Guatemala
ONI Blog: ONI Releases 2013 Latin America Research
The OpenNet Initiative (ONI) is proud to release new reports on Internet regulation and filtering in Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru, along with an updated report on Venezuela, where the ONI tested for the first time in...
- Posted on 15/Jul/2013; tagged in Venezuela, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Peru, Latin America, Publications, ONI
Country Profile: Guatemala
Background
Guatemala is a constitutional democratic republic under the leadership of President Otto Fernando Pérez Molina of the Partido Patriota (Patriotic Party), who took office in January 2012. Molina succeeded Álvaro Colom of the social-democratic political party, Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza...
- Posted on 15/Jul/2013; tagged in Guatemala, Latin America
ONI Blog: WordPress blocked in Guatemala
Guatemala's ongoing political crisis, which began with the murder of lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg and has been fueled largely by YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and blogs, reached a new level over the weekend when several ISPs began blocking access to WordPress.com. ...
- Posted on 29/Jun/2009; tagged in Guatemala, Latin America
ONI Blog: Is Internet Use a Superfluous Expense?
By Renata Ávila and Firuzeh Shokooh Valle
On March 25, 2009 the Government of Venezuela issued a decree (Decree 6649) that implements measures to reduce the superfluous or luxurious expenses of the government. The decree establishes that “superfluous or luxury spending is...
ONI Blog: “Financial Panic” and Online Censorship in Guatemala
The headlines in Guatemala's top newspaper, as well as on internationally popular site Boing Boing reported that a Twitter user was arrested by Guatemalan authorities, facing charges of “intent to incite financial panic." The last couple of weeks have been complicated...
