13 November 2012

Freedom of the press

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What is Freedom of the Press?

The Cornerstone of the IAPA is the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information, which continuously monitors all violations of press freedom in the Western Hemisphere and reviews these violations in its semiannual reports. The committee works as follows:

Each country has a regional vice president who reports to the committee on the issues and developments affecting press freedom in that country.

Reports are reviewed and discussed twice each year: at the Midyear Meeting in the spring and at the General Assembly in October. The committee presents its conclusions and recommendations to the Board of Directors.

The press freedom reports and resolutions are widely distributed among governments, intergovernmental bodies and civil society organizations throughout the Americas and the world, with the help of the Global Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organizations.

Responses to a threat or violation of press freedom may vary from issuing a simple resolution stating that our organization is aware of a potential threat, to sending a special mission so that our members can investigate further or raise the issue directly with those responsible for the problem.

Leadership

Chairmen

Gustavo Mohme La República Lima, Peru

Vice Chairmen

David Natera Febres Correo del Caroni Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela Roberto Rock Ciudad de México, Mexico
Regional Vice-Chairmen
Max Chauvet Le Nouvelliste Port-au-Prince, Haiti Rodolfo Dumas La Tribuna Tegucigalpa, Honduras Jorge Andrés Saieh Copesa Santiago de Chile, Chile
Paulo de Tarso Nogeira O Estado de Sao Paulo São Paulo, Brazil David Adams Revista Poder Miami, United States Miguel Franjul Bucarelly Listín Diario Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Eduardo Quirós Ciudad de Panamá, Panama Jose Roberto Dutriz La Prensa Gráfica San Salvador, El Salvador Myriam Márquez The Miami Herald Miami, United States
Gilberto Urdaneta El Regional del Zulia Ciudad Ojeda, Venezuela Luis Marroquín Siglo Veintiuno Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala María Judith de Brito Folha de S. Paulo São Paulo, Brazil
Washington Beltran El Pais Montevideo, Uruguay Margaret Wever Diario Aruba Oranjestad, Aruba Miguel Franjul Bucarelly Dominican Republic
Scott Anderson Canwest Publishing Ottawa, Canada Aldo Zuccolillo Diario ABC Color Asunción, Paraguay Daniel Dessein La Gaceta Tucumán, Argentina
Pedro Rivero Jordán El Deber Bolivia Vivian-Anne Gittens The Nation News Fontabelle, Barbados José Eustorgio Colmenares La Opinión Cúcuta, Colombia
David Boddiger The Tico Times San José, Costa Rica Pedro Zambrano Lapentti El Diario Portoviejo, Ecuador Javier Salido El Debate Sinaloa, Mexico
Eduardo Quirós Ciudad de Panamá, Panama Enrique Alberto Zileri Gibson Caretas Peru Héctor Peña El Nuevo Día San Juan, Puerto Rico
Miembros
Juan Pablo Illanes Empresa El Mercurio S.A.P. Santiago de Chile, Chile Martin Etchevers Olé Buenos Aires, Argentina Ulilo Acevedo Silva Hoy Diario del Magdalena Santa Marta, Colombia
Leonor de Etchevehere El Diario - Paraná Paraná, Argentina Gustavo Eduardo Ick Diario El Liberal Santiago del Estero, Argentina Alvaro Caviedes Copesa Santiago de Chile, Chile
Angel Luis de la Calle Madrid, Spain William Roberts The Durango Herald Durango, United States Ed McCullough The Associated Press Miami, United States
Leon Nuñez Ruiz El Nuevo Diario Managua, Nicaragua Eduardo Alemán Diario El Carabobeño Valencia, Venezuela Carlos Besanson Diario del Viajero Argentina
Bruce B. Brugmann San Francisco Bay Guardian San Francisco, United States Carlos Carmona El Impulso Barquisimeto, Venezuela E. Craig Moody San Francisco, United States
Miguel Henrique Otero El Nacional Caracas, Venezuela Julia Rodríguez L. El Pais Montevideo, Uruguay

FUNCIONARIOS

Director: Ricardo Trotti Asistente Comisión de Libertad de Prensa: Melba Jiménez

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