Over 300 International Journalists To Arrive In Aruba


January 20th 2010, Aruba.


ORANJESTAD-Aruba is expected to receive over 300 international journalists and media
representatives who will participate at the annual media conference organized by the Inter
American Press Association (IAPA) in March 2010. It is the first time that the conference is being
held on the island of Aruba.

Director of IAPA, Julio Munoz has met with the Prime Minister this week in preparation of the
conference in March. IAPA was founded in 1942, and is one of the oldest press organizations in the
World with over 2,500 journalists and media representatives as members. IAPA looks after the
freedom of press in the United States, Canada, Central America, South America, and the
Caribbean. In addition, the organization has a press institute that technically guides the media in
Latin America.

The IAPA press conference will be held from March 19th until March 22nd at the Westin Hotel on
the island. During the conference many seminars will be given, including e-commerce, the relation
with news media in Latin America, the online journalists platform, and the success of free online
news sites.

The press organization is especially calling on Venezuelan journalists to participate at the
conference, in view of the growing pressure on press freedom in that country. Journalists of the
ABC islands who are not member of the organization can participate at the conference at a special
fee.














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