WASHINGTON - The Americas saw the greatest deterioration in press freedom of any part of the world during the last year, a press advocacy group said Thursday. The 2019 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders shows that Nicaragua fell 24 places from the previous year’s list due to attacks on journalists covering protests against President Daniel Ortega. The 2019 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders shows that Nicaragua fell 24 places from the previous year‚Äôs list due to attacks on journalists covering protests against President Daniel Ortega. Costa Rica continues to be the best-ranked country of the Americas by far, with a 10th place among 180 countries evaluated. The World Press Freedom Index assesses six separate benchmarks and assigns each country a score calculated from answers to a questionnaire in 20 languages that is completed by experts around the world.

Source: thestar April 18, 2019 03:56 UTC