Barbados Newspaper
Third Annual Report to Congress
www.transparency.ord Probidad, a daily summary of newspaper reports on corruption in Latin America: ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
Caracas has a lively and competitive press with seven daily newspapers. There are two major papers, El Universal and El Nacional, which feature in-depth coverage of Caracas and foreign news. Caracas also has an English-language newspaper, The Daily Journal, which publishes opinions of well-known U.S. columnists and uses wire services as its principal sources of news. The Wall Street Journal can be received via mail subscription. Some 20 magazines are published in Venezuela, and international versions of Newsweek and Time are available locally, as well as many other U.S. magazines. ... [Read More]
Introduction
Controls on the press and public expression of political opinions continued in Kazakhstan, as the Government selectively prosecuted political opponents in trials with serious irregularities. The Government’s harassment of independent media included the conviction, with no due process, of two prominent independent journalists. In Turkmenistan, the Government completely controlled the media, censored all newspapers and access to the Internet, and never permitted independent criticism of government policy. In Kyrgyzstan, honor and dignity lawsuits filed by government officials against newspapers bankrupted two leading independent newspapers. ... [Read More]
International Narcotics Control Strategy Reports
US DEPARTMENT OF STATEBUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS MATTERSINTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRAGEGY REPORTAPRIL 1994THE CARIBBEAN 173 Bahamas 175 Cuba 181 Dominican Republic 184 Guyana 189 Haiti 191 Jamaica 195 Netherlands Antilles and Aruba 200 Suriname 203 Trinidad and Tobago 206 Eastern Caribbean 209 Antigua and Barbuda 210 Barbados 210 Dominica 211 Grenada 211 St. Kitts and Nevis 212 St. Lucia 213 St. Vincent and the Grenadines ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
Grenada has a few local weekly publications that are confined to events occurring in Grenada and on other Caribbean islands. International news is often editorialized and takes a backseat to interisland gossip. Weekly newspapers are The Grenadian Voice, The Informer, The Grenadian Guardian (GULP), The Grenada Tribune (NDC), and The Indies Times (MBPM). The Embassy receives the International Herald Tribune from London and an occasional U.S.A. Today out of Miami as well as Barbadian newspapers that are received sporadically and are many days late. The current Latin American editions of Time and Newsweek are sold in bookshops and supermarkets; certain popular U.S. magazines (Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, McCall’s, and New Woman) are also available but are at least 1-month old and stocks of these are unreliable. ... [Read More]
IEW Events > The Americas
The Consul General and the Public Affairs Officer visited a school in a disadvantaged neighborhood which has received equipment from Discovery Channel Global Education Fund. The Consul General spoke about this public-private partnership and got to see how the students are putting the equipment to use as an enrichment to their classes. Secretary of Education Rod Paige's Op/Ed also appeared in the local newspaper, El Informador. ... [Read More]
Unfettered Press: The Center for ForeignJournalists
To begin, the center outlines the picture of U.S. journalism,emphasizing that while the industry -- 1,500 daily newspapers,7,400 weekly newspapers, 11,000 magazines, 20,000 newsletters,12,800 broadcast stations -- views itself as a public trust, itis a business, and, on the whole, a highly profitable one. Unlikethe press in much of the rest of the world, which sees itselfestablished to present a particular point of view, the U.S. newsmedia, center staffers emphasize, are, for the most part,audience oriented, intent on providing the information thateditors believe their readers, listeners, and viewers want andneed. ... [Read More]
2002
1111--11/18/02 Press Briefing for High School Student Newspaper Editors; Washington, DC ... [Read More]
2002
1111--12/02/02 Interview by Sergio Gomez Maseri of El Tiempo (Colombian Newspaper); Secretary Colin L. Powell; Washington, DC ... [Read More]
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