{"id":487537,"date":"2025-10-20T18:24:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T22:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/dr-stands-out-in-peace-and-press-freedom-in-the-region-according-to-international-indexes\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T18:24:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T22:24:59","slug":"dr-stands-out-in-peace-and-press-freedom-in-the-region-according-to-international-indexes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/dr-stands-out-in-peace-and-press-freedom-in-the-region-according-to-international-indexes\/","title":{"rendered":"DR stands out in peace and press freedom in the region, according to international indexes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Santo Domingo. \u2013<\/strong> The <strong>Dominican Republic<\/strong> continues to consolidate its regional leadership in security, stability, and freedom of the press, according to the latest international indicators presented this Monday during <strong>\u201cLA Semanal con la Prensa\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\nChancellor Roberto \u00c1lvarez explained that, according to the <strong>Global Peace Index of the Institute for Economics &amp; Peace,<\/strong> the country obtained a score of 1.99 out of 5, with 1 being the best rating.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/abinader-la-libertad-de-prensa\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"551717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abinader: \u201cFreedom of the press is essential for democracy\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nIn that sense, this places the <strong>Dominican Republic<\/strong> as the sixth most peaceful country in the region and number 73 worldwide, surpassing the Latin American average of 2.18. The result reflects the reduction in crime, the effectiveness of social prevention, low militarization, and sustained political stability.\n\nIn terms of press freedom, the 2025 Index of Reporters Without Borders placed the country in 43rd place out of 180 nations, and fifth in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a score of 70 out of 100, well above the regional average of 54.18. The Dominican Republic stood out in the indicators of political context, social governance and legal framework.\n\nThese advances add to the achievements in democratic governance, institutional transparency, and the fight against corruption, consolidating the country&#8217;s position as a benchmark for stability and development in the region.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo. \u2013 The Dominican Republic continues to consolidate its regional leadership in security, stability, and freedom of the press, according to the latest international indicators presented this Monday during \u201cLA Semanal con la Prensa\u201d. Chancellor Roberto \u00c1lvarez explained that, according to the Global Peace Index of the Institute for Economics &amp; Peace, the country [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":487538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40216],"tags":[40231],"class_list":["post-487537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dominican-news","tag-dominican-republic"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-22Pv","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-20-at-5.53.18-PM.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Dominican News"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-20-at-5.53.18-PM.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}