IAPA outraged at murder of journalist in Guatemala MIAMI, Florida (May 20, 2011)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today expressed outrage at a new murder of a journalist, committed yesterday in a rural area of Guatemala, warning of the greater risk that the press faces in inland parts of countries in the Americas.
Crimes against journalists, arbitrary and intolerant governments are main difficulties for press of the Americas Miami (April 23, 2012)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today concluded its half-yearly meeting, held in Cádiz, Spain, with ratification of its conclusions, in which it declared that: The main problems facing the press in the Americas are crimes against journalists for the sole fact that they are performing their work under governments of democratic origin, but which are authoritarian and use state-controlled media to persecute and defame the independent press.
