Human Rights

Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor <br /> <br />2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices <br /> <br />February 25, 2009 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The Co-operative Republic of Guyana is a multiparty democracy with a population of approximately 760,000. President Bharrat Jagdeo was reelected to a second full term in 2006 elections considered generally free and fair by international observers. President Jagdeo's People's Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) has been the majority party in Parliament since 1992.

Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor <br /> <br />2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices <br /> <br />February 25, 2009 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Haiti is a constitutional republic with a population of approximately 9.3 million. International observers assessed the 2006 presidential and parliamentary elections as generally free and fair, after which President Rene Preval and the new parliament took office in May 2006.

Amnistia Internacional (AI) pidio este miercoles al Congreso de Guatemala que apruebe la ley para la creacion de la Comision Nacional de Busqueda de Personas Desaparecidas Forzada e Involuntariamente.

Nicaragua's National Journalists Guild elected new officers Saturday. La Prensa newspaper calls the results &quot;A Blow to Journalism,&quot; and El Nuevo Diario describes &quot;a Palbable Threat to Independent Journalism.&quot;