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. In order to spread the word about the Declaration of Chapultepec, the IAPA organizes a popular essay contest asking individuals to write on the impact of these principles. The Chapultepec Project is sponsored by the Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation, based in Chicago, Illinois.
The contest was published in 45 newspapers in 19 countries of the Western Hemisphere and Europe, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, and Uruguay. The IAPA received 319 essays.
The Selection Committee chose the winning essay from four finalists: Marcela Alejandra Ahumada, from Viña del Mar, Chile; Omotayo Juanita Bernard, from St. James, Jamaica; Lorenzo Montalvo Sardy from Santiago, Chile, and Joyce Walsh-Portillo from Weston, Florida.
The IAPA organizes this contest annually. Contest rules each year are posted on the IAPA web site (www.sipiapa.org).
For a copy of the winning essay, please contact telephone 305-634-2465 or send an e-mail to [email protected], or visit our web site at www.sipiapa.org.
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