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Secrets of a giant

Lea en español Brazil is booming. Latin America’s largest and most populous nation recently surpassed the United Kingdom to become the world’s sixth-largest economy – and is projected to move up one more spot by the end of 2012. Oil production has skyrocketed, while poverty has hit historic lows.  The country will host both the […]

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Nicaragua’s press freedom crisis deepens

On March 1, the Day of the Journalist in Nicaragua, 470 journalists from around the world signed a letter to demand the implementation of urgent measures to guarantee freedom of expression. The document, which was symbolically given to journalists during an online event, condemned the attacks of the regime led by President Daniel Ortega and […]

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Eight years after killing of Deyda Hydara, Gambia press remains unfree

Friday marked the anniversary of the assassination of journalist Deyda Hydara in The Gambia in 2004. As a founder and editor of The Point newspaper, Hydara was known for his criticism of President Yahya Jammeh’s iron-fisted rule. Jammeh is still president, but eight years on, Hydara’s killers have not been brought to justice. Moreover, privately-owned […]

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Letter: Two journalists killed within five days

H.E. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo President Office of the President New Executive Bldg, Malacańang Palace Compound J.P. Laurel Street, San Miguel, Metro Manila Philippines Fax: (+632) 735 80 06 Vienna, 5 August 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the murder of a […]

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