Miami (December 8, 2011)—The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today announced the appointment of the regional vice chairmen of its Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information who will be responsible for monitoring violations of press freedom and freedom of expression during the 2011-2012 period.
IAPA President Milton Coleman in October had named Gustavo Mohme, editor of the Lima, Peru, newspaper La República, as chairman of the Committee, which has two general vice chairmen, Roberto Rock of El Universal of Mexico and David Natera of Correo del Caroní of Venezuela.
Among their responsibilities the regional vice chairmen have the role of preparing their countries’ press freedom reports, which are presented at the IAPA’s twice-yearly membership meetings that are generally held in March and October each year. The organization’s next meeting will take place April 20-23, 2012 in Cádiz, Spain.
The country-by-country regional vice chairmen of the IAPA Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information are:
Argentina: Daniel Dessein, La Gaceta
Aruba and Dutch Antilles: Margaret Wever, The News Aruba
Bolivia: Pedro Rivero Jordán, El Deber
Brazil: Paulo de Tarso, O Estado de S. Paulo, and María Judith de Brito, Folha de S. Paulo
Canada: Scott Anderson, CanWest Publishing, Inc.
Caribbean: Vivian-Anne Gittens, The Nation, Barbados
Chile: Jorge Andrés Saieh, La Tercera
Colombia: José Eustorgio Colmenares, La Opinión
Costa Rica: David Boddiger, The Tico Times
Cuba: Myriam Márquez, The Miami Herald
Dominican Republic: Miguel Franjul, Listín Diario
Ecuador: Pedro Zambrano, El Diario
El Salvador: José Roberto Dutriz, La Prensa Gráfica
Guatemala: Luis Marroquín, Siglo 21
Haiti: Max Chauvet, Le Nouvelliste
Honduras: Rodolfo Dumas, La Tribuna
Mexico: Javier Salido, El Debate
Nicaragua: Francisco Chamorro, El Nuevo Diario
Panama: Eduardo Quirós, La Estrella de Panamá
Paraguay: Aldo Zuccolillo, abcColor
Peru: Marco E. Zileri, Revista Caretas
Puerto Rico: Héctor Peña, El Nuevo Día
United States: David Adams, Poder Magazine
Uruguay: Washington Beltrán, El País
Venezuela: Gilberto Urdaneta, El Regional de Zulia
The following are those named for the other IAPA committees for the 2011-2012 period:
Chapultepec Committee
Chairman: Miguel H. Otero, El Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela
ViceChairman: Roberto Pomo, El Tiempo, Bogotá
Impunity Committee
Chairman: Juan Francisco Ealy Ortiz, El Universal, Mexico City, Mexico
Vice Chairman: Ulilo Acevedo, Hoy Diario del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia
International Affairs Committee
Chairman: Jorge Canahuati Larach, La Prensa, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Internet Committee
Chairman: Ernesto Kraiselburd, El Día, La Plata, Argentina
Vice Chairman: Gabriela Vivanco, La Hora, Quito, Ecuador
Awards Committee
Chairman: Francisco Miró Quesada, El Comercio, Lima, Peru
Vice Chairman: Francisco Fascetto, Diario Popular, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Finance and Audit Committee
Chairman: Hugo Holmann, La Prensa, Managua, Nicaragua
Foundations Committee
Co-Chairmen:
Alejandro Aguirre, Diario Las Américas, Miami, Florida
Fabricio Altamirano, El Diario de Hoy, San Salvador, El Salvador
Edward Seaton, Seaton Newspapers, Manhattan, Kansas
Legal Committee
Chairman: Armando González, La Nación, San José, Costa Rica
Membership Committee
Co-Chairmen United States and Canada:
Bruce Brugmann, San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco, California
Pierre Manigault, Evening Post Publishing Co., Charleston, South Carolina
Co-Chairmen Latin America and Caribbean:
Paulo de Tarso Nogueira, O Estado de S. Paulo , São Paulo, Brazil
Armando Castilla,Vanguardia, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
Christopher Barnes, The Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica
Future Sites Committee
Chairman: Cristina Aby-Azar, The Wall Street Journal, New York, New York
Program Committee
Chairman: Jaime Mantilla, Hoy, Quito, Ecuador
Nominations Committee
Chairman: Gonzalo Marroquín, Siglo 21, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Strategic Development Committee
Chairman: María Elvira Domínguez, El País, Cali, Colombia
Communications Committee
Chairman: Fernán Saguier, La Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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.
