The Annual Iberoamerican Awards Ceremony












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            * The Annual Iberoamerican Awards Ceremony
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            On February 17 the 15th annual Iberoamerican awards were handed out in the Patriots Hall o

            University. The student competition is organized by the representatives of diplomatic miss
            Iberoamerican countries registered in the Czech Republic, under the auspices of the first 
            Klausová.

            Three students were awarded for oustanding research contributions. Lucie Hrušková received
            Tomáš Došek placed second (both study at the University of Economics, Prague), Ada Coneca 
            University was third. The jury of representatives of embassies of Iberoamerican countries 

            among the 26 texts focusing on the countries of Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula wr
            or Portuguese. The winners received a monetary award of 1,000, 700 and 500 US dollars, res

            more students (Dagmar Antošíková, Petr Gojda and Magdalena Tomanová, all from Charles Univ
            honorable mentions.
            The award ceremony started with a speech by Václav Hampl, the Rector of Charles University

            the concerned countries for their long-term dedication. Among the participants were repres
            embassies, the first lady Mrs. Klausová, representatives of government, ministry of foreig
            ministry of education and the Parliament, members of the Association of Latin American Stu

            students of Spanish and Portuguese.
            The Iberoamerican Award was introduced in 1994 as the only award of its kind in Europe. Co
            graduate school students of Czech nationality living in the Czech Republic can submit thei

            research works connected to Latin America or the Iberian Peninsula. Each year, the Iberoam
            take turns in organizing the event, this year it was up to the Embassy of Mexico in the Cz


            Recipients of this year's Iberoamerican Award:
            1st place: Lucie Hrušková, student at the University of Economics, Prague for her work Con
            of the Pantanal Region in Matto Grosso do Sul

            2nd place: Tomáš Došek, student at the University of Economics, Prague for his work Reelec
            Presidents in Latin America – A Reason to Fear?
            3rd place: Lucie Hrušková, student at Charles University, for her work Azorean emmigration

            Brazil
            Honorable mentions:
            Magdalena Tomanová from the Charles University Faculty of Arts for her work Short Stories 

            Petr Gojda, a student at the Charles University Faculty of Arts and the Theatre Faculty of
            Performing Arts in Prague, for his work Luces de Bohemia and Perspective in Modern Drama: 
            the Genre

            Dagmar Antošíková from the Charles University Faculty of Arts for her work The Similaritie
            between the Enlightenment Thinkers and Saint Ignatius of Loyola
            For further information, contact:

            The Embassy of Mexico
            V Jirchářích 151/10
            110 01 Praha 1

            Phone: 00420 283 061 538