Costa Rican press rates as world leader in freedom

Reporters Without Borders ranked Costa Rica number six in the world in its latest press freedom index.

Lynn Carrillo, a vice president of NBCUniversal News, said that every country could improve its press freedoms but noted that Costa Rica is a world leader.

Compared to Costa Rica’s place ranking for press freedom in Reporters Without Borders’ 2016 index, the U.S. came in 41st.

Source: Tico Times