IAPA protests attack on editor of El Debate in Sinaloa, Mexico Miami (February 10, 2009)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today condemned the attack on the editor of Sinaloa, Mexico's El Debate and demanded that local and federal authorities perform a prompt investigation to uncover the motives and bring those responsible to justice.
IAPA criticizes Colombian governments labeling of journalists MIAMI, Florida (February 10, 2009)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today described as excessive the epithets that senior officials of the Colombian government have used to describe journalists covering the release of four hostages by Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) guerrillas last week.
IAPA welcomes Argentine court ruling on official advertising Miami (February 12, 2009)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today expressed satisfaction at a court ruling in Argentina requiring the government to place official advertising in the newspaper Perfil. At the same time it criticized Guatemala's federal government for suspending state advertising in all print media in the Central American country.
IAPA condemns murder of Mexican journalist Miami (February 17, 2009)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today voiced its outrage at the murder of a news photographer and attack on a reporter that took place last Friday in the town of Iguala in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The organization has appealed to officials to hold a quick, thorough and convincing investigation.
IAPA calls for action in unsolved murder of journalist in Paraguay MIAMI, Florida (February 24, 2009)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today called on newspaper readers throughout the Americas to add their signature to an open letter to Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo, urging him to take action to have the April 26, 1991 murder of journalist Santiago Leguizamón finally solved.
IAPA warns of negative effects of wiretapping in Colombia Miami (February 24, 2009).The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today expressed concern at the negative effects on freedom of the press caused by the Colombian government's Security Department wiretapping of a number of journalists country and insisted on the essential need to keep news sources confidential.
IAPA outraged at Mexican journalist's murder Miami (February 25, 2009).The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today expressed outrage at the murder on Sunday of Luis Daniel Méndez Hernández in the Mexican state of Veracruz the second killing of a journalist in that country so far this year. It again called for a prompt investigation to identify the perpetrators of this and similar crimes and bring them to justice.
IAPA warns of setback in attempt to make crimes against journalists a federal offense Miami (March 4, 2009)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today censured the setback for press freedom and free speech in Mexico contained in new proposals made public by the federal Chamber of Deputies' Judicial Committee, chaired by Congressman César Camacho.
Paraguay President to open IAPA Midyear Meeting MIAMI, Florida (March 6, 2009) Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo next week will formally open in Asunción the Midyear Meeting of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), to be held March 13-16 at the Hotel Yacht y Golf, a meeting that, under the chairmanship of the organizations president, Enrique Santos Calderón, editor of the Bogotá, Colombia, newspaper El Tiempo, will deal principally with issues concerning freedom of the press, the current crisis in the newspaper industry and journalistic ethics.
