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IAPA reports one of the “worst” years for press freedom in the Americas

"The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) reported on Tuesday that conditions for journalism and freedom of expression in the Americas have deteriorated dramatically, with a regional average of 47.10 points, the lowest level since the Chapultepec Index of Freedom of Expression and the Press was first compiled.

According to the report, now in its sixth edition, this has been one of the “worst years” for journalism in the region, marked by murders, arbitrary detentions, exile, and impunity in countries such as Mexico, Honduras, Ecuador, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Colombia, Cuba, and Venezuela."

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