Articles by Inter American Press Association
Newspaper owner killed in Brazil after receiving threats
Pedro Palma, 47, owner of the publication Panorama Regional in Miguel Pereira city in Rio de Janeiro state, was killed on the evening of 13 February outside his home. He was shot three times by two assailants riding a motorcycle.
Government gets aggressive with media in attempt to hide violence in Venezuela
In an attempt to hide the destructive violence of anti-government protests that took place on 12 February 2014, the Maduro administration has threatened media outlets who dare to veer from the official line, taking at least one off the air.
Claim of communication law’s unconstitutionality could reopen debate on Ecuador’s gag law
The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) said on 26 January 2014 it trusted that a lawsuit that Ecuador’s Constitutional Court admitted on Thursday 23 January arguing that the Organic Communication Law is unconstitutional will reopen the debate in the South American country.
Following criticism, Honduras suspends new secrecy law
The Inter American Press Association has described as positive the suspension of a secrecy law in Honduras which could have had serious consequences for the process of increased transparency that was initiated in the Central American country in 2006 with the Law on Transparency and Access to Public Information.
Mission to Guatemala will investigate senior officials’ complaints with editor
The Inter American Press Association will send an international delegation to Guatemala next month to take an on-site look into the situation involving senior officials and the editor of the newspaper elPeriódico, against whom several lawsuits have been filed in apparent reprisal for his work.
Venezuelan newspaper faces closure due to discriminatory permit policies
The Inter American Press Association holds the Venezuelan government responsible for the potential closure of the newspaper El Impulso, beset by obstacles to obtain permits to import newsprint and other supplies as part of an official strategy aimed at punishing independent media.
Court order in Guatemala bans journalist from approaching vice president
A judge has issued an order banning journalist José Rubén Zamora from going to the vice president’s home and place of work or study” for six months. The journalist had recently published investigations and criticism of alleged wrongdoing in the public office in which the vice president works.
Mexican editor on hunger strike after paper loses official state advertising contract
Ildefonso Chávez, president and editor of the newspaper El Pueblo in Chihuahua, Mexico, has gone on a hunger strike in protest against the withdrawal of official advertising by the state government in an apparent reprisal for his editorial criticism.