PUERTO RICO

PUERTO RICO WHEREAS since April 1977 the government of Puerto Rico continues violating Article 7 of the Declaration of Chapultepec, signed in 1995 by Puerto Rican Governor Pedro Rosello, by insisting on depriving El Nuevo Dia and now its sister publication, Primera Hora, of all government advertising in a clear constraint on freedom of expression government offiCials continue hindering access to government records THE IAPA GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLVES to communicate to the governor of Puerto Rico its repudiation of his insistence on continuing with his government's policy of coercion and harassment, which is an infringement of press freedom and Puerto Rico's deeply-rooted tradition of democratic values.

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