Tag: Inter American Press Association (IAPA)

• Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 20:38 UTC

  Argentine press guilds raise their eyes at new attacks on media freedom by Libertarian gov't

  

  Argentine journalist guilds expressed their concern after the State Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE) targeted reporter Hugo Alconada Mon, and the Libertarian Government of President Javier Milei upped the ante towards the exercise of journalism in Casa Rosada.

• Wednesday, July 13th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  IAPA concerned over Costa Rican President's onslaught against newspaper

  

  The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) Tuesday expressed its concern over the future of free speech in Costa Rica following the attacks of the Government of President Rodrigo Chaves against La Nación, which included “administrative actions” against the newspaper one of the companies owning it.

• Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  IAPA concerned over Judiciary deployment in Costa Rican newspaper case

  

  Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) President Jorge Canahuati urged Costa Rica's judiciary to handle the process with transparency and to observe the due process of law as legal action has been taken involving Diario Extra.

• Thursday, December 23rd 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  IAPA wants press freedom guaranteed in Chile's new Constitution

  

  The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) Wednesday asked Chile's Constitutional Convention to “guarantee the broadest access to public information and to prohibit Congress from enacting laws that restrict freedom of the press” in the new text being drafted.

• Thursday, December 9th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  IAPA condemns journalist's arrest by Cuba's regime

  

  The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) Wednesday expressed its support for Cuban journalist Claudia Montero, who has been accused by the Government of President Miguel Díaz-Canel of causing “public disorder.”

• Friday, August 3rd 2012 - 07:18 UTC

  Ecuador president limits publicity to “friendly” media and raids magazine office

  

  The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) described as “contrary to the principles of freedom of expression and press freedom” an order by the Government of Ecuador to withdraw official advertising from independent news media.