Miami (November 15, 2010)—During the Inter American Press Association’s General Assembly November 5-9 in Mérida, Mexico, members voted for new directors of the organization for the 2010-2013 period. They are:
Cristina Aby-Azar, The Wall Street Journal, New York, NY
Elizabeth Ballantine, The Durango Herald, Durango, Colorado
Sidnei Basile, Editora Abril, São Paulo, Brazil
Armando Castilla, Vanguardia, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
Sue Cross, The Associated Press, New York, NY
Veronica Dillon, The Washington Post, Washington, DC
Armando González, La Nación, San José, Costa Rica
Anders Gyllenhaal,The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida
Juan Fernando Healy, El Imparcial, Hermosillo, Mexico
José Santiago Healy, Diario San Diego, San Diego, California
Saturnino Herrero, Clarín, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Juan Pablo Illanes, El Mercurio, Santiago, Chile
Luis Marroquín, Siglo Veintiuno, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Silvia Miró-Quesada, El Comercio, Lima, Peru
Bartolomé Mitre, La Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Francisco Montes, Diario de Cuyo, San Juan, Argentina
Paulo de Tarso Nogueira, O Estado de S. Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Robert Rivard, San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, Texas
Jaime A. Ruiz, Novedades de Campeche, Campeche, Mexico
Jayme Sirotsky, RBS, São Paulo, Brazil
In addition two directors were elected to fill vacancies on the Board. They are Andrés Mata Osorio, El Universal, Caracas, Venezuela, and María Elvira Domínguez, El País, Cali, Colombia, who will serve during the 2008-2011 and 2009-2012 periods, respectively.
The IAPA is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the defense and promotion of freedom of the press and of expression in the Americas. It is made up of more than 1,300 print publications from throughout the Western Hemisphere and is based in Miami, Florida. For more information please go to http://www.sipiapa.org.
