Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom: #Cuba Has the Worst Press Freedom in the Americas

The annual Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index is out, and Cuba continues to have the least freedom of the press in our part of the globe. No other country in the Americas even comes close to Cuba's lowly ranking. Meanwhile, the United State fell 27 places in the rankings in a worrisome development.

Cuba was ranked 167 out of 178 countries in this year's rankings. That's down one place from last year. Only countries in the Middle East, Africa and Asia -- includes China, Iran, North Korea, and the worst-ranked Eritrea -- ranked lower. 

"Bringing up the rear in the hemisphere, Cuba (167th) released the last of its jailed dissident journalists on March 8, the only one still held of those detained during the 'Black Spring' of 2003," reports the rankings. "However, it did not fulfill the hopes this raised of an improvement in civil liberties and human rights. Crackdowns and short-term detentions continued to be a threat for journalists and bloggers outside state control."  Mas >>