IAPA trusts Argentine law regulating newsprint will be declared unconstitutional Miami (December 23, 2011)—The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today described as “malicious” attempts by the government of Argentina to control press freedom through adoption of a law on the manufacture, sale and commercialization of newsprint, and said it trusted that the judiciary would annul a “law that is clearly unconstitutional because of its subjugation of principles concerning freedom of expression.”
President Porfirio Lobo commits to press freedom Tegucigalpa (February 18, 2010)Honduran president Porfirio Lobo Sosa today declared his belief in freedom as a fundamental right for human beings, social and political systems and backed his commitment by adding his signature to the Declaration of Chapultepec before an enthusiastic crowd of 400 students at the Central American Technological University (UNITEC).
IAPA President and the McCormick Foundation receive Press Freedom Awards La Jolla, California (April 5, 2010) - The president of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), Gonzalo Marroquín, received international recognition for his defense of press freedom throughout the continent during a special ceremony at the Institute of the Americas in La Jolla, California.
IAPA President and the McCormick Foundation receive Press Freedom Awards La Jolla, California (April 5, 2010) - The president of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), Gonzalo Marroquín, received international recognition for his defense of press freedom throughout the continent during a special ceremony at the Institute of the Americas in La Jolla, California.
Reasons for hope is IAPA presidents message on the celebration of World Press Freedom Day MIAMI, Florida (May 1, 2015)The president of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), Gustavo Mohme, editor of the Lima, Peru, newspaper La República, issued the following message on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day to be celebrated on May 3.
2010 IAPA AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM MIAMI, Florida (July 20, 2010)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) announced today the winners of the annual awards made by the organization to encourage excellence in journalism and defense of freedom of expression throughout the Americas. This year the Grand Prize for Press Freedom is awarded to Guillermo Zuloaga, president of the Globovisión television network of Venezuela. The information was provided by Fabricio Altamirano of the San Salvador, El Salvador, newspaper El Diario de De Hoy, chairman of the IAPAs Awards Committee.
Declaration of Chapultepec is 20 years old today but it continues as valid as ever, IAPA declares Miami (March 11, 2014)After 20 years the Declaration of Chapultepec continues as valid as ever, according to officers of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), who claim its relevance in a continent still facing violations of freedom of the press and of expression.
Declaration of Chapultepec is 20 years old today but it continues as valid as ever, IAPA declares Miami (March 11, 2014)—After 20 years the Declaration of Chapultepec "continues as valid as ever," according to officers of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), who claim its relevance in a continent still facing violations of freedom of the press and of expression.