1.0 link 80457 <![CDATA[Inter-American Press Association Shouldn't Pursue Partisan Agenda in Venezuela]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-weisbrot/interamerican-press-assoc_b_80457.html A January 2 article in Editor and Publisher gives the impression that the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) is defending freedom of expression in Venezuela.

But a careful review of the facts indicates that the IAPA is not defending press freedom, but rather taking sides in a partisan struggle, in a politically polarized country.

In 2004, when I testified at a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Venezuela, there was a conversation among the witnesses afterward that summed up the role...

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