Center for International Media Assistance

Latin America & The Caribbean

Thirteen countries in this region are rated as having a free press by Freedom House. The rest are rated partly free (15 countries) or not free (5 countries: Cuba, Venezuela, Honduras, Ecuador, and Mexico). In the view of Reporters Without Borders, only Costa Rica and Jamaica deserve the highest rating among the countries of this region (“good situation”). Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela are considered to be in difficult situations, and Cuba is in a very serious situation.

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Windows of Opportunity: Media Reform During Political Open...

Windows of Opportunity: Media Reform During Political Openings Wednesday, December 7, 2022 9:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. EST featuring Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Lisa Peterson, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State and a conversation with Antonina Cherev...

Should Big Tech Pay for the News?: Policy Interventions to...

Should Big Tech Pay for the News?: Policy Interventions to Rebalance the Relationship Tuesday, September 20, 2022 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. EDT Speakers: Dr. Courtney Radsch, researcher and CIMA report author of “Making Big Tech Pay for the News They Use” Prue Clarke, Executive Director of N...

Breaking the Silence: Countering the Effect of SLAPPs on I...

Breaking the Silence: Countering the Effect of SLAPPs on Independent Media Wednesday, March 23, 2022 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. EDT Speakers: Drew Sullivan, co-founder and editor of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) Susan Coughtrie, Project Director at the Foreign Pol...

Investing in Facts: How the Business Community Can Support...

In this joint report by the Center for International Media Assistance and the Center for International Private Enterprise, Marius Dragomir identifies entry points for the private sector to support a healthy information space.

Fighting SLAPPs: What Can Media, Lawyers, and Funders Do?

Strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPPs, are lawsuits taken against media organizations or activists with the sole purpose of silencing them. Cases are reported in increasing numbers across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The damage done by SLAPPs is far-reaching and curbi...

Media Reform amid Political Upheaval: Lessons from Burma, ...

Reforming the media sector is central to ensuring the success of a democratization effort. Yet, the path to progress is not straightforward—reform efforts can easily stall, and media advocates face strong headwinds as they contend with entrenched political and business interests. By examining past...

How Government Attacks on the Press Exacerbated the Devast...

By Veysel Ok Two earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria on February 6, devastating the lives of nearly 26 million people. According to official data, over 46,000 people have died as a result of the earthquakes and entire cities were wiped off the map. The World Health Organization (WHO) called the qua...

Covering the Authoritarian Playbook: How Coda Story Gets t...

For years, Russia has been refining its digital authoritarian playbook, taking advantage of technological advancements to silence the regime’s opponents at home and abroad. The information war that accompanied its invasion of Ukraine has shined a stark light on the corrosive effects of these strat...

Rebalancing the Relationship Between Big Tech and News Med...

As the global journalism industry struggles to adapt to shrinking revenue brought on by the failure of traditional business models, Big Tech companies continue to dominate the digital advertising market. This uneven playing field has led policymakers in the US, EU, and Australia to attempt to rebala...