2023-05-03 02:19:22
Attacks on the media and press representatives are increasing in almost the entire region.
It is denounced by the Inter-American Press Association, the IAPA that has just concluded its biannual meeting with an alert regarding the “critical moment” of democracy in Latin America.
The regional organization of media and communicators highlighted the serious situation in Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, countries where attacks on the independent press have intensified, or even it has disappeared; as well as the persecution of journalists, some of whom have had to go into exile.
The IAPA also denounced judicial and tax harassment as a weapon to intimidate the work of the media and legal initiatives in countries such as Bolivia, Peru and the United States; and the threats of drug trafficking once morest journalists and media outlets that have become “at a serious risk for the practice of journalism in Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, Mexico and Paraguay.”
According to the organization, there are unmistakable signs that the Americas are going through one of the worst moments for democracy.
The complaint coincides with the commemoration, tomorrow, May 3, of World Press Freedom Day, which serves to remind governments of the need to respect their commitment to press freedom and, among media professionals, a day to reflect on issues of the work of communicators and professional ethics.
How serious is the situation of the exercise of this profession so essential for democracy in Latin America?
Ricardo Trotti, executive director of the Inter-American Press Association, offered an interview on NTN24’s Question of Power.
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