FREEDOM OF THE PRESS 2014: TRENDS IN LATIN AMERICA
Selected data and analysis from Freedom House’s report
on global media freedom
July 2014
PRESS FREEDOM IN THE AMERICAS
38%
43%
43%
43%
19%
14%
Status byPopulation
Status byCountry
Americas Free Partly Free Not Free
2%
15%
67%
60%
31%
25%
Status byPopulation
Status byCountry
Latin America Free Partly Free Not Free
47.84
39.06
49.75
24.80
58.67
47.08
58.04
26.71 25.88
75.33
68.84
0.00
10.00
20.00
30.00
40.00
50.00
60.00
70.00
80.00
90.00
100.00
Regional and Sub-Regional Average Scores in FOTP 2014
Global Middle East and North AfricaRegion Subregion
AVERAGE SCORES 2004–13: A DECADE OF DECLINE
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
502004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Global Latin America
AMERICAS: BIGGEST GAINS & DECLINES 2009-2013
-15
-6
-5
-5
-5
-5
-4
-3
-3
3
4
6
-20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10
Ecuador
Panama
Bolivia
Honduras
Nicaragua
Suriname
Guyana
USA
Venezuela
Cuba
El Salvador
ColombiaFree Partly Free Not Free
COMPARING PRESS FREEDOM IN LATIN AMERICA
18
26 31
45 51
54
61 62 64
78
90
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
LATIN AMERICA: 2013 DEVELOPMENTS
• Scores worsened in Honduras, Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela.
• Ecuador, Mexico remain Not Free.
Communications Law in Ecuador, NGO attacks in Mexico key issues in 2013.
• Paraguay improved back to Partly Free; less
pressure on public broadcaster, fewer libel cases.
• Modest improvement in Cuba due to decrease in arbitrary detentions, granting of exit visas.
LATIN AMERICA: CONTINUING ISSUES OF CONCERN
• Violence and intimidation (state & nonstate actors)
• Political polarization and authoritarian tendencies
• Ownership concentration
• Beginning of efforts to control or regulate
online/digital content
For additional information:
Please visit our website at www.freedomhouse.org
or contact Karin Deutsch Karlekar at
[email protected] @karinkarlekar
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