Latin America & the Caribbean

Guyana

{This graph represents scores that have been modified by CIMA so that higher scores indicate a better media situation. It is intended to show trends over time; each index measures significantly different factors of press freedom. To see an explanation for how this graph was created, click here.}
 

Reporters Without Borders Description:

In common with most English-speaking countries in the Caribbean, Guyana has a satisfactory record in fundamental freedoms. Journalists in the “Cooperative Republic” as the country is officially known, experience very few threats or assaults. Press concerns are chiefly focused on relations with the government. The state maintains a monopoly on radio which is being increasingly contested within the profession. The hot-headed president’s extreme sensitivity to criticism complicates the job of some media. A producer and journalist on privately owned television station, Capitol News, Gordon Moseley was banned access to the Office of the President, in July 2008, because the head of state was displeased by his report on his visit to Antigua in which he referred to comments about safety problems in the capital Georgetown and failed to respond to government calls to apologize.

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