South America
From the Communiqué
17 June 2009
Colombia/
A journalist who is also a local community leader was killed in southern Colombia last month, report the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) and the Inter American Press Association (IAPA).
3 June 2009
Venezuela
President Hugo Chávez has stepped up his ongoing bullying campaign against critical media in the country. This time, he's demanded officials either take action against the media that "poison" Venezuela or resign.
27 May 2009
Colombia

One of the founding members of the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) has announced that he has been made to leave his paper because of a difference of political views, FLIP reports.
6 May 2009
Brazil
Brazil's Supreme Court has made a "historic decision" to repeal the 1967 press law, which allowed for jail sentences for press offences, report the Associação Brasileira de Jornalismo Investigativo (ABRAJI), the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), ARTICLE 19 and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
1 April 2009
Colombia
Colombian authorities were able to foil an attempt by a left-wing guerrilla group to kill a journalist who is the president of IFEX member the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and a founder of the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP), IFEX's member in Colombia.
1 April 2009
Colombia
Campaigns and Advocacy
5 June 2009
Venezuela/Cuba
From Paris, IAPA and other international organizations urge Latin American governments to show greater respect for press freedom.
28 May 2009
Brazil
IAPA called for signatures on letter to president asking him to bring those guilty of journalist's 2001 murder to justice.
6 February 2009
Colombia
(CPJ/HRW/IFEX) - The following is a 5 February CPJ and Human Rights Watch letter to Colombia's president, Álvaro Uribe Vélez:
29 November 2006
Brazil/Venezuela/Cuba
(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is a 22 November 2006 IAPA press release: