Guatemala

(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 12 April 2002 letter to President Alfonso Portillo Cabrera, CPJ expressed alarm the Wednesday 10 April abduction of Guatemalan journalist David Herrera, who was threatened with death during the kidnapping. The attack appears to be in retaliation for Herrera’s work with Gerry Hadden, the Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean correspondent for […]

(AMARC/IFEX) – The following is a 28 January 2002 AMARC press release: AMARC expresses concern over opening up of public auction (28 January 2002) – On 24 January, the Guatemalan Superintendency of Telecommunications (Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones de Guatemala, SIT) announced its intent to reopen a public auction for the allocation of radio broadcasting frequencies. This […]

(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is an 11 December 2001 IAPA press release: IAPA welcomes reopening of Flaquer case in Guatemala MIAMI, Florida (December 11, 2001) – Guatemalan Attorney General Adolfo González Rodas told the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) that the case of journalist Irma Flaquer Azurdia, who disappeared in 1980 after being kidnapped, is […]

(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 4 December 2001 IAPA press release: The IAPA rejects new law in Guatemala that restricts press freedom Alfonso Portillo urged to veto law and keep his promise to honor the principles of the Declaration of Chapultepec that he signed on September 5 Miami (December 4, 2001) – The Inter […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 9 November 2001 CPJ letter to Attorney General Adolfo González Rodas: November 9, 2001 Adolfo González Rodas Attorney General of the Republic of Guatemala Guatemala City, Guatemala Via facsimile: 011-502-221-2718 Dear Mr. González Rodas: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent organization dedicated to the defense of press […]

(WiPC/IFEX) – International PEN registers its deep concern for the safety of Guatemalan historian Matilde Leoner González Izas following reports that she has received threats and is under surveillance. According to information received by PEN, on 2 October 2001, González Izas had her laptop computer stolen from her home. Neighbours stated that her house had […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to President Alfonso Portillo Cabrera, RSF has asked that Jose Mario Chigua, member of the governing party Guatemalan Republican Front (Frente Republicano Guatemalteco, FRG), and Edgar Orellana, government official, be summoned as soon as possible. The two individuals’ names figure in an investigation being carried out by the Human Rights […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 18 September 2001 CPJ press release: GUATEMALA: Controversial radio journalist killed New York, September 18, 2001—Guatemalan radio journalist Jorge Mynor Alegría Armendáriz was murdered at around 10 p.m. on the evening of September 5, CPJ has confirmed. Alegría was shot at least five times outside his home in Puerto […]

(RSF/IFEX) – The following is a 7 September 2001 RSF press release: GUATEMALA Journalist assassinated In a letter to President of the Republic Alfonso Portillo Cabrera, Reporters sans frontières (RSF) stated that it was deeply angered by the assassination of Jorge Mynor Alegría Armendáriz, journalist for Radio Amatique. “A journalist who spoke out against corruption […]

(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 7 September 2001 IAPA press release: IAPA in Honduras defends professional secrecy, rejects licensing of journalists Free-press organization voices concern over murder of journalist in Guatemala SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (September 7, 2001) – Honduran President Carlos Flores pledged to ensure that no limits will be placed on press […]

(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 6 September 2001 IAPA press release: IAPA hails Guatemala government move to end TV monopoly GUATEMALA CITY (September 6, 2001) – Today, the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) welcomed a pledge by Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo to grant two new television broadcasting licenses to end a TV monopoly in […]

(IPI/IFEX) – In a 7 September 2001 letter to President Alfonso Portillo Cabrera, IPI strongly condemned the killing of radio journalist Jorge Mynor Alegria. According to IPI’s sources, Alegria, host of a call-in programme on Radio Amatique, which broadcasts from the port of Puerto Barrios throughout Guatemala’s eastern Izabal district, was shot and killed near […]

(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 31 August 2001 IAPA press release: IAPA to send mission to Guatemala, Honduras MIAMI, Florida (August 31, 2001) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) announced today that a delegation will visit Guatemala and Honduras next week to review in public forums the two Central American countries’ legislation restricting […]

(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is an IAPA press release: IAPA welcomes actions in homage to journalist missing for 20 years MIAMI, Florida (August 31, 2001) – The naming of a downtown street in memory of Irma Flaquer Azurdia, the addition of her name to a monument and the holding of a memorial service for her […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 7 August 2001 CPJ press release: GUATEMALA: CPJ sends letter of inquiry to attorney general New York, August 7, 2001 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) yesterday sent a letter of inquiry to Adolfo González Rodas, attorney general of Guatemala, expressing concern about the August 1 attack by […]

(APG/IFEX) – The following is a 1 August 2001 APG press release: The Guatemalan Journalists Association (APG) is deeply angered over today’s attack on our colleagues, among them journalist Marvin Del Cid, member of Emisoras Unidas and other news agencies, and urges the Ministry of the Interior to ensure that the civilian security forces respect […]