Report condemns human rights abuses in L. America

A State Department report published yesterday criticized Latin America’s human rights abuses, especially in Cuba and Venezuela. The 2006 Human Rights Report accused Venezuela’s government of “harassing its opponents and ‘engendering a repressive attitude toward a free press,’” while Cuba has had “no noticeable improvement in human rights” since Raul Castro became the island’s leader. Other Latin American countries such as Colombia, Chile, and Haiti were also scrutinized by the report which concluded that 2006 was not a banner year for respecting human rights around the world.

Links- U.S. Department of State, WTOP, Voice of America, Star-Telegram.com

Image- Human Rights Watch (Overcrowded Brazilian jail cell)