• Is Internet Use a Superfluous Expense?
    By: firuzeh
    Date: 24 May 2009
    Categories: Guatemala, Latin America, Legislation
    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 forbidden in the national public sector”, and states that only necessary expenses will be permitted.
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  • The Internet and Political Censorship in Mexico
    By: firuzeh
    Date: 05 Mar 2009
    Categories: Mexico, Latin America, Arrests and legal action, Elections, Political filtering
    In the past few months, an interesting debate has emerged in Mexico regarding the upcoming federal congressional elections after the electoral reform (a constitutional amendment) of 2007. According to various news reports, Marco Antonio Gómez Alcántar, a member of the Federal Elections Institute (IFE), an autonomous public organism that oversees Mexican elections, has expressed that, if necessary, they will eliminate content from YouTube that “denigrates and calumniates” participating political parties and possible candidates.
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