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•MIDYEAR MEETING CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS

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In the Spanish heartlandIAPA MEETING IN FRAMEWORK OF HISTORIC COMMEMORATION

Spanish soldiers in commemorative attire salute the Monument to the Constitution in Cádiz on March 19.

The Inter American Press Association is coming to a city of Cádiz that is immersed in celebrations and events of historic remembrance of when it was the main port on the Iberian peninsula and the capital of Spain from 1810 to 1813. At the center is the 200th anniversary of the Constitution of “Spaniards of both hemispheres” and which is known as La Pepa, drawn up under the siege of the British Empire. A column published in El País on March 20 quotes Don Benito Pérez Galdós, who in the so-called National Episodes recorded how in that period “through the Calle Ancha beat the heart of the Spains.” (More on Page 2)

Support for the Inter-American human rights system

The Host Committee for the 68th IAPA General Assembly to be held October 12-16 this year in São Paulo, Brazil, has begun to give shape to the official program. The Marriott Renaissance Hotel (pictured at right), located in the city’s Garden District, has a theater than can seat more than 400 people. The IAPA Press Institute has drawn up a special program of seminars which will be accompanied by workshops and panel discussions with the participation of Brazilian press experts. (See Page 6)

More than 70 journalism and law students from 11 countries attended the hemisphere conference “The Inter-American Human Rights System and Freedom of Expression” held by the IAPA with the aim of helping strengthen the hemisphere institutions. The event took place on March 26-27 at the American University School of Law in Washington, D.C. Above: The participants on the steps of the OAS headquarters. Above left: IAPA President Milton Coleman, OAS Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression Catalina Botero and OAS Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Executive Secretary Santiago Cantón. At left: Kate Doyle, analyst with the National Security Archive, during one of the panel discussions. (More on Page 3)

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The people of Cádiz have thronged to the museums to celebrate the bicentennial of that Magna Carta and the newspapers are repeating the ancient libertarian slogans such as “Long live La Pepa, death to the chains.”

The central celebration, on March 19, brought out on the streets thousands of citizens and visitors, some of the in the typical attire of the city, that of “piconera” (carbon seller). The main activities took place in the San Felipe Nerí Chapel. It was there that the Constitution was drawn up and promulgated. Another event was held at the Cortes (Parliament) Monument in Cádiz’ Plaza de España.

Historian Jesús Maeso recalled that in 1812 “the people were totally oblivious of what was happening in the chapel, they did not know what a Constitution was.” His colleague Hilda Martín added that “there were newspapers and there was talk of things of the Cortes (Parliament), but it was a minority. In general were unaware of those happenings.”

Nevertheless, 200 years later the people of Cádiz went out on the street. even though the fences there kept them apart from the solemn acts, as was reported on March 20 by the newspaper El País.

One month after that celebration by the people the IAPA, at the head of hundreds of newspapers and entities from the Hispanic world, is coming to Cádiz also to celebrate the emergence of constitutionality in Spanish America. Because the press is precisely the democratizing vehicle which, having risen from the promulgation of La Pepa, has not ceased working in favor of the institutionalization of public freedoms on both sides of the Atlantic. n

This summer the city of Cádiz is offering a number of activities of special interest for those attending the IAPA Midyear Meeting April 20-23 sponsored by the Fundación José Félix Llopis.

The exhibition “The Fortified Caribbean: The Travel Log – from Cádiz to Veracruz,” inaugurated on February 21, will be open until Monday, April 23. It depicts four documentaries by Mexican filmmaker Eduardo Lizalde Farias, along with an exhibit of photographs at the magnificent Santa Catalina Castle.

In the same place remaining open during the IAPA meeting will be a selection of contemporary graphics arts by artists from Venezuela, Argentina, Mexico and Spain.

Also during the IAPA meeting there will be presented at the Santa Catalina Castle 60 examples of colonial Cuzco art. n

200 Years of Spanish- American Art

PeruvianarcheologicaltreasuresQueen Sofia of Spain inaugurated in Cádiz on March 27 the exhibition “Pre-Inca Treasures: The Lord of Sipán,” which will remain open during the IAPA Midyear Meeting April 20-23.

The collection of 195 pieces of the most valuable and spectacular pre-Columbian archeology is being exhibited outside Peru for the first time and forms part of the activities of Cádiz as the Ibero-American Cultural Capital.

The Host Committee has scheduled a tour of this exhibition as part of the activities for spouses and companions of those attending the IAPA meeting. However, all attendees are invited to view the exhibition being held by the Cádiz City Hall at the Casa de Iberoamérica. n

The IAPA in Cádiz:Evocation ofhistory and the press

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he conference titled “The Inter-American Human Rights System and Freedom of Expression” had as its mission the education of future leaders in super-national and inter-governmental mechanisms that can be used to defend and promote the freedom of expression of the peoples of the Americas. The students taking part in the conference agreed that contempt laws, criminal action against journalists and the lack of access to public information conspire against press freedom and democracy.

For more information on the activities program, the universities and participating experts, and working documents go to the following link: http://www.sipiapa.org/v4/conferencia.php?idioma=sp

In addition to the work at American University students had an opportunity to visit the headquarters of the

Organization of American States, to chat with Santiago Cantón and Catalina Botero, IACHR executive secretary and special rapporteur, respectively, and to attend a negotiation session between the IACHR commissioners and representatives of the government and civil society of Peru.

The conference was held by the IAPA in collaboration with American University and Stanford University and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). It was also sponsored by the following institutions: James McClatchy Fund of the San Francisco Foundation, Scripps Howard News Service and The Scripps Howard Foundation, Central Valley Foundation, The William and Flora Hewitt Foundation, James B. McClatchy Chair of Stanford University, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. n

Students attend hemisphere conference on press freedom

During one of the conference panel discussions (r. to l.) former IAPA president Edward Seaton; the publisher of the Ecuador newspaper El Universo, César Pérez; lawyer Ignacio Álvarez, and Maryland District Judge Peter J. Messitte.

Above: Outside the OAS headquarters IAPA Executive Director Julio E. Muñoz, the chairman of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information, Gustavo Mohme, and Press Freedom Director Ricardo Trotti. At right: Elizabeth Abi-Mershed, IACHR assistant executive secretary, and Claudia Martin, a Washington College of Law (WCL) professor.

The student from 15 universities in the hemisphere after debating the topics presented by international experts presented their conclusions as the conference wound up. Above (l. to r.): Vanessa Da Rocha Gonçalves and Virginia Feix, professors from Porto Alegre, Brazil, with Melba Jiménez of the IAPA Impunity Project, who helped organize the conference.

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The Cádiz program begins with a day of three seminars organized by the IAPA Press Institute, in addition to a cultural conference on the 300 years’ history of the host city. This is the schedule for the four activities to be held on Friday, April 20 at the Cádiz Conventions Center.

9:00 - 10:30 a.m. Seminar 1:

New Challenges in the Optimization of Work Flows in News Companies

The appearance of new digital platforms and the challenge of taking advantage of what the new media offer have raised the challenge of optimizing newspapers’ work flows. What is needed is to avoid duplication of operations, integrate handling of editorial content and advertising and to evaluate the effectiveness of our product offers. The panelists, representatives of companies with long experience in content handling, will focus on meeting these challenges.

Speakers: Francisco Amaral, Cases i Associats, Barcelona, Spain; Andrés Checa Martín, Protec, Madrid, Spain; Hans Janssen, WoodWing, Zaandam, The Netherlands. . Moderator: Armando Castilla, Vanguardia, Saltillo, México

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m Seminar 2: Experiences of Spanish Newspapers With the Online Business Model

Beyond the debate over the various most popular online business models (“freemium,” content walls and the model based on online advertising) newspapers are directing their attention to new opportunities such as charging for subscription to apps for tablets and other digital apparatus. It is about offering quality content to cultivate reader loyalty and capture

SEMINARS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS FEATURED AT MIDYEAR MEETINGALL THE PRESS INSTITUTE PRESENTATIONS WILL TAKE PLACE FRIDAY, APRIL 20

Four panel discussions are scheduled for April 22 and the last one of them for the next afternoon.

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9:00 - 10:30 a.m. Panel discussion A:

The new Latin American constitutions and their impact on press freedom

Panelists: Roberto Viciano, professor at the Universidad de Valencia and member of the CEPS (Center of Political and Social Studies) Foundation, Valencia, Spain; Allan Brewer Carias, adjunct professor, Columbia University, New York. Moderator: Santiago Canton, IACHR, Washington, D.C.

10:30 – 12:00 p.m. Panel discussion B:

‘La Pepa’: The informational model and its impact on the world

Panelists: Manuel Bustos; Enrique García Agulló y Orduña. Moderator: Asdrúbal Aguiar, El Impulso, Barquisimeto, Venezuela

3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Panel discussion C:

The European Economic Crisis

Panelists: Juan Luis Cebrián, El País, Madrid; Rodrigo de Rato, Bankia S.A., Madrid; Antonio Fernández-Galiano, El Mundo, Madrid. Moderator: Cristina Aby-Azar, The Wall Street Journal, New York

4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Panel discussion D:

Attacks Upon And Defense Of The Inter-American System

Panelists: Santiago Canton,IACHR, Washington, D.C.; Frank La Rue, United Nations, New York. Moderator: Robert Rivard

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2:30 – 4:00 p.m. Panel discussion E:

Freedom of Expression and Healthy Public Opinion

Panelists: Jaime Mantilla, Diario Hoy, Quito; Victoria Camps, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona; Alfonso Ruiz Miguel, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Miguel Revenga, Universidad de Cádiz. Moderator: Ramón Vargas-Machuca, Universidad de Cádiz.

data for analysis. The invited panelists, representing some of Spain’s leading newspapers, will give their vision concerning the new opportunities for online income and what newspapers have to do so as to take advantage of it.

Speakers: Rosalía Lloret, PRISA Noticias, Madrid, Spain; Juan Luis Moreno, Grupo Vocento, Madrid, Spain; José Luis Rodríguez, La Vanguardia, Barcelona, Spain; and Ignacio Gil Vazquez, El Mundo, Madrid. . Moderator: Francisco Fascetto, Diario Popular, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Seminar 3:

Trends in the Use of Social Media by Newspapers

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other have revolutionized the way of generating, consuming and disseminating news. There are many ways that newspapers have attempted to take advantage of the phenomenon of social media, and some have even created their own social networks, with greater or lesser success. A panel of leading experts on the topic will discuss the impact of social networks on the media, where the phenomenon is heading, and the opportunities presented to newspapers.

Speakers: Eduard Ramos, Polinomi, Barcelona, Spain; Rafael Bonnelly, ClicLogix Americas, Miami, Florida; José Luis Orihuela, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. Moderator: Christopher Barnes, The Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica

3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Cultural Conference: Cádiz: 3,000 years of history

Presentation (pending) by historian and author Jesús Maeso Moderator: Francisco Miró Quesada, El Comercio, Lima, Peru n

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The “Freedom Campaign” has been appealing to individual and institutional donors over the last six months to forward the goals set in the IAPA Development Plan adopted in March 2011that seeks to strengthen the organization and make it more sustainable toward the future.In 2012, IAPA representatives traveled to El Salvador, Honduras, and Argentina to continue to establish relationships with civil society and business representatives in an effort to secure their support for IAPA’s mission and programs.On February 15, an IAPA delegation headed by President Milton Coleman, Senior Editor of The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., Executive Director Julio E. Muñoz and Development Director Viviana Bianchi visited El Salvador to take part in a series of meetings with representatives of civil society. The meetings were coordinated by Fabricio Altamirano of the newspaper El Diario de Hoy and José Roberto Dutriz of La Prensa Gráfica.During this trip, the IAPA delegation also met with President Mauricio Funes to discuss press freedom and free speech issues. After hearing Coleman’s summary on the state of press freedom in the hemisphere, President Funes said that his country enjoyed “full freedom of the press.” At the end of the meeting, Funes signed the Declaration of Chapultepec that sets forth the 10 basic principles for the existence of freedom of expression.On February 27-28 Coleman, Muñoz, and Bianchi traveled to Honduras, where they held a number of meetings with business representatives, journalists, politicians and members of civil society. The meetings were coordinated by Jorge Canahuati of La Prensa and Rodolfo Dumas of La Tribuna, The delegation also met with President Porfirio Lobo to discuss matters concerning the state of freedom

INITIAL RESULTS OF THE IAPA FREEDOM CAMPAIGNDELEGATIONS IN HONDURAS, EL SALVADOR, AND ARGENTINA FORWARD THE OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSOCIATION

At left: IAPA President Milton Coleman with the President of Honduras, Porfirio Lobo, during a meeting held in Tegucigalpa on February 28. At right: IAPA Executive Director Julio E. Muñoz

with the editor of La Prensa Gráfica, José Roberto Dutriz, Honduras President Mauricio Funes, Coleman and IAPA Development Director Viviana Bianchi.

of expression in his country. Lobo had signed the Declaration of Chapultepec in February 2010.A third IAPA delegation, composed by the Chair of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information, Gustavo Mohme of La República, Lima, Peru; former IAPA president Julio C.F. de Mesquita of O Estado de S. Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Julio E. Muñoz; Press Freedom Director Ricardo Trotti; and Viviana Bianchi visited Argentina on March 12-14 to advance the goals of the Freedom Campaign and to receive information about the state of freedom of the press and of expression in this South American country. In addition to meetings with business and civil society representatives hosted by Bartolomé Mitre, Fernán Saguier and Norberto Frigerio of La Nación and Marcela Noble Herrera, Saturnino Herrero and Martín Etchevers of Clarín, the delegates met with journalists, publishers, representatives of press organizations, and media executives.The campaign to strengthen organizational relationships across the region began in November of last year with a visit to the Dominican Republic. This visit has yielded positive results through the expressed support of businesses representatives and Dominican media stakeholders for the Association’s various activities.The predominant topics discussed during these series of meetings centered on the need to strengthen journalistic ethics and values, democratic institutions, and elementary and college education. The IAPA is regarded as an important and respected organization among the dozens of people with whom the delegates met. These visits have begun to produce the desired results as the IAPA has received offers of institutional support from several business-sector representatives that have expressed the desire to form beneficial philanthropic relationships. n

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The Press Circle of Uruguay, in a ceremony held in Montevideo on March 15, presented the IAPA with its “José Enrique Rodó Freedom of Expression–Right to Information” award. The distinction was delivered by Circle President Edmundo Sosa Saravia and received by the chairman of the IAPA’s Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information, Gustavo Mohme, editor of the Lima, Peru, newspaper La República.

IAPA Executive Director Julio E. Muñoz expressed gratitude for the award.

“It is very pleasing to receive this award in the name of our organization and that of its president, Milton Coleman. This recognition is moreover very stimulating for the journalists who are clear that press freedom is not an achievement but rather a daily task,” Mohme said.

He recalled that 20 years ago he had attended the first membership meeting of the IAPA, when Peru was in the midst of a dictatorship. “In the IAPA I found moral and effective support. Today it is my turn to show solidarity with my colleagues. That is why we previously had a mission to Argentina, where the government is intensely confronting the media while slowly cutting back freedoms,” he declared.

Mohme and former IAPA president (1998-99) Jorge Fascetto of Diario Popular, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the IAPA executive director were also recognized for their work by being made honorary member of the Press Circle of Uruguay. Former Uruguayan president

Gustavo Mohme

IAPA GIVEN AWARDBY URUGUAY’S PRESSGUSTAVO MOHME STRESSES IAPA’S SOLIDARITY WITH MEDIA SUFFERING HARASSMENT

Julio María Sanguinetti delivered the keynote speech in the event, stressing that freedom of expression should be affirmed every day, even in democratic countries where they may be “powers that abuse” it. “Freedom of the press is the principal expression of liberty,” he said, mentioning cases of limitations of this principle in Argentina and Venezuela, for which reason he recognized the role of the IAPA in the defense of press freedom.

Also attending the event was another former president of Uruguay, Jorge Batlle. Sanguinetti’s remarks wound up the speeches part of the ceremony, which was opened by the editor of the Montevideo newspaper El País, Julia Rodríguez Larreta, who enumerated a series of attacks on press freedom in countries with democratic governments “made by those in power at the time or by organized crime, in a bid to gag it or directly eliminate it.” Also speaking in homage to the IAPA was Claudio Paolillo, editor of Búsqueda, Montevideo. n

Julio María Sanguinetti

The seminars program will begin on Friday, October 12 with the presentation “Press Freedom and the Right to Privacy,” to be followed the next day by a session on “Investigative Reporting: What Will be the Sustainable Model for the Future?” The program winds up on the Monday, October 15 with “Will a New News Company Business Model Emerge?”

In addition, for the São Paulo General Assembly the IAPA will include three workshops on some of the latest

press topics, such as infographics in multimedia, new content offerings, and the training of journalists in the new digital age. Five other panel discussions throughout the meeting will feature, among other things, how to make quality journalism pay, the internal and external performance of news companies, copyright in the digital age, and IAPA exclusive research into the thinking and ideas of editors and publishers in Latin America.

Brazil’s President Dilma Roussef has been invited to the official opening ceremony at noon on Monday, October 15. The General Assembly’s Host Committee is headed by the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo and also includes a dozen other Brazilian newspapers and publications. n

Seminars, Panel Discussions,

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The Cádiz Constitution, whose bicentenary is being commemorated today, marked the political fate of Spain and Latin America on opening the door to the cycle of independence that would be developed throughout the 19th century. The Napoleonic intent to replace the dynast reigning in the Peninsula provoked a crisis of legitimacy of the Spanish political system and the Cádiz constituents attempted to close it through a wording that sought inspiration in other previous ones and also served as a model for those that would come afterwards. With the controversy over the contributions of Spain to European culture still a recent one in those times the Cádiz Constitution recalled that no country, neither then nor now, is genetically unable to join the political currents and those of thinking that ensure greater freedom for individuals.

With the Cádiz Constitution the Spaniards stopped being subjects and proclaimed themselves to be citizens, little does it matter that the means to achieve this were incomplete or insufficient if one is to think in terms of current criteria. Equality under the law would have yet to go a long way, the same of the right to suffrage, limits among the branches of government, the relationship of the church with the state, or the concept of sovereignty. The advances contemplated by the Constitution were not few, even revised during the political turbulence that so many times since then have plunged the history of Spain into violence and chaos. As an aspiration of recuperation or as a combat

The Cádiz QuestionsREPRODUCED FROM EL PAÍS, MADRID, MARCH 18

reference the Cádiz text made of the political fight one to impose a Constitution or something else, but in any event a Constitution. That signified admitting the essential idea that any democratic regime of any political power cannot be limited in the face of the citizens.

Not all the Cádiz constituents were liberals; what all accepted, those that were and those that were not, was the liberal idea that what was needed was to achieve a pact among different, and even contradictory, conceptions in order to resolve the breakdown of legitimacy caused by the Napoleonic invasion. It would be King Ferdinand the 7th himself who first acted disloyally towards the pact, unleashing the tragic to-ing and fro-ing of the history of Spain whose intertia would reach the 1936 Civil War. The lesson learned on reviewing that awesome past is that no political system could be the imposition of half of the Spaniards over the other half, but rather that all make decisions together.

The Cádiz Constitution has actuality, not because all the answers it offers continue to be valid two centuries later, but because the questions it posed are. It those questions that it is best not to lose sight of two centuries after they were made by a handful of Spaniards beset by the most powerful army of those times; do not lose sight of them, not even in the name of a tradition that seeks to preserve the supposed essence of Spain, neither in the name of the always uncertain dissertations about the future. n

The representative for Europe of the World Press Freedom Committee, Ronald Koven, represented the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) to present its position to the Inter-Governmental Council for the Development of Communication of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) which met on March 22 in Paris, France.

“We are especially shocked at the increase in the murders of journalists in Latin America. The latest detailed study indicates that in Mexico in particular the majority of actions against journalists have been attributed not directly to the drug traffickers, as is generally believed, but to corrupt local authorities. In this regard, we are pleased that the murders of journalists have been declared to be federal offenses in Mexico, thus removing the responsibility for taking legal action from authorities which could be susceptible

Monumento a la Constitución en Cádiz.

to pressure form criminal groups. It is a step in the right direction,” Koven told the inter-governmental council in representation of the IAPA.

He spelled out the similarities between the IAPA and the Action Plan initially proposed by the United Nations regarding the need to foster the safety of journalists. Koven also expressed the IAPA’s support for the extension of the effect of Resolution 1738 of the United Nations Security Council beyond international armed conflicts. The Association’s position is that the resolution can be amended to cover cases of internal violence against journalists.

“We are also very much in favor of making defamation no longer a criminal offense. A growing number of countries have joined the trend in the world to make it a civil offense. Contempt is also increasingly being decriminalized in Latin America,” Koven declared. n

Koven speaks before UNESCO Council

Ronald Koven

In BriefCONGRESS– The International Press Institute (IPI) is to hold its World Congress June 23-26 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Information about this event can be found at www.ipoworldcongress.com.

MERGER– The American Press Institute (API) after 66 years ceased its operations in Reston, Virginia, to merge with the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). API Vice President Bob Weil said that the funds of the two organizations will be combined for the funding of programs. The organization has not yet taken a decision about the future of its building, a modernistic structure designed by a famous American architect.

POSSIBLE ACQUISITION– The Buenos Aires, Argentina, newspaper La Nación is negotiating the acquisition of the news company Imprimedia, publisher of El Diario/La Prensa of New York and La Opinión of Los Angeles, California, two of the oldest Spanish-language papers in the United States. Imprimedia in turn is conducting a renegotiation with its journalists labor union.

NEW ORGANIZATION– Gary B. Pruitt, president of McClatchy, who has headed the company that owns The Miami Herald and another 29 newspapers for the past 16 years, is to assumes the presidency of The Associated Press. McClatchy Finance Director Patrick J. Talamantes was named president and CEO, becoming the seventh to have that role at McClatchy.

ONE CENTURY– The Patagonia, Argentina, newspaper Río Negro will celebrate its 100th anniversary on April 30.

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Committee on Freedomof the Press and InformationIt is chaired by Gustavo Mohme, La República, Lima, Peru, and has two general vice chairmen, Roberto Rock, El Universal, Mexico City, Mexico, and David Natera, Correo del Caroní, Venezuela, and also is made up of regional vice chairman:

Argentina: Daniel Dessein, La Gaceta

Aruba and Netherland Antilles: Margaret Wever, The News, Aruba.

Bolivia: Pedro Rivero Jordán, El Deber

Brazil: Paulo de Tarso, O Estado de S. Paulo y María Judith de Brito, Folha de S. Paulo

Canada: Scott Anderson, CanWest Publishing, Inc.

Caribbean: Vivian-Anne Gittens, The Nation, Barbados

Chile: Jorge Andrés Saieh, La Tercera

Colombia: José Eustorgio Colmenares, La Opinión

Costa Rica: David Boddiger, The Tico Times

Cuba: Myriam Márquez, The Miami Herald

Ecuador: Pedro Zambrano, El Diario

El Salvador: José Roberto Dutriz, La Prensa Gráfica

United States: David Adams,

Guatemala: Luis Marroquín, Siglo 21

Haití: Max Chauvet, Le Nouvelliste

Honduras: Rodolfo Dumas, La Tribuna

Mexico: Javier Salido, El Debate

Nicaragua: Jaime Chamorro, La Prensa

Panamá: Eduardo Quirós, La Estrella de Panamá

Paraguay: Aldo Zuccolillo, abcColor

Peru: Marco E. Zileri, Revista Caretas

Puerto Rico: Héctor Peña, El Nuevo Día

Dominican Republic: Miguel Franjul, Listín Diario

Uruguay: Washington Beltrán, El País

Venezuela: Gilberto Urdaneta, El Regional del Zulia

The regional vice chairmen prepare the country-by-country press freedom reports that are presented, generally, each March and October.

The IAPA on the InternetE-mail:info@sipiapa.orgWeb sites (click):http://www.sipiapa.orghttp://www.impunidad.comhttp://www.declaraciondechapultepec.orghttp://informecuba.comhttp://www.institutodeprensa.comhttp://www.claep.orghttp://www.horadecierre.net

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Meeting of sports papers

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

July29-31

Cost & Revenue

Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Journalistic Ethics seminar

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50th anniversary ofthe EPENSA GroupThe CEO of Empresa Periodística Nacional, S.A. (EPENSA), Luis Agois Banchero, chaired celebration of the 50th anniversary of that news company on March 29 at the Pedro de Osma Museum in Lima, Peru.

“EPENSA has always remained faithful to the principles of journalism, the right to information, the ethical principal of being truthful and the duty of being independent of and power-that-be,” he declared.

The ceremony began with a recognition of Enrique Agois Paulsen, chairman of the

board of the EPENSA Group, who in 1962 together with Luis Banchero Rossi founded this news company which today publishes the newspapers Ojo, Correo, Ajá and El Bocón and the magazines Correo Semanal, Pandora and Audax.

Against strong applause those attending paid tribute to the untiring work in the Peruvian press of Agois Paulsen, who came on stage with his sons Luis and Carlos Agois Banchero, CEO and Vice President for Operations, respectively, and Enrique Ghersi, Freddy Chirinos and Claudio Saud, members of the board of directors.

Prime Minister Oscar Valdés conveyed the congratulations of Peru’s President Ollanta Humala Tasso, who was unable to attend because of a busy schedule. n

With an emphasis on strategic planning and running convergent newsrooms, and on safeguarding online information the IAPA Press Institute held its annual seminar for newsroom leaders on March 1–2 in Panama City, Panama. The seminar was aimed at news editors, section editors, area coordinators and reporters with management potential and was held at the Panama Marriott Hotel.

Carlos Jornet, editor-in-chief of the Córdoba, Argentina, newspaper La Voz del Interior, Ignacio Corbella, Argentine multimedia producer residing in Santiago, Chile, and Jorge Luis Sierra, a Mexican journalist specializing in security issues, were in charge of the working sessions. For more information, go to www.institutodeprensa.com or telephone (305) 634-2465. n

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