Some 500 editors and publishers are gathered in Buenos Aires for the Inter American Press Association's Annual Assembly, taking place Nov. 6–10. read more »

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) expressed shock on learning that Colombian authorities had halted an attempt by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to kill IAPA's president, Enrique Santos Calderón, editor of the Bogotá newspaper El Tiempo. read more »

Press freedom deteriorated in the Americas in the last six months, with attacks by criminal organizations in Mexico making that country among the worse places to practice the profession, the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) said at the end of its midyear meeting in Paraguay. See this report by the Associated Press. read more »

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) announced in Asunción that it will submit the case involving the disappearance of Alfredo Jiménez Mota to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). read more »

An international mission of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) is visiting Nicaragua to conduct an on-site investigation into complaints about press freedom.

IAPA says the delegates will meet with senior government officials, political leaders, representatives of human rights and civic organizations, and journalists and media executives. Conclusions from the three-day visit are to be shared at a news conference on Tuesday (Jan. 27). read more »

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) has published an announcement in more than 350 newspapers in the hemisphere, reporting on aggressions against the press in 2008, which include 13 journalists assassinated in Latin America during the year.

Mexico appears once again as the country with the most attacks on journalists read more »

Enrique Santos Calderón of El Tiempo newspaper in Bogotá assumed the presidency of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) at its 64th Assembly in Spain, succeeding Earl Maucker. read more »

After four days of sessions in Madrid enhanced by the presence of Spain's king and prime minister, the Inter American Press Association (IAPA)
reported that four distinct trends became apparent in the last six months: read more »

More than 500 media representatives from the Americas and Europe have gathered in Madrid for the 64th Assembly of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), the Associated Press reported. read more »

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) has noted an increase in political hostilities against the news media in several countries in the region, Perfil reports.

According to IAPA, such political attacks have increased in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela. Journalists are frequently attacked or threatened because they are considered to be "destabilizers of the democratic system." read more »

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) urged authorities to respond quickly to the disappearance of a journalist in Mexico City, and three other attacks on colleagues in the state of Sinaloa, Europa Press reported. read more »

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) has urged newspaper readers throughout the Americas to sign an open letter to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, seeking justice for the 2004 assassination of journalist Jorge Lourenço dos Santos in the northeastern state of Alagoas, Europa Press reports. read more »