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  • 11 March 2011

    El Salvador Joins the List of FOI Countries

    By Natalia Torres
    Senior Researcher, CELE
    The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador March 3 gave definitive approval to the Law on Access to Public Information.
    The law, which was first passed in December of last year, received a series of…

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  • 7 January 2011

    President of El Salvador Returns Access Bill

    The president of El Salvador has returned to the Legislative Assembly an access to information bill passed in early December (See previous Freedominfo.org report).
    President Mauricio Funes made seven points about the bill in his Jan. 5 return message seeking…

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  • 3 December 2010

    El Salvador Assembly Adopts Access Legislation

    The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador passed a bill Dec. 2 on access to public information, overcoming efforts to send it back to committee.
    The measure garnered 55 votes and was supported by the Alianza Republicana Nacionalista and Frente Farabundo…

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  • 7 October 2009

    Saber Mas: New Report on Access to Information in Latin America

    Open government advocates offer first-hand accounts of FOI promotion in Latin America
    Latin America’s leading open government advocates recently released a report, bringing together data from 17 countries and offering new findings on the status of freedom of information in…

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  • 19 June 2009

    Closely Guarded EIB Framework Agreements Appear Largely Technical

    The European Investment Bank is proposing to disclose Framework Agreements only with the permission of the country partner, but the agreements appear to be largely technical and legal documents, judging from a very old one supplied by the Bank and…

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  • 6 October 2005

    IMF Modifies Disclosure Policy to Address Deletions, Delay

    The International Monetary Fund has taken steps that may reduce the number of deletions made in the publicly disclosed versions of its key reports about member countries, including the significant Article IV reports.
    The moves come after an internal report…

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