Intro/First Presenter: Democracy and Insecurity in Central America: The Role of the Armed Forces from National...

21ST CENTURY MEDIA: NEW FRONTIERS, NEW BARRIERS Washington, D.C. Good evening, and a special welcome to Washington to those who are visiting from far away.  A special welcome, too, to UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova and to Under Secretary of State Judith McHale. This...

Speakers Manuel Alcántara Political Science Professor at University of Salamanca, Visiting Fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Notre Dame University Javier La Rosa Board of Directors,...

While not as overt as traditional forms of censorship, soft or indirect censorship is slowly but surely chipping away at freedom of expression. Governments in Latin America are using financial, legal, and administrative pressures to influence media coverage. In Argentina and Colombia, the government...