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•ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT HOLDS MEETING WITH IAPA

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

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2. Ortega y Gasset Awards

3. Activity with Stanford University

FIRST CALL TO LIMAThe IAPA General Assembly is returning to the Peruvian capital. This time headquarters will be at the Swissôtel Hotel, October 14-18, 2011. This is our fourth meeting in the beautiful city of Lima; previous meetings were held here in 1966, 1983 and 2002. The Host Committee, headed by Gustavo Mohme of La República, Lima, has been working for several months now to prepare an unforgettable program. (More on Page 3)

The IAPA has called a hemisphere meeting for August 25 and 26 in Puebla, on members of the press, lawyers, public officials, professors and students who will learn about, review and write conclussions based on reseach conducted by 24 Latin American universities into impunity and violence against journalists.

The “Hemisphere Conference

of Universities: Public Policies to Combat Impunity” will come up with a final document to be sent to governments, non-governmental organizations, universities and news media demanding that they take the corresponding corrective action. (More on Page 2)

On the roadto PueblaHEMISPHERE CONFERENCETO ADDRESS END FOR IMPUNITY

The Baroque Room of the Estimable Autonomous University of Puebla, venue for the IAPA hemisphere conference.

President Piñera holds up a copy of the Declaration of Chapultepec which he had just signed. Here he is joined by ANP President Álvaro Caviedes (l.) and IAPA President Gonzalo Marroquín (r.).

Chilean President Sebastián Piñera on May 3rd signed the Declaration of Chapultepec in a ceremony held at Constitution Square outside the La Moneda Palace, with the participation of members of the IAPA and Chile’s National Press Association (ANP). (Continued on Page 2)

President signs in Chile

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The venue for the Conference will be the historic Baroque Room, an academic precinct constructed in 1578 in what is today the Estimable Autonomous University of Puebla (BUAP in its Spanish acronym). The research was carried out by inter-disciplinary teams from schools of Communication, Law and Political Science, among others, in 14 nations of the hemisphere.

Some topics of the study include social restraint to prevent impunity, systems of legal protection of the practice of journalism, legislative advances that contribute to lessening impunity, intimidation of journalists through social media, the lack of public policies to combat impunity, etc.

The Puebla meeting, sponsored by the Foundation for Freedom of Expression and the newspaper

PUBLIC ANTI-IMPUNITY POLICIESTO BE REVIEWED IN PUEBLACONTINUITY SUMMIT IS A KEY IAPA INITIATIVE

The next meeting of the IAPA Executive Committee and Advisory Council will be on Friday, July 29, 2011 at the organization’s headquarters in Miami, the Jules Dubois Building.

Executive Committee Chairman Juan Luis Correa will open the day’s sessions at 9:00 a.m. and will be followed by President Gonzalo Marroquín’s welcoming remarks.

The next scheduled meeting of the Executive Committee and Advisory Council, the main administrative entities of the IAPA, is scheduled to be held in Lima, Peru, during the 67th General Assembly. n

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Síntesis, has precedents in other hemisphere meetings that the IAPA held in Guatemala (in 1997) and Santo Domingo (in 2007) as part of a program supported since 1995 by the Knight Foundation, with impressive achievements regarding reducing the impunity surrounding crimes against journalists, creation of special prosecutor offices, the stiffening of penalties, extending statutes of limitations, and the overturning of sentence reductions, among others. Since the Impunity Project’s launch, courts in the Americas have handed down 168 convictions and today there are 117 murderers behind bars.

For more information e-mail to conferenciapuebla@sipiapa.org or call the event coordinators, Melba Jiménez or Mauricio Montaldo at (305) 634-2465. n

Piñera outlined five points his government will issue to “defend and promote freedom of the press at all times and in all places and circumstances.” He also specified that his administration would speak out when others in governance violate that freedom. The solemn ceremony outside the Chilean government headquarters marked the IAPA commemoration of World Press Freedom Day.

IAPA President Gonzalo Marroquín explained that there are two major enemies of free speech and press freedom – organized crime and intolerant and authoritarian governments, which “in both cases seek to limit, restrict or completely do away with the free flow of information that bothers them so much for reasons that are more than obvious.”

Piñera is the 59th president to sign the Declaration of Chapultepec, which contains the 10 fundamental

principles that define full press freedom.

In addition to Marroquín (of Siglo 21, Guatemala), he IAPA delegation included Jorge Fascetto (Diario Popular, Argentina), Alejandro Miró Quesada (Cosas, Peru), Scott Schurz (Hoosier Times, Inc., United States), Bartolomé Mitre (La Nación, Argentina), Claudio Paolillo (Búsqueda, Uruguay), María Elvira Domínguez (El País, Colombia), Jorge Canahuati (La Prensa, Honduras), Francisco Miró Quesada (El Comercio, Peru), Gilberto Urdaneta (El Regional del Zulia, Venezuela), José Roberto Dutriz (La Prensa Gráfica, El Salvador); Marcela Noble Herrera (Grupo Clarín, Argentina), Ulilo Acevedo Silva (Hoy Diario del Magdalena, Colombia), Saturnino Herrero Mitjans (Grupo Clarín, Argentina), Julio E. Muñoz (IAPA Executive Director) and Ricardo Trotti (IAPA Press Freedom Director). n

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Lima, PeruOctober 14-18Swissôtel Hotel

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68th General AssemblySão Paulo, BrazilOctober 12-16

Renaissance São PauloHotel

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Outstanding program set for 67th General Assembly

Peru’s President-elect Ollanta Humala will take office in July and IAPA’s Peruvian delegates have assured that in accordance with tradition the General Assembly in Lima will be formally opened by the president of the host nation.

Advanced talks are already under way to ensure the participation of leading personalities. Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto – author of “El Otro Sendero” (The Other Path) – has already confirmed he will be taking part.

Other well-known leaders to be invited are the former president of Brazil Luis Inácio Lula da Silva; former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo, who opened the 2002 General Assembly, and other former heads of state in the Americas.

Social activities kick-off on Saturday, October 15, with the the welcome reception at La Huaca Huallamarca located in the modern residential district of San Isidro. On Monday, the 17th, the Symphony Orchestra will perform a selection in its repertoire during a spectacular dinner at the stunning “Magic Waters Circuit.”

On Tuesday the 18th there will be a

candlelight supper featuring Peruvian delicacies in the gardens of the Rafael Larco Herrera Museum, located in a vice-regal era mansion dating from the 18th century, built over a 7th century pre-Columbian pyramid.

The program for spouses and companions is even more outstanding. On Saturday the 15th there will be a tour of Lima’s historic district. On offer the next morning is a culinary tour of the city that begins with a visit to a typical Lima market. Peruvian cuisine was recently declared a Cultural Heritage of the Americas by the Organization of American States (OAS). The tour begins with a visit to a typical Lima market to learn about the various species of fish, shellfish and agricultural products that Peru offers. On Monday, the 17th, a trip is planned along the Pre-Hispanic Art Route, with a visit to the Amano Museum and a private collection. Scheduled for the following day is a Shopping Spree. n

PRESIDENT OLLANTA HUMALA INVITED TO THE INAUGURATION

The front of the venue hotel.

A pyramid-shaped fountain, one of the attractions of the “Magic Waters Circuit.”

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Judges, lawyers and journalists meeting on May 27 in Brazil’s Supreme Court in Brasília came to agreement on a number of matters concerning the future of the press in that South American nation during a forum organized by the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and Brazil’s National Association of Newspapers (ANJ in its Portuguese-language acronym) . The event was formally opened by Supreme Court Chief Justice Cezar Peluso, who declared that “it would be impossible to underestimate the role of press freedom in the consolidation of democracy.”

Deputy Chief Justice Carlos Ayres Britto, O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper legal counsel Manuel Alceu Affonso and federal Congressman Miro Teixeira all agreed that there should not be any more regulations restricting the work of the press. Teixeira said, “We do not need a press law, but a law on access to information.”

In this regard, Public Law specialist Gustavo Binenbojm declared that “a law should be limited to what is said in the Constitution, it should increase freedoms and not restrictions.”

ANJ President Judith Brito recalled that with the repeal of the undemocratic Press Law the Supreme

CHAPULTEPEC FORUM HELDAT BRAZIL’S SUPREME COURTSELF-REGULATION IS PROPOSED RATHER THAN NEW PRESS LAW

Court had encouraged news companies to practice self-regulation, a topic that served as introduction to a panel discussion on the Right of Reply. Peruvian jurist Jorge Santiestevan de Noriega said that “a specific law on this issue is not needed; according to the 1986 opinion of the Inter-American Human Rights Court all that is required is that a government has signed the American Convention, which includes this in Article 14, or that it is included in the national Constitution.”

IAPA Executive Director Julio E. Muñoz explained the relevance of the Declaration of Chapultepec, urging the removal of all legal and judicial barriers curtailing the press. The forum was part of the IAPA’s Chapultepec Project.

Venezuelan jurist Pedro Nikken reviewed the evolution of the various opinions and rulings of the Inter-American Human Rights Court concerning press freedom, since 1985 when for the first time it issued a consultative opinion on obligatory membership in a journalist union.

Nikken added criticism of some countries for continuing to defend the reputation of public officials through the archaic use of contempt laws, explaining that people in public office have a lower threshold of privacy and should bear a higher level of scrutiny.

Also attending the forum were the IAPA’s Press Freedom Director Ricardo Trotti and Chapultepec Project Manager Sally Zamudio. n

At center, Supreme Court Chief Justice Cezar Peluso. At right, IAPA Executive Director Julio E. Muñoz and at left, ANJ President Judith Brito.

During the forum in Brasília Brazil’s National Association of Newspapers (ANJ) presented its Press Freedom Prize to the Buenos Aires newspaper Clarín in recognition of its symbolism of the press’ in Argentina to remain independent in the face of government interference. Pictured (l. to r.) are Grupo Clarín Editor-in-Chief Ricardo Kirschbaum and President Héctor Magneto receiving the award from Juiano Basile, Judith Brito and Felipe Basile of ANJ. The Basile brothers are the sons of renowned Brazilian news executive Sidnei Basile, who died recently.

Brazil newspapers give award to Clarín

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IAPA EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN ARGENTINA

An overview of the meeting between IAPA officers and Argentine officials on May 3 in the Casa Rosada government headquarters.

On May 4 , the IAPA expressed its concern at the Argentine government’s actions and exclusions that, as part of an official strategy to control information, severely restrict the full exercise of freedom of expression in the country, the organization claimed. IAPA President Gonzalo Marroquín warned that the evidence gathered confirmed reports that “freedom of the press is in a state of deterioration in Argentina.” Marroquín issued “a call to all sectors and the people in general to defend and promote freedom of expression, because without it there can be no true democracy.”

Marroquín, president of the Guatemala City newspaper Siglo 21, was accompanied by Robert Rivard, chairman of the IAPA’s Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information and editor of the San Antonio Express-News, Texas; committee co-chair, Claudio Paolillo of the Montevideo, Uruguay, news magazine Búsqueda; Chapultepec Committee chair, María Elvira Domínguez of El País, Cali, Colombia; IAPA Executive Director Julio E. Muñoz, and Press Freedom Director Ricardo Trotti.

In numerous interviews with political, social and press players the IAPA mission was told of the existence of legislation that could potentially restrict the media through discrimination in the granting of operating licenses, by clear interference in media content and editorial positions, and in a bill that would declare the manufacture, sales and distribution of newsprint a matter of public interest.

The IAPA also detected the unlawful use of public resources to punish or reward news media and journalists through the placement of official advertising based on editorial views. The mission also received accusations of harassment and intimidation on the part of government agencies towards independent or critical members of the press, of failure to comply with court rulings regarding press freedom that enabled, for example, newspaper circulation to be blocked on March 27 this year, without leading to any form of final accountability, and the push for unexpected legal actions accusing newspaper executives of alleged crimes against humanity.

Rivard said that the IAPA’s fear was that “the climate of press freedom would continue to deteriorate,” adding that “if President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner does not deal with this situation the Argentine people will once again, as in dark times in the past, lose true freedom of expression.” Paolillo added that “contrary to the position stated by the government to

the delegation, the main responsibility for guaranteeing and fostering the effective exercise of freedom of expression belongs to the government no matter what opinion anyone has of the actions of journalists and news media.”

The IAPA was informed by the Association of Argentine Inland Newspapers (ADIRA) that there had been a promise made in 2009 by President Kirchner, as yet unfulfilled, that a bill would be sent to Congress to establish special treatment for newspapers in the interior of the nation.

The IAPA mission found it disconcerting to learn of statements by senior government officials indicating an ignorance of the responsibilities that are part of their role in a democracy, such as the Interior Minister having declared that “the public media are at the service of the government” or by other officials who hold that journalists should be militants. n

MISSION HEADED BY GONZALO MARROQUÍN WAS RECEIVED BY ARGENTINE OFFICIALS

The IAPA announced it is sending a mission to Ecuador July 17-18 in light of the passage of a new media law supported by the government of President Rafael Correa that has caused concern in the South American nation’s press.

The mission will be headed by IAPA President Gonzalo Marroquín, who paid a visit to the Ecuadorean capital, Guayaquil, June 2-3. At the time he expressed the views of Association members regarding the new legislation that could be put to a referendum in the second half of July or early in August” We will certainly seek a dialogue with the government,” Marroquín told the Quito newspaper Hoy during his recent visit, adding that the IAPA hopes to present its criteria concerning the situation of the Ecuadorean media and “demand (that the government) put an end to the harassment, persecution and legislation against freedom of the press.” n

Mission to Ecuador

Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos spoke on June 12 during a ceremony commemorating the 90th anniversary of the launch of the Manizales newspaper La Patria and praised the newspaper for its courage in exposing wrongdoing and its work on behalf of regional progress. The paper’s editor, Nicolás Restrepo Escobar, received a number of decorations, including several granted by the government and Congress.

Santos noted that “what is truly admirable is the tenacity and thoroughness” with which La Patria reporters have “dared to expose corruption, thieves and criminals, something they are still doing today.”

The president referred to the murder of La Patria’s managing editor, Orlando Sierra, committed in 2002 as he was walking with his daughter in downtown Manizales. This is one of the emblematic cases that the Inter American Press Association has followed through its Impunity Project.

“We see as progress the recent decision by the Attorney General’s Office to depose two people who played politics in the area and today are suspected of allegedly participating in the murder as masterminds. Nearly 10 years later justice is beginning to be done in this case!”, Santos said.

That said, Santos recalled that “there are many more who remain unpunished, but that is not an excuse for us to stop demanding that the justice system continue seeking out and convicting all those who have attacked journalists and press freedom. This is a freedom which I declare myself to be respectful of and to which we in the government are absolutely committed.”

He stressed that the press is a fundamental part of any democracy and that it also has a great responsibility in the development of a just society. “That is evidenced by La Patria’s actions,” he added.

In another part of his speech Santos advised that the excellence of the Colombian newspaper should serve as a guide to face the 21st century challenges to the press, saying that the Internet and the new technological tools “have caused the world to re-think the future of the print media.”

He recalled the words of La Patria’s former editor, Augusto León Restrepo, when he handed over the editorship of the paper in 1978 to Nicolás Restrepo Escobar: “You have to make every effort to make each

daily edition an original and always renewed creation. Each edition is like a new child born to the journalist and it has to be prepared with delight, with constantly renewed emotion.”

“What great and simple teachings José Restrepo has left us! How they reach into my soul. I carry in my blood and I have never stopped being a journalist! Nothing remains, dear friends, but to repeat to you my congratulations for these well accomplished 90 years. Long live La Patria.In your daily task may you continue being the lever of Archimedes for Caldas, moving the people of this beautiful region toward a future of progress and freedom,” Colombia’s president said on a final note. n

HIGHLIGHTS PROGRESS IN ORLANDO SIERRA MURDER CASE, CALLS FOR NO LETUP IN BATTLE AGAINST IMPUNITY

From left to right: The Gobernor of Caldas, Mario Aristizábal; the Minister of Transportation, Germán Cardona, the Minister of Information, Diego Molano; the Publisher of La Patria, Nicolás Restrepo; the director of the Planning Department, Hernando José Gómez, and the Mayor of Manizales, Juan Manuel Llano, together with Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos during the celebration of the 90 anniversary of La Patria.

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IN BOLIVIA.- In early May the new Board of Directors of Bolivia’s National Press Association (ANP) took office. The ANP is an organization of nearly all the independent print media of the South American country. The outgoing board, headed by the editor of the newspaper Correo del Sur, Marco Antonio Dipp, was re-elected for the 2011-13 term and promised to continue defending press freedom and free speech. Dipp summed up the period that had just ended as “complex” for the Bolivian press, due to the passage and enactment of Electoral System and Anti-Racism laws that restrict and limit press freedom. He recalled that all efforts had been made to meet and dialogue with government authorities to discuss these laws, requests that were not answered favorably.

APPOINTMENTS.- José Luis Sainz was appointed executive chairman of the press division and CEO of El País of Spain, in replacement of Juan Luis Cebrián, who became chairman of the newspaper’s Board of Directors. In another move, José Manuel Calvo, El País managing editor, was named communication director of Prisa Noticias, the print media division of the group which includes several publications.

OMBUDSMAN.- Edward Schumacher-Matos, who since 2007 served as Ombudsman of The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, on June 1 began a similar role at National Public Radio in the United States. Schumacher-Matos, who was born in Colombia, is a former member of the IAPA Board of Directors and founder and associate editor of The Wall Street Journal Americas, which is published in Spanish and Portuguese.

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STANFORD DEAN AGREES TO CONFERENCE WITH IAPAAn IAPA delegation made up of Chapultepec Project special adviser Susan McClatchy, former president Edward Seaton and Executive Director Julio E. Muñoz met in March with Larry Kramer, dean of the School of Law at Stanford University, near Palo Alto, California. They discussed preliminary details of a joint conference on the Chapultepec program at the headquarters of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington, D.C.

Ms. McClatchy is the widow of former IAPA president James McClatchy, one of the principal newspaper publishers in California, who died in 2006. His work was fundamental in the creation of the Chapultepec Project.

The objective of this forum will be to train students and news media lawyers about the legal mechanisms and resources available through the inter-American system and how to apply them. n

EDWARD HARTE, ARDENT PROMOTER OF PRESS FREEDOM, DIESAmerican journalist and civic leader Edward H. Harte, who served as IAPA president in 1985-86, died in Portland, Maine, at the age of 88. Harte’s family owned Harte-Hanks Newspapers, a company that for many years dominated the

news media market in Texas until its withdrawal from the newspaper business some 20 years ago. The San Antonio Express-News was part of the conglomerate.

Harte was known for his generous support of various community causes. Among his donations was $46 million to Texas A&M University for ecological preservation in the Gulf of Mexico. He was also chairman of the National Audubon Society, where he pursued his vision as a fervent defender of

the environment and nature. He became deeply involved in the cause of press freedom in Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America and he frequently wrote about it in his newspapers. Express-News editor Robert Rivard, chairman of the IAPA’s Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information, recalled that he also promoted public awareness of the importance of the relationship between Mexico and Texas. Rivard, who worked as a reporter under Harte’s leadership, said that he regarded him as his friend and mentor. n

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Since the blog hor@digital began publishing on the WordPress platform results have been very encouraging as readership has increased over the previous version.

The blog is updated several times a week ; among its most recent topics are the latest developments in mobile devices such as the iPad tablets, recommendations on social networks for journalism, and media experiments with HTML5 language.

hora@digital is the blog of Hora de Cierre, the quarterly magazine of the IAPA Press Institute. As well as commenting on the technologies with the greatest impact on journalism, it also promotes Hora de Cierre’s e-paper version, which it features permanently on its Web site. It can be accessed at http://horadigital.wordpress.com. n

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The program assigns a confidential code to each newspaper and enables comparison among all the participants. Several leading Latin American newspapers have joined the General Performance Assessment (GPA) for a three-month trial period.

Developed by the Inland Press Association the GPA was launched 18 months ago with four U.S. newspapers and currently has 65 members.

How does the GPA work? Participants send to the IAPA monthly forms with approximately 70 essential statistics on the state of Profit and Loss, use of raw materials, number of

New financial diagnostic product for newspapersemployees, etc. After approximately one week the IAPA will send back an individual profile for the current month and the annual accrual, with a comparison to the same periods the previous year. Also included is an analysis of all the participants and a list of the 10 best newspapers based on 15 key indicators.

GPA reports only show reasons and percentages, never figures. That is why total confidentiality is guaranteed. Its greatest strength is the comparison of industry performance in Latin America. The GPA is born of the IAPA’s annual Cost and Revenue Study for Latin American newspapers and upholds its same working principles. n

With the confirmed attendance of 40 newspapers from 12 countries the IAPA Press Institute (PI) easily tops participations numbers for the last three years. The seminar is to be held July 31 to August 2 at the Marriott Panamá Hotel in Panama City and will be hosted by the local newspaper La Prensa.

To commemorate the event’s 25th anniversary the PI is making some additions to the newspapers comparative study, especially in the area of digital media, and has offered a special rate for popular papers. The seminar will examine the Cost and Revenue Study as an analytical and practical tool to identify potential revenues and savings, evaluate the global performance of a news company and inspire it to be more competitive. This analysis will be accompanied by presentations on such crucial issues as audience growth, connection with readers, expansion of online and mobile projects and effective monetization.

The seminar will again be headed by John Lavine, dean of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The study is done by the Inland Press Association based in Chicago, Illinois, which applies standards as rigorous as those for American newspapers. n

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The courageous work of La Prensa of Nicaragua reporter Octavio Enríquez and the claims on reports of violence by Carlos Martínez D’Aubuisson of El Salvador in the online publication El Faro received global recognition when they were awarded the Ortega y Gasset Journalism Prize on May 4 in Madrid.

The judges panel, chaired by Spanish Royal Academy Director José Manuel Blecua, also included Complutense University history professor José Álvarez Junco; the international director of electric power company Iberdrola Amparo Moraleda; movie star Daniel Sánchez Arévalo, and the four editors that have led the newspaper El País has had since its launch – Juan Luis Cebrián, Jesús Ceberio, Joaquín Estefanía and Javier Moreno.

Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, who spoke at the event, defined plurality in the press as the best thermometer of a healthy democracy.

Enríquez was awarded in the print journalism category for his series of articles on former Sandinista leader Tomás Borge, in the judgment of the adjudication panel a “painstaking, courageous and well-

TWO CENTRAL AMERICAN NEWSMEN RECEIVE ORTEGA Y GASSET AWARD

THE ADJUDICATION PANEL PRAISES THEIR BRAVERY, NEWS SENSE

documented” investigation that in addition was carried out “under adverse conditions.”

Martínez D’Aubuisson’s multimedia work titled “El criminalista del país de las últimas cosas” (The criminal lawyer of the country of what comes last) deals with “the chilling story of the search for murder victims who every year disappear in El Salvador.”

An 2011 Ortega y Gasset Prize was also presented to El País photographer Cristóbal Manuel for his portrayal of the devastation in Haiti following the earthquake there, and to Venezuelan-born analyst Moisés Naím, regarded as “one of the most solid independent voices of the Spanish press.”

The awards consist of 15,000 euros and are presented on the anniversary of the launch of El País. n

Three women who ignored the danger, threats and political pressures in to cover the news in Mexico, Iran and Thailand this year shared the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) annual Courage in Journalism Award.

The award, to be presented in October, goes to Adela Navarro Bello , editor-in-chief of the Tijuana, Mexico, weekly Zeta; Parisa Hafezi , Reuters bureau chief in Iran, and Chiranuch Premchaiporn , editor of the Thailand online paper Prachatai.

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Editor of Tijuana’s Zeta honored

Above: Carlos Martínez shows his award during the presentation of the Ortega y Gasset Prizes in Madrid and (r.) his Nicaraguan colleague Octavio Enríquez.

THE COURAGE OF WOMEN JOURNALISTS IN IRAN, THAILAND ALSO RECOGNIZEDreports about the increased in violence and corruption in Tijuana, refusing to remain silent despite threats from the drug cartels.

The IWMF award for an outstanding career in journalism goes this year to Kate Adie of the BBC’s Radio 4. Adie has covered international affairs for 40 years.

“We are proud to recognize these brave women, who endure the most incredible trials to shed light on the events vital to the nations in which they live. They exemplify the crucial role of the press in society,” said IWMF Executive Director Liza Gross . n

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