"The president of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), the Honduran Jorge Canahuati, denounced Thurs. Oct. 27 that violence is 'one of the worst challenges' of journalism, with 39 journalists murdered in the last year in the Americas.
'One journalist is too many, 39 is intolerable,' Canahuati said during the inauguration of IAPA's 78th General Assembly, which is being held in Madrid until Sun., Oct. 30.
The IAPA president defended free, independent and quality journalism as 'the most reliable lifeline of democracy and the common good,' and encouraged the media to continue working to neutralize authoritarian rulers."
