BUENOS AIRES, 6 May. The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today warned that press freedom in Argentina has a "process of decline" as a result of the strategy launched by the Government with the aim of establishing the "control information" which affects "as severe," the full exercise of the media.
A mission of the SIP was in Argentina to learn more about the new legislation promoted by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, which "affects the press in relation to discrimination in granting operating licenses, with a clear interference in the contents of media and their editorial policies.
" Also reported the bill to declare the public interest to manufacture, marketing and distribution of newsprint, the agency said in a statement. Gonzalo Marroquín, chairman of the IAPA, headed the mission of international experts and journalists who participated in "multiple interviews with political, social, and journalistic." In its conclusions, it states that "evidence gathered confirm our reports that press freedom is in the process of deterioration in Argentina." In this sense, Marroquin has appealed "to all sectors and the general population to defend and promote freedom of expression, without which there can be no true democracy." The Media Secretariat of Argentina gave the IAPA delegation a document that makes various allegations against a particular media group and states that there is "complete freedom" of press in the country, however, the international organization "has been found a different view that has fueled the confrontation and polarization of society.
" The SIP also detected "the misuse of public resources to punish or reward media and journalists through gifts and distribution of government advertising, according to editorial positions." During his stay in Argentina, the international mission and journalists received private complaints of harassment and intimidation from government agencies against independent journalists and critics, as well as breach of court rulings on freedom of the press.
Journalists and media staff officers also sent the SIP his concerns about the threats, which they say represent the "monopoly of the communication groups" for "the full exercise of the right to information of citizens." 
A mission of the SIP was in Argentina to learn more about the new legislation promoted by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, which "affects the press in relation to discrimination in granting operating licenses, with a clear interference in the contents of media and their editorial policies.
" Also reported the bill to declare the public interest to manufacture, marketing and distribution of newsprint, the agency said in a statement. Gonzalo Marroquín, chairman of the IAPA, headed the mission of international experts and journalists who participated in "multiple interviews with political, social, and journalistic." In its conclusions, it states that "evidence gathered confirm our reports that press freedom is in the process of deterioration in Argentina." In this sense, Marroquin has appealed "to all sectors and the general population to defend and promote freedom of expression, without which there can be no true democracy." The Media Secretariat of Argentina gave the IAPA delegation a document that makes various allegations against a particular media group and states that there is "complete freedom" of press in the country, however, the international organization "has been found a different view that has fueled the confrontation and polarization of society.
" The SIP also detected "the misuse of public resources to punish or reward media and journalists through gifts and distribution of government advertising, according to editorial positions." During his stay in Argentina, the international mission and journalists received private complaints of harassment and intimidation from government agencies against independent journalists and critics, as well as breach of court rulings on freedom of the press.
Journalists and media staff officers also sent the SIP his concerns about the threats, which they say represent the "monopoly of the communication groups" for "the full exercise of the right to information of citizens."
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