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Press
Freedom
Colombian media,
for its courageous and professional role during the current moments
of violence, intimidation and general crisis the country is undergoing.
Colombian media has been under fire not only by the insurgency but also
by organized crime for several years. According to IAPA official sources,
there have been 6 murders of Colombian journalists since October of last
year for a total of 89 murdered journalists since 1989. Many journalists
in Colombia have been kidnapped or forced into exile in the past year.
Inter
american Relations
Francisco Robles, La
Opinión, Los Angeles, California, for his painstaking coverage dealing
with Mexican emigration to the United States.
Award sponsored by La Prensa, Managua, Nicaragua
Human
Rights and Community Service
Mario Magalhães
and Lilian Christofoletti, Folha de S. Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, for the
story of an investigation into torture at police precincts.
Honorable
Mention / Mención de Honor
Ciro Alquirichire, Vanguardia Liberal, Bucaramanga, Colombia for a piece
that describes the hatred of the children of FARC guerrillas and those of
paramilitary elements, suggesting that this hatred and resentment is fuel
enough for the conflict to keep going on. Also, to David Talbot, Boston
Herald, Boston, Massachusetts, for a story on the once- pristine rain forest
of Ecuador and a class action suit alleging that Texaco Inc.'s oil exploration
there has a left a legacy of disease and environmental damage on a colossal
scale.
Award sponsored by Panama-America, Panama City, Panama; El Comercio, Lima,
Peru; Organización Publicitaria, S.A., San Pedro Sula, Honduras;
and La Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Newspaper
in Education
Staff of the San Antonio
Express-News, San Antonio, Texas, for its series of publications that stimulate
or contribute to education by publishing current affairs for school use
and curriculum.
Award sponsored by Hoy, Quito, Ecuador and Novedades de Quintana Roo, Cancún,
Mexico.
Opinion
Barbara Renaud Gonzalez,
San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, Texas, for her insightful columns
on a variety of topics triggering community debate.
Honorable Mention
/ Mención de Honor
Cristiana Chamorro, La Prensa, Managua, Nicaragua, for her 12-part series
of opinion on current political issues.
Award sponsored by El Mercurio, Santiago, Chile.
News
Coverage
Various writers of the
La Crónica de Baja California, Mexicali, Mexico, for a series on
whether a dog should be put to death for killing a thief; the coverage saved
the life of the animal.
Honorable Mention / Mención de Honor
Gabriel Trillos and Hector Silva of La Prensa Gráfica, of San Salvador,
El Salvador, for an article on a bus crash in which many people were killed.
Included excellent photo coverage.
Award sponsored by El Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela, and 0 Estado de S. Paulo,
Sao Paulo, Brazil.
In-Depth
Reporting
Antonio Oeni, El Tribuno, Salta, Argentina, for an article on the danger
to human lives of land mines laid by the Argentine and Chilean governments
during the Beagle Channel conflict between the two countries, which has
been neglected by both governments. Also, to Joao Antonio Barros, 0 Dia,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for an investigation into widespread corruption
in the Brazilian penal system; and to Willy Stem, Nashville Scene, Nashville,
Tenn., for an investigative series on a private security firm that committed
abuses and illegal acts against Hispanics in an apartment complex that led
to a police scandal and a major FBI probe.
Honorable Mention
/ Mención de Honor
Maria Salazar Aganza and Norman Navarro, of El Imparcial de Hermosillo,
Hermosillo, Mexico for her article on a minor convicted for a murder with
a light sentence. Due to their investigative work and the new incriminating
evidence, the case is reopened and the minor convict is in jail again; and
jointly to Mario Magãlhes, Ari Cipola and Paulo Peixoto, of Folha
de S. Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, for an investigation into the death of the
former president Fernando Collor de Mello's campaign treasurer, which led
to a new investigation; and jointly to Tracy Weber, James F. Smith, H.G.
Reza and Julie Marquis of The Los Angeles Times, for a sensational investigative
series on the use of medications prohibited in the U.S. and sold in Mexico
City, and the utilization of unlicensed medical providers by immigrants.
Award sponsored by The Miami Herald, Miami, Fla., and The Globe and Mail,
Toronto, Canada.
Feature
Writing
Sergio Carreras, of
La Voz del Interior, Córdoba, Argentina, for his piece on Bolivian
immigration to Argentina; also to Ariadne Araujo and others, of 0 Povo,
Fortaleza, Brazil, for a special feature marking the 90th birthday of a
popular poet; and to Anne Hull, of St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg,
Fla., for a series on the plight of Mexican immigrant women entering and
living in the U.S.
Honorable Mention
/ Mención de Honor
Luis Canon, of El Espectador, Bogotá, Colombia, for the reenactment
of a kidnapping of a senator; also to Peter Fritch and Matt Moffett, of
The Wall Street Journal, New York, for a series of articles on a variety
of topics regarding Brazil.
Award sponsored by El Comercio, Quito, Ecuador, and McClatchy Newspapers,
Sacramento, Calif.
Photography
Don Bartletti, of Los
Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif., for his series of photos on the Latin
American criminal justice system.
Honorable Mention / Mención de Honor
Nury Vallbona, of The Miami Herald, Miami, Fla., for the photos of the arrival
of Cuban rafters and their confrontation with the U.S. Coast Guard.
Award sponsored by El País, Montevideo, Uruguay, and ABC Color, Asunción,
Paraguay.
Cartoon
Jose Loaiza, of El Nacional,
Caracas, Venezuela, for his political satires.
Honorable Mention / Mención de Honor
Pancho Cajas, of El Comercio, Quito, Ecuador, for his cartoons on national
and international news.
Award sponsored by El Tiempo, Bogotá, Colombia.
Infographics
Xabier Diaz de Cerro,
of El Comercio, Lima, Peru.
Honorable Mention
/ Mención de Honor
Mark Blackwell and Robert Zavala, of the San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio,
Texas.
Award sponsored by El Clarín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Colombian media, for its courageous and professional role during the current
moments of violence, intimidation and general crisis the country is undergoing.
Colombian media has been under fire not only by the insurgency but also
by organized crime for several yeards.
According to IAPA official sources, there have been 6 murders of Colombian
journalists since October of last year for a total of 89 murdered journalists
since 1989. Many journalists in Colombia have been kidnapped or forced into
exile in the past year.
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