advances in Mexico’ since the end […]
"Eleven civil society organizations that are part of the Right to Access to Public Information Forum - coordinated by Transparency Brasil - published today (Dec. 10, 2020) a technical note with recommendations for improvements in the transparency of the Ministry of Health regarding data about the new coronavirus pandemic. The document will be forwarded to […]