Michael Greenspon of The New York Times is new IAPA president

Miami (October 30, 2022) - The Inter American Press Association today elected Michael Greenspon of The New York Times as its new president for the 2022-2023 term, replacing Jorge Canahuati, who served two terms as president of the organization.

The new IAPA officers are as follows:

President: Michael Greenspon, The New York Times, New York, NY.

First Vice President: Roberto Rock, La Silla Rota, Mexico City, Mexico.

Second vice-president: José Roberto Dutriz, La Prensa Gráfica, San Salvador, El Salvador

Secretary: María Eugenia Mohme, Grupo La República, Lima, Peru

Treasurer: Juan Pablo Illanes, El Mercurio, Santiago, Chile

Chairman of the Executive Committee: Gabriela Vivanco, La Hora, Quito, Ecuador

Nominating Committee Chairman: Jorge Canahuati, Grupo Opsa, San Pedro Sula, Honduras

The persons elected as directors are as follows:

Juan Lorenzo Holmann Chamorro, La Prensa, Managua, Nicaragua (in prison)

Cynthia Hudson, CNN en español, Atlanta, United States

Martín Etchevers, Clarín, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ivett Chicas, The Associated Press, New York City, United States

Anand Persaud, Stabroek News, Georgetown, Guyana.

Soledad Álvarez, Agencia EFE, Madrid, Spain

Andres Mompotes, El Tiempo, Bogota, Colombia

Washington Beltrán, El País, Montevideo, Uruguay

Carlos Jornet, La Voz del Interior, Córdoba, Argentina.

Asdrúbal Aguiar, El Impulso, Barquisimeto, Venezuela

María Eugenia Mohme, La República, Lima, Peru

María Catalina Saieh, Copesa, Santiago, Chile

José Rubén Zamora Marroquín, elPeriódico, Guatemala City, Guatemala (in prison)

Armando Castilla, Vanguardia, Saltillo, México

Luciano Pasco Rippey, TV Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico (in jail)

Fernán Saguier, La Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Marcel Granier, RCTV, Caracas, Venezuela

Ernesto Kraiselburd, El Día, La Plata, Argentina

Luz María Sierra, El Colombiano, Medellín, Colombia

Alfonso Ospina, Caracol, Bogota, Colombia

In addition: Diana Domínguez Wilson-Smith, El Nacional, Asunción, Paraguay; was elected to replace Eduardo Quiros, La Estrella, Panama City, for the 2021-2024 term, and Alba Nelly Familia Lara, El Caribe/CDN, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic was elected to replace José Zamora, Univisión, for the 2021-2024 term.