On June 29, as part of the planned events due the Independence Day, Ambassador Donald C. Johnson invited the press community to join him in an informal meeting on the July Fourth and the American values. Journalists from Televisión Guinea Ecuatorial, Radio Guinea Ecuatorial, La Gaceta, Ebano, La Verdad and Horizontes plus members of media-related associations REDPERSIDA (Red de Periodistas Contra el Sida), APPE (Asociación de Periodistas Profesionales Ecuatoguineanos) and ASOPGE (Asociación de Periodistas de Guinea Ecuatorial), attended the meeting.