Duncan Tucker: Financial pressures are undermining Latin America's media Latin American governments are using vast publicity budgets to keep cash-strapped publications afloat. In return, the media are expected to portray their benefactors in a favourable light.
IAPA fears that Cuba is creating conditions for another Black Spring "The government of Cuba represses, censors, imprisons and drowns the voice of its citizens in the face of a silenced international community that seems to have become accustomed to the atrocities and human rights violations on the island," Jorge Canahuati.
IAPA delivers critical report on Nicaragua to the IACHR Commissioner Urrejola: "Nicaragua does not breathe democracy or civil liberties"
IAPA concerned at action against Nuevo Laredo newspaper El Mañana Municipal authorities filed lawsuits after the paper's investigations into public corruption.
IAPA condemns judicial ban on reporting on presidential candidate in Guatemala The organization said the measure responds to a political strategy that seeks to censor and intimidate the media outlet.
The IAPA is Concerned About the Intelligence Law in The Dominican Republic, Due to its Implications for Press Freedom The president of the organization, Roberto Rock, indicated that such a broad law could have negative implications on source confidentiality and the right to privacy.
