March 30, 2008

On Cuba's disgraceful record on free press

''Que haya periodistas encarcelados, como prisioneros de conciencia, y que muchos países y organismos intergubernamentales no denuncien esta anomalía, es una vergüenza para nuestro hemisferio.'

"That there are journalists in jail, as prisoners of conscience, and that many countries and global organizations do not denounce this anomaly, is a disgrace to our hemisphere."


- Gonzalo Marroquin, President of the Inter American Press Associaiton (IAPA) Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information, at the IAPA Mid-Year Meeting in Caracas this week

Other presidents denounced at this meeting for their attacks on free press include:

  • Nicanor Duarte (Paraguay)
  • Tabaré Vasquez (Uruguay)
  • Manuel Zelaya (Honduras)
  • Rafael Correa (Ecuador)
  • Daniel Ortega (Nicaragua)
  • Evo Morales (Bolivia)
  • Hugo Chávez (Venezuela)

Posted by Monica at March 30, 2008 10:16 AM



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If someone wants to get a laugh, you might want to read (not on a full stomach, however) the North American Left's "Deconstructing the IAPA War on Venezuela" on Venezuelanalysis at http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/3308 . The piece ignores Chavez' own war against the indigenous media and blames private enterprise.

Posted by: Jonn Lilyea [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 30, 2008 11:16 AM

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