Investigative Journalism in Colombia

Venezuelans Campaign for Public Access to Information
March 15, 2010
Though Venezuela’s constitution declares that every citizen can petition authorities for information, it is a right honored mostly in name. The Coalición ProAccesso, a civil society movement for public access to information, is campaigning to help citizens make their rights count.

OSI Partners Influence U.S. Policy on Drugs and Organized Crime
March 15, 2010
Despite providing billions in military and counter-narcotics assistance, the United States has failed to curb Colombia’s illegal narcotics industry or prevent the cartels from fueling a bloody war along their distribution routes through Central America and Mexico. A coalition led by three OSI partners is working to overhaul U.S. assistance.

Agricultural Support Reaches Mexico’s Well-Connected Few
February 27, 2010
Sixteen years ago, the Mexican government launched a program to help farmers compete with subsidized U.S. agribusinesses. A Mexican think tank, FUNDAR, finds that instead of combating poverty, the program is magnifying rural inequalities by financing prosperous producers at the expense of the poor.