IAPA condemns announcement by Evo Morales in favor of anti-lie law in Bolivia The endorsement of this kind of statute is intended to silence and censor criticism, said IAPA President.
IAPA criticizes Bolivian government's new imposition on media Concern at a new law that imposes on privately-owned media an obligation to publish electoral ads free of charge, in detriment to their financial situation.
IAPA to present Chapultepec Grand Prize to Human Rights Watch director Miami (March 17, 2010)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) will present the 2010 Chapultepec Grand Prize to José Miguel Vivanco of the Human Rights Watch organization during its Midyear Meeting. More than 250 editors and publishers are meeting to review the state of free speech and press freedom in the Americas over the last six months beginning on Friday.
News IAPA: Restraint of journalist is inappropriate and serious for exercise of press freedom in the United States