LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 04 May 2020

On 2 May press freedom watchdogs the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Article 19 Mexico and Central America Office, and human rights NGO Amnesty International (AI) urged Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel to take “immediate measures to guarantee press freedom”.... Read More

* Guatemala’s President Alejandro Giammattei has announced that some shops and businesses will reopen today (4 May) in line with plans to lift containment measures implemented to stop the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19). Giammattei also said that restaurants, bars, schools, and universities would remain closed while restrictions on public transport, sports, and religious and other types of public gatherings would remain in place.... Read More