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Press Freedom in Central America
Tensions Continue: A Brazilian journalist argues with Honduran riot police during last year's coup.
Rodrigo Abd | AP

More than 20 years after the Central American wars ended and the international community turned its attention to other corners of the world, this umbilical stretch of tropical isthmus connecting the new world’s North and South continues to be a hot zone for many journalists.

The Nica and Tico Times staff writers have created a comprehensive report on the state of press freedom in the region.

 
Headlines from our special report:
Free Press Under Attack Across Region
Journalist Killings Continue in Honduras
Ortega’s Media War Expanded to Civil Society in Nicaragua
Citizen Journalism Democratizes Free Press
Violence, Organized Crime Grip Guatemala
Journalists Decry Authoritarianism in Panama
Costa Rica Remains on Cruise Control
Perspective: On the Front Lines of the Fight for Press Freedom
Editorial: Night and Day
 
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How to Support Press Freedom in Central America

To support press freedom in Central America, contact any of the following organizations:

Costa Rica

Instituto de Prensa y Libertad de Expresión, IPLEX, info@iplexcr.org, www.iplexcr.org, + (506) 2524-1452

El Salvador

Asociación de Periodistas de El Salvador, APES, info@apes.org.sv, www.apes.org.sv, +(503) 2263-5335, +(503) 2264-4590

Guatemala

Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala, Cerigua, cerigua@intelnet.net.gt, www.cerigua.org, +(502) 2221-2521

Honduras

Comité por la Libre Expresión, C-Libre, clibre@clibre.info, www.clibre.info/es, +(504) 205-54-91, +(504) 265-5476

Nicaragua

Centro de Investigación de la Comunicación, CINCO, direccion@cinco.org.ni, www.cinco.org.ni, +(505) 2277-5134

Panama

Consejo Nacional de Periodismo, cnp@cnppanama.org, www.cnppanama.org, +(507) 214-4931

Regional and international groups

Committee to Protect Journalists, New York City , info@cpj.org, www.cpj.org, +(1) 212-465-1004

Inter-American Press Association, Miami, info@sipiapa.org, www.sipiapa.org, +(1) 305-634-3465

Reporters without Borders for Press Freedom, rsf@rsf.org, en.rsf.org,
+(33) 1-4483-8484

Article 19: Global Campaign for Free Expression, London, info@article19.org, www.article19-org, +(44) 20 7490 0566. Mexico and Central America, Mexico D.F., +52 55 1054 6500 (click here for contact information about Articl 19 offices throughout Latin America.)

Red Probidad, El Salvador, contacto@probidad.org, www.probidad.org, +(503) 2243-9806

 
 
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