Cape Verde Radio
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Rua Abilio Macedo n 6, Praia, Cape Verde Tel.: (238)-261-56-16 Fax: (238)-261-13-55 Versão em Português [Read More]
Cape Verde
Cape Verde is a multiparty parliamentary democracy in which constitutional powers were shared among the elected Head of State, President Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires, former president of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV); the head of government, Prime Minister Jose Maria Neves; and Neves' party, the PAICV. In January 2001, Pires was elected by a margin of 12 votes over the country's former prime minister and Movement for Democracy (MPD) president, Carlos Veiga, in what the National Electoral Commission and international media judged to be free and fair elections. The judiciary generally was independent. The police have primary responsibility for maintenance of law and order. Civilian authorities maintained effective control of the security forces. Some members of the security forces committed human rights abuses. [Read More]
Cape Verde
There are three independent newspapers and one state-owned newspaper. There are six independent radio stations and one state-owned radio station. One television station is state owned, and two others are foreign owned. Foreign broadcasts are permitted. Journalists are independent of government control and are not required to reveal their sources; however, there were credible reports that journalists within the government-controlled media still practiced self-censorship. ... [Read More]
Cape Verde
There were three independent newspapers and one state owned newspaper; six independent radio stations and one state owned radio station; and one state owned television station and two foreign owned stations. Foreign broadcasts were permitted. Journalists were independent of government control and were not required to reveal their sources; however, journalists--particularly those associated with the government controlled media--practiced self censorship. ... [Read More]
Cape Verde
d. Arbitrary Arrest, Detention, or ExileThe law prohibits arbitrary arrest and detention, and the Government generally observed these prohibitions. The law stipulates that a suspect must be charged before a judge within 48 hours of arrest. Police may not make arrests without a court order unless a person is caught in the act of committing a felony. The courts had jurisdiction over state security cases, and there was a functioning system of bail. The Government did not use forced exile. e. Denial of Fair Public Trial The Constitution provides for an independent judiciary, and the Government generally respected this provision in practice. The Constitution provides for the right to a fair trial and due process, and an independent judiciary generally enforces this right. Cases involving former public office holders continued under investigation. For ex ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
Radio-Television Cabo Verde (RTC) broadcasts FM radio. Broadcasts focus on music and local news in Portuguese and Crioulo. Each Embassy Officer's residence has a short-wave radio, which can receive broadcasts from Europe, North America, and Africa, although reception is not always good. Local television broadcasts, in color, include the state television TCV, which broadcasts after 5:00pm weekdays, earlier on weekends. There is also a French channel, TV5, as well as a Portuguese channel, the state owned RTP. Embassy residences are also equipped with individual satellite dishes, which enable the reception of the U.S. Armed Forces Network (AFN), with selected U.S. commercial-free content, CNN in color, and four other non-U.S. satellite broadcasts. ... [Read More]
January
1111--01/13/05 Interview on National Public Radio's Morning Edition with Steve Inskeep; Richard L. Armitage, Deputy Secretary ; Washington, DC ... [Read More]
Guinea-Bissau
Prior to the 1998 rebellion, there were three independent radio stations and one government-controlled station in Bissau. In addition Radio Portugal and Radio France International broadcasts were received from Lisbon and Paris. There were also three community radio stations operated by the indigenous nongovernmental organization (NGO) Action for Development. One independent station rebroadcast the British Broadcasting Corporation and another rebroadcast the Voice of America. The government-controlled national radio continued to transmit from Radio Mavegro facilities that it took over in June 1998. The Voice of the Military Junta broadcasts from facilities that formerly broadcast Radio Bombolom, whose owner sympathized with the rebels. During the year, the independent stations Radio Pidjiguiti and Radio Mavegro resumed broadcasting; however, the NGO-assisted community stations have not resumed operations. Reportedly the government-controlled sta ... [Read More]
Individual Country Programs
Cameroon: FY 2003-funded SSH projects included the fabrication of classroom furniture, providing equipment for two women's vocational training centers, and assisting with the building of a grain storage facility in the North Province. Also included were the construction of several wells, as well as a wildlife education and conference center in the Southwest Province to raise wildlife conservation awareness. All activities were widely publicized via radio and print media coverage. ... [Read More]
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