📰 Free Press

The Dominican Republic rises on legal and social shields for the press.

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Latinometrics
September 04, 2025 • Reading Time: 2 minutes

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Since February 2017, the official tagline for The Washington Post, a DC-based newspaper with over 2.5M readers worldwide, has been Democracy Dies in Darkness. A bit ironic, perhaps, given the last few years’ developments, but the Post makes a valid point: a free press is essential to the proper functioning of any democracy.

At their best, journalists hold governments and institutions accountable, investigating misdeeds and informing the public about critical developments involving politicians, businesses, and society.

But just how free is the press in Latin America and what elements are considered to call a press “free”?

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