The executive arm of Argentina’s government is seeking to pass a telecommunications bill before the line-up of the country’s parliament changes in December. The draft law, containing media freedom-threatening provisions that would affect television and radio broadcasters, comes amid broader concern about increased government pressure on the media. The executive sent the draft “Audiovisual Communication […]

H.E. Néstor Kirchner President of the Republic Office of the President Balcarce 50 1064 Buenos Aires Argentina Fax: (+5411) 43 44 37 89 / 43 44 37 65 Vienna, 2 October 2003 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, is deeply concerned that the value-added […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, is deeply concerned about the recent raid on the headquarters of the daily newspaper La Nación, in which accounting books and shareholder information were seized by the authorities. According to information before IPI, federal judge María Romilda Servini de Cubría […]

H.E. Eduardo Alberto Duhalde President of the Republic General Secretariat to the Presidency Balcarce 50 1064 Buenos Aires Argentina Fax: (+ 5411) 4344-3789 Vienna, 20 December 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, wishes to express its deep concern over the detention of Ernestina […]