The IAPA delegation, headed by the organization’s president, Jack Fuller, will also be carrying out a resolution of the IAPA’s General Assembly last month in Chicago “to send missions to Venezuela to report on the observance of freedom of expression and freedom of the press in relation to the recall referendum provided under in the Venezuelan Constitution and under agreements promoted by the Secretary General of the OAS, the United Nations and the Carter Center.”
While in Caracas the IAPA will meet with Supreme Court Chief Justice Iván Rincón and National Electoral Council Chairman Francisco Carrasqueño and with representatives of the Television Federation, Radio Chamber and Venezuelan Press Association to stress to them their conviction that press freedom is the only way for citizens to be well informed and be able to make choices.
In addition to Fuller, president of Tribune Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, the mission will be made up of Rafael Molina, Ahora magazine, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Jorge Fascetto, El Día, La Plata, Argentina; Bartolomé Mitre, La Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Edward Seaton, The Manhattan Mercury, Manhattan, Kansas; Sergio Muñoz, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California; Humberto Castelló, El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida; John Yearwood, The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida; Gary Marx, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois; IAPA Executive Director Julio Muñoz and Press Freedom Director Ricardo Trotti.
At the conclusion of its three-day visit to Venezuela, the IAPA delegation
will hold a news conference at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 26, at the
JW Marriott Caracas.
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