IAPA supports Dominican Republic media bid to decriminalize defamation Miami (July 3, 2014)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today offered its support for a request by several Dominican Republic newspapers that there be declared unconstitutional contents of the Law on Expression and Dissemination of Thought and the Penal Code that make defamation and libel criminal offenses, saying that these stipulations restrict press freedom.
Concern at deterioration of press freedom in Guatemala Miami (August 15, 2013)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) expressed its concerns with the deterioration of press freedom in Guatemala after two armed attacks during recent weeks that left a journalist injured and another one dead. The organization also condemned the continued advertising discrimination made by the federal government against the newspaper elPeriódico.
Global Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organizations repudiates order for arrest of Guillermo Zuloaga in Venezuela PARIS, France (June 15, 2010)The Global Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organizations at its meeting here yesterday (June 14) unanimously agreed to condemn the order for the arrest of journalist Guillermo Zuloaga, president of the Venezuelan television network Globovisión, and his son, Guillermo Zuloaga Siso.
Several laws to restrict press freedom in Bolivia raise IAPA concern Miami (May 25, 2011)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today expressed concern at the state of press freedom in Bolivia, at a time when a number of proposed laws are being questioned, among them one that would require every speech by President Evo Morales to be broadcast in national hookups and another that would ban media from conducting interviews or voicing opinions concerning the appointment of judges.
IAPA recognizes action by Ecuadors President Correa, but warns anti-press freedom precedent still in force Miami (February 27, 2012)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today recognized a decision by Ecuadors President Rafael Correa to pardon convicted journalists of the newspaper El Universo and the authors of the book El Gran Hermano (Big Brother), but it noted that there remains the precedent of a sentence that seriously harms press freedom and free speech in the South American country.
IAPA Bot: Press Freedom Challenges in Every Country in the Hemisphere The weekly report on the state of press freedom in the Americas is based on data collected by IAPA Bot, an Artificial Intelligence-based real-time monitoring tool.
Costa Rica's President signs Declaration of Chapultepec IAPA's Costa Rica's President signs Declaration of Chapultepec IAPA's international delegation takes part in forum in San José on press freedom� MIAMI, Florida (May 6, 2015)—Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solís
Declaration of Chapultepec Adopted by the Hemisphere Conference on Free Speech Mexico City, March 11, 1994
IAPA calls for action on restrictions of press freedom MIAMI, Florida (April 13, 2011)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) at its Midyear Meeting in San Diego, California, adopted a series of resolutions that are being sent to the governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, United States and Venezuela, calling on them to take corrective action on situations in which freedom of the press is being restricted.
Pide la SIP suprimir en Venezuela requisitos de entrega de divisas para la importación de papel periódico Miami (21 de noviembre de 2012).- La Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa (SIP) solicitó al gobierno de Venezuela eliminar las restricciones y requerimientos en la entrega de divisas para la importación de papel periódico, situación que viene afectando la circulación de los periódicos en el país.
Freedom of Expression IAPA concerned about the rise of anti-press freedom bills in the Dominican Republic