Articles - Uruguay
21 November 2008
Uruguay
21 November 2008
Uruguay
19 November 2008
Uruguay
Last month, Uruguay became the latest country in the Americas to pass an access to public information law, reports the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC).
20 August 2008
Uruguay
In Mexico, Guatemala and Chile, community radio stations have recently come under pressure. Meanwhile, Uruguay is bringing its Community Broadcast Law to life by allocating bandwidth to community television.
29 November 2007
Uruguay
29 November 2007
Uruguay
27 November 2007
Uruguay
In what the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) calls a "groundbreaking move for freedom of expression in Latin America," the Uruguayan Senate approved a Community Broadcasting Bill that recognises community broadcasting in its own right and says television and radio frequencies should be more equitably distributed.
15 June 2007
Uruguay
15 June 2007
Uruguay
12 June 2007
Uruguay
A draft community media law that says television and radio frequencies in Uruguay should be equitably distributed won overwhelming support in the House of Representatives last week, report the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).
26 January 2007
Uruguay
26 January 2007
Uruguay
17 January 2007
Uruguay
In Uruguay, proposed legislation that would legally recognise community media and give citizens the right to access government-held information have received a boost of support from the Organization of American States' (OAS) Special Rapporteur on Free Expression.
15 October 2002
Uruguay
15 October 2002
Uruguay
15 October 2002
Uruguay
Uruguay's Congress has given its preliminary approval to a new access to information bill that would enable journalists and the public to obtain government records for the first time, report the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC).