Bermuda Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers

Bermuda, which lies east of North Carolina in the North Atlantic Ocean, was settled in 1609 when a group of English colonists shipwrecked there on the way to Virginia. Today the country is still linked with Great Britain, as a self-governing overseas territory.

Bhutan Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers

Bhutan is a small country in South Asia that had a population of about 2 million in 2001. (Official statistics do not include people of Nepalese origin and thus place the count at 800,000.) Nearly 90 percent of the population lives in rural areas.

Bolivia Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers

Bosnia-Herzegovina Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers

Botswana Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers

Brazil Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers

Brunei Darussalam Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers

Brunei Darussalam, a tiny country situated on the northwest corner of the island of Borneo, has a media and press system that is highly censored and uniform, with little diversity or freedom.

Bulgaria Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers

Burkina Faso Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers

Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in western Africa (formerly known as Upper Volta) received its independence from France in 1960. Turmoil in the 1970s and 1980s led to the name change and subsequently to the installation in 1987 of President Blaise Compaoré.

Burundi Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers

Cambodia Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers

War and political strife have stifled modern Cambodia's media. The Cambodian government controls both the print and electronic press.

Cameroon Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers

Canada Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers

Cape Verde Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers

Cape Verde is an archipelago of small, volcanic islands off the coast of western Africa in the North Atlantic Ocean. Colonized by the Portugese in the fifteenth century, the islands won their independence from Portugal in 1975.

Cayman Islands Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers

This series of three Caribbean Islands between Cuba and Honduras was originally sighted by Christopher Columbus in 1503 during his fourth and final voyage to the New World. Ships from the Netherlands, Great Britain, Spain, and France used the islands for watering and provisioning.

Central African Republic Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers

Chad Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers

Chile Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers

China Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers

Christmas Island Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers

Named for the day of its discovery in 1643, Christmas Island is the top of a 50 million-year-old extinct volcano rising out of the Indian Ocean, south of Indonesia.

Colombia Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers

The Comoros Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers

The archipelago La République Fédérale Islamique des Comores (Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros) is situated off the east African coast, between Mozambique and Madagascar. It is composed of three main islands (Grande Comore or Njazidja, Mohéli or Mwali, and Anjouan or Nzwani) and a number of islets.