Miami (May 3) - The Inter American Press Association announced today the winner of this years Chapultepec Essay Contest. The winner is Rodrigo Madrigal Montealegre, from San Jose, Costa Rica. Madrigal is a former newspaper editor and is currently a professor of political science at the University of Costa Rica. The winner will receive a US$2,500 cash prize and a trip to Santiago, Chile to attend the next 56th General Assembly of the IAPA, on October 14-18, 2000.
In order to spread the word about the Declaration of Chapultepec, the IAPA decided to organize an essay contest on any aspect relating to the Declaration and its ten principles. The Declaration of Chapultepec lists ten fundamental principles for the protection of free speech. The document emerged from the Hemisphere Conference on Free Speech held in Mexico Citys Chapultepec Castle in March 1994.
Eight finalists were chosen from the over 150 essays. Finalists came from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and the United States.
For more information on the Chapultepec Project, please contact the project administrator, Sean Casey, at (305) 634-2465 or e-mail at [email protected].
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