Articles by Inter American Press Association
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.
U.S. White House should stop restricting access to news photographers
Restrictions on access to the White House to cover President Barack Obama’s activities by accredited news photographers is being criticized by the Inter American Press Association, which called on the government to abolish such action, considering it to be “a serious obstruction of the practice of journalism and press freedom.”
Disproportionate charges against journalists in Barbados must be dropped
The detention of and accusations against three journalists is linked to the publication of a photo from a Facebook video of two 14-year-old students having sex in a classroom. The photo, captured from the video taken on a mobile phone, accompanied an article on sexual activities at a rural school.
U.S. news organisations protest White House press access limits
The Inter American Press Association has echoed a protest made by United States news organisations against the White House over restrictions on news coverage of the daily activities of President Barack Obama, reducing the climate of official transparency and editorial independence of news media.
Bolivian journalist persecuted over criticism of the government
During a visit to the IAPA offices on November 8, Marianela Montenegro, a journalist and owner of Canal 33 television in Cochabamba reported that she has been harassed and threatened and the offices of her channel have been broken into on two occasions.