The malice of the Guatemalan government against freedom of the press is once again in evidence with the request for 40 years in prison for journalist José Rubén Zamora.
The president of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), Michael Greenspon, has announced that the organization is beginning a transition in its executive leadership following the announcement by its current executive director, Ricardo Trotti, of his plan to retire after 31 years of service.
The Inter American Press Association condemned the intensification of repression in Nicaragua, which has left detained three journalists since the beginning of April. The organization urged the international community to swiftly denounce the regime s persecution of freedom of expression and press freedom.
Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) President Michael Greenspon was anything but optimistic in his World Press Freedom Day message after reports showed that, in the last semester, 10 journalists were murdered: 5 in Haiti and the others in Colombia, the United States, Guatemala, Honduras, and Paraguay.