The Libertarian Cato Institute think tank will award the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty to Venezuelan university student Yon Goicoechea for his role in energizing a student opposition against Chavez's plan to change the constitution. From the article:
"I see it as a collective prize. The prize is being given to me, but it's being given to me as a representative of something much bigger," Goicoechea told The Associated Press in an interview. "It's an acknowledgment of the work that has been done in promoting freedom."
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