IAPA Outraged at murders in Brazil and Honduras Miami (December 17, 2009)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today expressed outrage at the murder in Brazil of businessman and radio journalist José Givonaldo Vieira on December 14 in Bezerros, located in rural Pernambuco state.
Newspaper readers join IAPA anti-impunity initiative MIAMI, Florida (December 18, 2009)Newspaper readers in Argentina, Ecuador, Chile, Mexico, Panama and other countries in the Americas have enthusiastically joined an initiative of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) that through banners in online newspapers invites them to take part in its campaign demanding justice to be done in the cases of murder of journalists.
IAPA outraged at murder of Colombian journalist Miami (December 18, 2009)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today expressed outrage at the murder of a Colombian journalist and called on the authorities there to begin an immediate investigation to identify the responsible individuals and bring them to justice.
IAPA assails suspension of TV station in Ecuador Miami (December 24, 2009)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today protested a three-day suspension imposed yesterday by Ecuadors Telecommunications Agency (Suptel) on Teleamazonas, calling it an announced reprisal against the television station which had been subjected to government harassment through repeated administrative proceedings.
IAPA urges speed-up in investigations into deaths of journalists in Honduras MIAMI, Florida (December 29, 2009)In a new step in its hemisphere-wide campaign to create public awareness and have unpunished murders of journalists solved the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today called on the Chief Justice of the Honduras Supreme Court, Jorge Alberto Rivera Avilés, to act to see that investigations into the deaths of three journalists in his country move ahead.
IAPA condemns murder of Mexican journalist Miami (December 29, 2009)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today condemned the murder of José Alberto Velázquez López in Tulum, SE Mexico, and called for an immediate investigation into the motive in order to bring the individuals responsible to justice in a country that has seen 10 other journalists killed this year.
New Year's Message from Inter American Press Association President Miami (December 30, 2009)The president of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), Alejandro Aguirre, managing editor of the Miami, Florida, Spanish-language newspaper Diario Las Américas, reviewed what has occurred in the Western Hemisphere with respect to freedom of the press and expression during 2009.
IAPA urges Brazil to act on recommendations in journalist's murder Miami (December 31, 2009)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today renewed its plea to the government of the Brazilian state of Bahia to reopen investigation into the 1998 murder of journalist Manoel Leal de Oliveira and accelerate payment of reparations to his family under terms of an agreement reached between the IAPA and the Brazilian federal government at the request of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
IAPA condemns murder of journalist in Mexico Miami (January 11, 2010)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today condemned the murder of journalist Valentín Valdés Espinosa in the Mexican state of Coahuila and called on authorities there to investigate immediately in order to determine the motive and identify perpetrators.