IAPA angered at murder of a journalist in Mexico, calls for it to be solved 'firmly and promptly' Máximo Rodríguez Palacios was murdered on April 14 in La Paz, Baja California.
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2008 was a tragic year for the press in the Americas MIAMI, Florida (December 26, 2008)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) recounted today in an announcement published in more than 350 newspapers throughout the Americas that during 2008 a total of 13 journalists were murdered in the region and it called on those responsible for the deaths to be punished with the full weight of the law.
IAPA condemns murder of journalist in Mexico Miami (May 1st, 2012)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today condemned the murder in Mexico of journalist Regina Martínez, and expressed concern at the disappearance in Colombia of a French correspondent and at an attack on a radio announcer in Brazil.
Restricted access to information in Honduras labeled by IAPA as arbitrary and an act of censorship Miami (May 10, 2013)A refusal by authorities in Honduras to provide journalists with lists of acts of violence amounts to an arbitrary action that restricts the free flow of information and is tantamount to censorship, by restricting the right of access to information, the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) declared today.